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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1159 



The Open-hopper Bone>=cutter. 



The staple article of feed for laying- hens is green 

 bone. Of other foods there is great variety in use. 

 Some feed the produ- ts of the farm in their unprepared 

 state only. Some rely largely on specially pit part d or 

 piitmt poultry foods. Biiteverybody wants to use green 

 bone It is beyond question that b me contains in right 

 pn portion more of the egg-making material than any 

 other single substance that can be fed. And in the 

 winter time, and always when hens are confined, these 

 mateii Is must be supijlied or it will quickly tell in the 

 egg yield. 



This puts to a roost excellent use the bones which, on 

 the fatm and in local markets, would oth>rwise be 

 thrown 'o the dogs and afterward gathered and burned. 

 It hasal^o been the means of perfecting in recent years 

 several makes of bone-cutters, one of the best of which 

 is the opfn-h( pper cutter manufactured by Hun phrty, 

 at Joliet, 111. It is used either as a bone or vegetable 

 cutter. Some of iis good points are : There are no par- 

 titions in it. It has no .--prings. f plit nuts, not other 

 complicated parts. There is nothing about it that can 

 break or get out of order. It differs from most bone- 

 cutters in t^^at it is exceedingly easy running. Most 

 bone-cutters are hard-tuvning, as many users will testi- 

 fy. The Humphrey Open Hopper has the reputation of 

 being the easiest running cutter made. For this reason 

 it is not nece.-sary to cut or break the bones into small 

 pieces with an ax, as is the case with some bone-cutters. 

 One hand is sufficient to operate it. The feed may be 

 regulated to cut as fast or as slow as desired. The 

 bone- cutter is one of two machines which Humphrey 

 manufactures for poultry-raisers' use. The other is his 

 rapid 'lover-cutter, which is hardly less popular. Both 

 are sold on a very liberal I ree-ti ial offer to l hose who are 

 not acquainted with the merits of the Humphrey ma- 

 chines. The Humphrey catalog, which contains much 

 information for poultrymen, will come free and prompt- 

 ly if you write him at the address given in his adver- 

 tisement in this paper. 



Convention Notice, 



On account of the National Bee-keepers' Convention 

 at Chicago on dates conflicting with ours, the Executive 

 Committee has decided to postpone the usua annual 

 meeting of the Minnesota Bee-keepers' Association till 

 further notice. Mks. W. S. Wingate, Sec. 



The 15th annual meeting of the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will be held in Springfield, on 

 November 21 and. 22. 1905, at the G A. R Hall in the 

 courthouse. The )ailroads will give a rate (open) of 

 one fare and a third for the round trip, on account of 

 the I. O. O. F. meeting the same week. Let all bee- 

 keepers come and bring their wives, and help us to get 

 out the best report we have ever had published. Our 

 State has been so helpful to bee-keepers as to aid them 

 in publishing their repoi t and suppressing foul brood, 

 so let us show our appreciation of the same by aid ng in 

 he wise use of the funds appropriated. 



Jas a. Stone, Sec. 



SHIPPING-GASES-Plenty for All 



Made of Michigan white pine: 24-lb., $13.00; 12 lb., 

 $8.00: 20-lb. Danz., $11.00 per 100; less than 100 lots, 

 Vic more each; 3- in glass Ic each more; No. 1 sec- 

 tions, $4 00; No. 2, $3.50 per 1000. All kinds of sup- 

 plies kept in stack. Send for list. 



W. D. SOPER. Rural Route 3. JACKSON. MICH. 



BWWmzT^i. 



HEAVIEST FENCE MADEJ 



AM JSo. 9 Steel wire. Well Galvanized. Weighs, 

 '/i more than most fences. 1 ti to 85e per rod 

 delivered. We sell all kinds offence wire at 

 wholesale prices. Write for fence hr.ok show- 

 ing llOstvles, The Brown Fence andU 

 Wire €o., Cleveland, Ohio. 



FOUR 



nt 



WHEREVER YOU LIVE 



BANKING 



BY MAIL 



is within your reach. Only a 

 stamp separates you from this 

 bank. We pay four per cent 

 interest on savings accounts, 

 compounded twice a year. 

 Write for particulars. . . . 



The SAVINGS 



DEPOSIT BANK COMPANY 



Medina, Ohio 



ASSETS OVEB HALF MILLION DOLLARS 



A. T. SPITZER, Pres. 



A. I. ROOT, Vice-pres. 



E. B. SPITZER, Cashier 



AIKIN HONEY=BAGS. 



100., 

 500., 



1-LB. SIZE, 35^x55^ 

 $ .65 I 1000 



3.0O 



2-LB. SIZE, 6x7V4. 



100 8 .80 



500 3 75 



1000 7 00 



5t00@ 6.60 



3j^-lb. SIZE, 6x9J^. 



100 $1,00 1 



50(1 4.75 I 



10 8 75 



5000© 8.25 



$5.58 



5000® , 5.26 



5-LB. SIZE, 7x10. 



ino ii.ao 



50(1 5.50 



1000 10.50 



5000® 10.00 



IP lb. SIZE, lOxlOJi. 



100 1 1.50 



500 7.00 



10(0 13.50 



5(00® 13 00 



We will print in name and address of producer or 

 dealer, in cifferetit quantities, at the following sched- 

 ule of prices for any size: 



I/5ts of inO 30cts. 



Lots of 2.')0 50 cts. 



Lotsof .'iOO 75 cts. 



Lots of 1000 11.00. 



For each additional 1000, add 50 cents. Each change 

 of name and address counts as a .separate order. For 

 instance, 1000 bags pnnle<l wiih four different names 

 and addresses, 2 of each, would be J2 00; witli ten 

 dilTereiit names, $3 00. etc. As tli'- bags inu-t be print- 

 ed before thev are made up and coated, we can not 

 change the label except in lots of 10 OOll or over. 



The A. I. Root Co. 



Medina, Ohio. 



CKas. Israel (Sl Brothers 



486-4QO Canal St., NeMr York. 



Wholesale Dealers and Commission Merchants In 

 Honey, Beeswax, Maple Sugar and Syrup, etc. 



OonsignmentB Solicited. Established 1K26. 



