I publish and recoinmend to you 



THE 



Rural Bee=Keeper 



The best all-round 50o monthly Vjee-.jour- 

 nal in Anierioj. On trial three mouths 

 for this ad with 10c. Clubbed with this 

 publication, both for one year for 70c, or 

 send us 25 cents for a three months' trial 

 and your name and address on 2-line rub- 

 ber stamp; self-inkinp: pad 25o extra. Or 

 send $1 and jjet the Rural Bee Keeper and 

 an untested Italian Queen Bee. Samiile 

 copy free. Agents aet liberal terms. 



Putnam Makes Good Bee Kives 



and sells them at reast nable prices. 

 New catalogue now ready. Address 



W. H. PUTNAM 



DEPARTMENT 14-W RIVER FALLS. WIS. 



National Bee-Keepers' Association, 



The largest bee-keepers' society in the 

 world . 



Organized to protect and promote the 

 interests of its members. 



Membership Fee, $1.00 a Year. 



N. E. FRANCE, Platteville, Wis., 



General Manager and Treasure 



Fifty Dollars in Gold for Three 

 Cents. 



Send us on a postal card the address of ten 

 farmers. We will send each a copy of the 

 "Agricultural Epitomist" and solicit their 

 subscription. We will send you the paper 

 three months free for your trouble. 



To the person sending the best list of names 

 we will present $25.00 in gold; 2nd best, $15.00; 

 3rd best, $10.00. 



We will keep an accurate record of the num- 

 ber of subscribers we secure out of each list 

 and the persons from whose lists we secure 

 the greatest number subsribers by March 15, 

 1905, will receive above prizes. In case three 

 ot more lists produce equal results we reserve 

 the right to divide the fifty dollars equally be- 

 tween them. 



Remember — Send just ten names from one 

 I P. O. Do not send names of children or peo- 

 ple not interested in farming. We give away 

 I the $50.00 in order to get select lists and you 

 j cannot get your share of it unless yoti 

 chose the names carefully. 



The "Agricultural Epitomist" is the only 

 agricultural paper edited and printed on a 

 farm. Our six hundred and fifty acres are de- 

 \- to practical agriculture and fine stock 



A we are offering hundreds of thoroughbred 

 1 pigs and fancy poultry as premiums for sub- 

 scription work. A pig or a trio of poultry easy 

 to get under our plan. Write for particulars. 

 AGRICULTURAL EPITOMIST, 

 Spencer, Ind. 



ABooa 

 For 



MtrKeerrs 



How w« make our hens pay 400 

 per cent, profit, new Bystem, our 



I ^_ own method, fully explained in 



our Illustrated Poultry Book which contains 

 PouUry Keeperc' Aoo'tand Egg Record Bhowing 

 gains or losses eve:- month for one year. Worth 25 

 ct9, sent to you for 1 i o. If you will send names of 5 

 Doultry keepers with your order. Address, 

 I O. 8. VIBBERT. P-B. 66, Cllntonville. Coniv 



The Graham-Hyde Bee Co* 



SFECI A 1 .TIES 

 Falconer's Bee=Keepers' Supplies t^.^XL^)S:^.n^1^l^Z^?^''^::^^ 



western slates and Mexico. Send for special catalog, etc. 



R<»ac anrl Oii^Anc All leading races. Bees and Nuclei in any quantity for distant 



UCCS ctllU yUCClia shipments a specialty. Send for circular and prices. 



HoneV and Wax l^'^^^Kht and sold. Honey cans in seascjn ; be sure and get our 



Our Mntf n '^"" ^'"^^^ everything the bee-keeper needs and to buy his products in return. 

 V/Ur iTlUllU Correspondence earnestly solicited. 



The Graham-Hyde Bee Company 



SICCESSORS TO THE HYDE BEE SIPPLY CO., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 



