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dents seldom mention anything but good 

 yields. This if misleading, and often 

 has a very injurious effect. I think this 

 was particularly the case during the past 

 season. 



Eugene Secor — If bee-papers do not 

 publish reports of the honey crop, how 

 are we to know what the crop is ? It is 

 the prospective honey crop that injures 

 the business, especially when great 

 things are publisht that do nut come to 

 pass. 



Jas. A. Stone — Decidedly, yes ! It is 

 the only way we have of knowing what 

 our honey is worth. I have often seen 

 bee-men who do not read the bee-papers, 

 sell their honey (because they had a 

 large crop) for 10 cents per pound, 

 when it was worth 15 cents in Chicago. 



G. W. Demaree — Wise or unwise, our 

 bee-periodicals would be awfully "dry" 

 If they for any cause failed to give us 

 the news from the honey-fields. The 

 consuming world do not see the bee- 

 papers. Besides all this, some of us 

 ■despise the tendency of the times to 

 "sail under cover," that is, hide facts. 

 Few apiarists now living believe in 

 "over-production " of honey. 



J. E. Pond — In my opinion it is advis- 

 able for bee-papers to give items of news 

 that affect the honey interest in any 

 wise. I do not see how any one can be 

 injured by their so doing, and the honey 

 crop is so varied in various sections that 

 I cannot see how the market price can 

 be injured thereby. It is not the news 

 that raises or lowers the price, but the 

 actual question of supply and demand, a 

 rule of political economy that Is inflexi- 

 ble. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — I think that it is 

 an injury to the pursuit. No one can 

 tell what the harvest will be, until it is 

 removed from the hive. As an example, 

 a man came into this city in the early 

 autumn with choice white section honey, 

 which he offered for 8 cents per pound. 

 A groceryman who purchast said at the 

 time it was "worth 12 cents, but that 

 was his own figure." He had read of 

 the great crop, and being a poor sales- 

 man, wanted to sell before it came to 

 market freely. 



Poor Prospects for California 



I think we are in for another poor season, 

 if not a dry year. All rains have been fol- 

 lowed by hard north and east winds, which 

 have dried out the soil again, and this sec- 

 tion of the State looks dry and barren. This 

 time in the year we should have a nice 

 green growth of vegetation. Many people 

 are worried, and stockmen are losing from 

 starvation on the ranges. Hay is nearly 

 double its usual price, and those having 

 hay for sale are holding for exorbitant 

 prices. M. H. Mendleson. 



Ventura Co., Calif., Jan. 3. 



How to Get Alsike Clover Sown. 



Feeling that I am so much indebted to 

 the American Bee Journal, it is a duty as 

 well as a privilege to answer one question, 

 •or to tell my experience. Some weeks ago 

 I was reading of one bee-keeper that said 

 he had tried to get his neighbor farmers to 

 sow Alsike clover seed. He bad told them 

 of all its good qualities, and they said he 



Only 6 ds. per Pound in 4 Can Lots or Over. 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



IT SELLS ON TASTING-. 



The Honey that Suits All 

 Who Buy It. 



We can furulsh 'Wblte Alfalfa Extracted Honey, In 60-pound tin cans, on 

 board cars ii, ChiL'ago, at these prices : 1 can, in a case, 7 cents per pound ; 2 cans 

 in one case, 6^ cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 6 cents. The Cash must accom- 

 pany each order. 



A sample of the honey will be mailed to an intending purchaser, for 8 

 cents, to cover postage, packing, etc. We guarantee purity. 



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Special Agent for the Southwell — 



E. T. ABBOTT, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Mr. Abbott sells our Hives and Sections at factory prices. 



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PRICES OF BINGHAM PERFECT 



Bee-Smokers and Haiiey- Knives I 



Smoke Engine (.largest smoker made) 4-in. stove. Doz. $13.00; each, by mail, $1.50 



Doctor. 3J^ in. stove. Doz. 



Conqueror 3-in. stove. Doz. 



J.,arce 23^-in. stove. Doz. 



Plain --in. stove. Doz. 



Little Wonder (weight 10 ounces) ... 2-in. stove. Doz. 



Honey-Knife Doz. 



Bingham Smokers have all the new improvements. Before buying a Smoker 

 or Knife, look up its record and pedigree. 



FIFTEEN YEAK3 FOR A DOLLAR; ONE-HALF CENT FOR A MONTH. 



Dear Sir:— Have used the Conqueror I', years. I was always pleased with its 

 workings but thinking I would need a new one this summer, 1 write for a circu- 

 lar. 1 do not think the 4-inch Smoke Engine too larce. 



January liT, 1^97. Truly. W. H. Eagertv, Cuba. Kansas. 



Mr. Bingham. Dear Sir:— Please send per mail a 4-inch Smoke Engine. I have 

 one of your Smokers; it is too small in lime of trouble. 



February 21. 1898. A. F. Seward, Riverside, Calif. 



9A9t T. F. BINOHAITI, Farwell, jniclilgan. 



Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. 



I New jLondon, 



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Operates two sawmills that cut, aunually, eight million feet of lumber, thus 

 securing the best lumber at the lowest price for the manufacture of 



Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



They have also one One of the Largest Factories and the latest 

 and most-improved machinery for the manufacture of 



Bee-Hives, Sections, Etc., 



that there Is in the State. The material Is cut fromlpatterns, by machinery, 

 and is absolutely accurate. For Sections, the Clearest and -wliitest 

 BasS'WOOd is used, and they are pollsht on both sides. Nearness to Pine 

 and Basswood forests, and possession of mills and factory equlpt with best 

 machinery, all combine to enable this Arm to furnish the 



Best Goods at the Lowest Prices. 



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