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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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BABY BEEF and PIG PORK 



the kind tbatnever stops growing a minute ami which matures at an early age, 

 is the kind tliat produces the greatest percentage of profit. This problem of quick 

 maturity is solved by 



Th€ Electric Feed Cookers. 



They onok all kinds of stot-k food, ground or \m?round, 

 qulckly,thoroughly and cheaply. Because of their pe- 

 culiar construction they require less fuel than any cooker 

 made. They have a dead-air space between the inner and 

 outer plates, which conserves the heat, and thus they 



REQUIRE LESS FUEL AND RETAIN THE HEAT LONGER. 



Made of best gray iron easting's and lined with plates of steel. Boilers 

 of best galvanized steel. Three styles, five sizes— 25 to IDO gallons. Free 

 book oil 'Fi'fd Cookiu ;" sent to all interested parties on application. 



ELECTRIC WHEEL CO., Box 16 . Quincy, Illinois. 



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HONEY * FOR * SALE. 



Best Wlilte Alfalfa Exlracled... 



ALl. IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. 



This is the famous white extracted honey gathered in the 

 great Alfalfa regions of the Central West. It is a splendid 

 honey, and nearly everybody who cares to eat honey at all 

 can hardly get enough of the Alfalfa extracted. 



Prices are as Follows: 



A sample by mail, 8 cents in stamps, to pay for package and postage. By 

 freight — One 60-pound can, 8 cents per pound ; 2 cans, 7% cents per pound ; 

 ■4 or more cans, 7M cents per pound. Cash must accompany each order. 



This honey is ABSOLUTELY PURE BEES' HONEY, the finest of the kind 

 produced in this country. 



tW We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce any honey 

 for their home demand the past season, just order some of the above, and sell it. 

 And others, who want to earn some money, can get this honey and work up a de- 

 mand for it almost anywhere. The Circular, " Honey as Food," will be a great 

 help in creating customers for honey. Address, 



OtORGE W. YORK & CO., 11§ Micliig^an St., Chicago, III. 



WE CAN SUIT YOU IN PRICE AND WE ^ 

 GUARANTEE TO PLEASE VOU IN QUALITY. 



\\ h;it murt' could we do.' Uur catalu^^ue tetla all, \ 



iii IS devoted largely to practical matters pertaining \ 



P'jultry raising. Has 148 pages: mailed to any v 



iiddri'ss for tic. No wild and woolly statements, toy C 



outfits, nor prize package lots to f 



oriel-. Fair treatment, prompt r 



scrvu-i' ;ind full value are what/ 



w-i- Ii-y t.i uive our customers. / 



DES MOINES INCUBATOR CO. Box 78, Des Moines, Iowa.) 



INCUBATORS 



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We -want 



EVERY BEE-KEEPER 



To bave a copy of 



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Our 1898 Catalog 



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Send us your name and address and we will take pleasure in mailing you a' copy! 



G. B. LEWIS CO., WATERTOWN, WIS. 



Special Agent for the Southwest — . 



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



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



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warm palm, shei'slightly moved a leg. By 

 blowing his breath upon her, she livened up 

 and kickt some more. I told him to nurse 

 her and see it she would not revive, while I 

 went to prepare a cage. In a little time 

 she was crawling all over his hand. I then 

 put her in the cage, stopt up with candy, 

 and placed her in the top of the hive. In a 

 few days she was out and as contented as 

 tho nothing had befallen her. She now 

 has a large and growing family and plenty 

 of brood. 



This seems to combat the idea that chill- 

 ing of the queen destroys or impairs her 

 laying qualities. Geo. H. Stipp. 



San Francisco Co., Calif.. Not. 10. 



Very Poor Season. 



Bees did very poorly here the past season. 

 I have about SOU pounds of honey from 55 

 colonies. All seem to have plenty to carry 

 them through the winter. We live in hopes 

 for a better season next year. 



William M. Dick. 



Ford Co., 111., Nov. 10. 



Bees Did Well. 



Bees came through last winter better 

 than ever before. I had 9 colonies, spring 

 count, increast to 17, all strong with the 

 exception of one. Some colonies stored 50 

 to 60 pounds of surplus honey ; others very 

 little. Take it throughout the county, bees 

 have done very well. 



My honey has been of first-class quality, 

 and I had no trouble in selling it in the 

 home market. 



I use sframe dovetailed hives, but prefer 

 the 10-frame, and will put my new swarms 

 into them another year. Will Howe. 



Saginaw Co., Mich., Nov. 10. 



One of the Asters. 



I send a sample of a flower that blooms 

 here. It is a newcomer, first making its 

 appearance three years ago. It is a great 

 bloomer, beginning about Sept. 25, and 

 continues to bloom up to about Oct. 25. 

 Some will bloom later. Some of it is in 

 bloom here now, but I speak of the full or 

 general blooming period. Our hives hlled 

 right up when it was in bloom, and if it 

 had not been for it we would have had to 

 feed considerable. This has been a very 

 poor honey season here, up to the time of 

 the bloom of the flower I send you — a regu- 

 lar honey-drouth. Fkank P. Cook. 



Wetzel Co., W. Va., Nov. 4. 



[The flower belongs to the Composite 

 family ; species, aster ericoides ; variety, 

 villosus. All the asters seem to have a flne 

 record as nectar-yielders. — Editor.] 



No Surplus — ftueens and. Premiums. 



We had a fine crop of white clover, also a 

 fine crop of alsike, but not a pound of sur- 

 plus honey did we get. This tall we had a 

 good crop of yellow flowers called Spanish- 

 needle,, but were not that; also a large crop 

 of smartweed, yet not one pound of honey 

 for rae. The most of the colonies have 

 enough to winter on. but there are a few 

 weak ones that I will have to feed. The 

 Ruler of the universe withheld the nectar 

 from the flowers, so then of course the bees 

 could not get it. My bees workt hard, and 

 it seemed to make tliem angry because they 

 could not get the honey; they were crosser 

 at one time than I ever saw them before, 

 but they have given it up now as a bad job, 

 and concluded that it was not worth while 

 to make a fuss about it. 



I saw in the Bee Journal that Mr. Grabbe 

 has suggested some good ideas in not offer- 

 ing premiums on Albino. Cyprian and Holy 

 Land bees. I think very tew people are 

 breeding them in this country, and I don't 

 know whether the Carniolans are any 

 better. 



I sent this season to a Texas queen- 

 breeder for two queens, one golden Italian 

 and one Carniolan. The golden Italian 1 

 wanted to change my stock, so as not to 



