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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



795 



Sweet i Glover 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangrements so that we can 

 furnish seed of several ot the Clovers by 

 freight or express, at the following prices, 

 cash with order- 



5ft lOIb 259) 50ft 



SweetClover 60 11.00 12.25 14.00 



Alslbe Clover 70 1.25 3,00 5.75 



White Clover 80 1.40 3.00 5.00 



Alfalfa Clover 60 1.00 2.25 4.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3.50 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, 

 wanted by freight. 



"Vour orders are solicited. 

 GEO. W. YORK & CO , 118 Mich. St , Chicago. 



ANYONE INTERESTED 



in AerieuUnrnl I'urHuEls can't 



afford to be without the 



AGRICULTURAL EPITOMIST. 



Sample cor^y Free to nny address 

 upon re<^eipt of name and address 

 plainly written on postal card nam- 

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and Retail. 



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Working Wax '^^\^tm A Specialty. 



Hives, Sections, and a full line of Supplies. 

 The best of everything. Write for Catalog, 

 with prices, and samples of Foundation and 

 Sections. 



BKBMWAX always wanted for cash or 

 trade. 



GUS DITTMER, 



AlKillSTA, WIS, 



HATCH CHIGKENS 



BY STEAM-«i'iiiiie 



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Thousands in sucCP^:^ful operatiMii . 

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IN COL. BRYAN'S STATE. 



At the Ora.ilia Exposilinn, Firftf Prize .^nd Oold 

 Medi.l went to Va'ZC Fence. This week, thirlv 

 full o!ii-» P:ii-e Peiiee— solid train— Koes to 

 Neljra.>ikii farnle^^. F.\]R E.xehiinu-e ? 



PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO.. Adrian, Mich. 



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ONE MAN WITH THE 



COMBINATION 

 SAW 



Can do the work of four 

 men using hand tools, in 

 Ripping, Cuttlng-off, Mi- 

 tring, Kabbetlng, Groov- 

 ing. Oalnlng, Dadoing 

 Kdglng-up. Jointing Stuff, 

 etc. Full Line of Foot and 

 Hand Power Machinery 

 Sold on Trial. Catalo^oe Fret. 

 SEMErA FALLS IflFG. CO., 

 46 Water St SENECA FALLS. N. Y 



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A WASTE OF 



MONEY 



is nt'ver desiraLle or justifi- 

 iihle. It is worse than waste 

 lo put high {iriced etrps in a 

 fiour, impcrteit icrubator. 



ThelWASCOTTF 



INCUBATOR 



not only prevents fuch waste, 

 Imt turns failure into success. 

 Reffulates p.erfeelly as to hent, 

 and venliliitinD. I>iiaranteed. Send at iinee for FREE cataloi^e. 



Mascotle Incubator & Lumber Co., Box II, Bedford, Ohio. 



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A Successful Beginner. 



To me bee-keeping has proved a most 

 pleasurable recreation and profitable in- 

 vestment. I commenced only last spring 

 by buying some standard books on bee- 

 keeping, and one colony of bees. Later on 

 I subscribed for the American Bee Journal. 

 The bees increast to three strong colonies, 

 with ample stores for the winter— about 40 

 pounds of honey for each, after yielding 148 

 pounds of surplus honey, mostly basswood, 

 with some goldenrod in the fall. I consider 

 this a good showing for my bees and for a 

 locality whose people are sometimes accused 

 of using North Poles for firewood. 



William Mcnch. 



Polk Co., Minn., Nov. 30. 



An Old Bee-Keeper's Report. 



From my boyhood days I have had a 

 fondness for bees. I have owned and cared 

 for them every year for fi5 years, first in 

 the straw skep, then came the box-hive, 

 next the Week's chamber hive, then the 10- 

 frame Langstroth hive. The last named is 

 what I use, and will continue with until I 

 find something better. I winter my bees in 

 a dry cellar, and run for comb honey. I keep 

 from 40 to lOU colonies. I let each colony 

 swarm but once during the season. I am 

 sure to keep them strong. I never have any 

 to abscond. When I get more than I want 

 I sell or double up. I am living in the city 

 at this time, and have not room for more 

 than 30 or 40 colonies. The past was not a 

 good season for honey. My average was 

 40 pounds, spring count. I make my foun- 

 dation, and keep out of the page o( 

 " blasted hopes." I am well pleased with 

 the American Bee Journal. 



John Cline. 



Lafayette Co., Wis., Dee. 2. 



Very Poor Season. 



Bees did very poorly the past season in 

 this part of the country. I have 39 colo- 

 nies, and got only about 200 pounds of 

 honey, and enough to winter on besides. 

 There was plenty of white clover, but the 

 bees didn't work on it much. The fall be- 

 fore, the old clover was all killed by the 

 drouth, and I don't think the clover from 

 the seed the first year has much nectar in 

 it. We are looking for a better season next 

 year. We had fall rains. 



Darke Co., O., Dec. 1. Noah Thomas. 



Getting All Sections Well Filled. 



As soon as the honey harvest begins, I 

 commence to put the supers on with nearly 

 full sheets of foundation in the sections, 

 with a few sections that have been left over 

 from the previous year that were partly 

 filled out. which I had fed back to weak col- 

 onies. With these the bees will go right 

 to work. 



As soon as the first super is two thirds or 

 about full, place the second super on top of 

 the first one, not under, and so on, and you 

 will get better filled sections and not quarter 

 as many unfinisht sections as you will by 

 raising up the first super and placing the 

 second one over the bees. One man can 

 put on twice as many in an hour; besides, 

 he doesn't need any veil or use any smoke. I 

 had three supers on one hive, and they were 

 on until fall, when 1 took them all off to- 

 gether, which were clean and nice, well 

 ripened, and not traveled-stained a particle. 

 My hives are the 9 frame Langstroth, which 

 I prefer rather than the S or 10 frame. 



'■ Why do swarms go west ?" has been 

 askt a number of times. Here they go 

 southwest mostly, but sometimes north. I 

 never lost but one swarm that went north. 

 I have taken bees out of five trees this fall, 

 and saw but one that the combs were across 



BEES, HONEY, MONEY 



Queens for Business. 

 Supplies at Bottom Prices. 



" Bee-Keeplng for Beginners,'' price 50 cents. 

 Imparts the instruction. Price-List free. 



J. P. H. BROWN. Angnsta, Ga. 



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WE TRUST THE PUBLIC 



iiiid send thiMii our Incnbutor on 

 triul. No man shoulti buy an incubator 

 ■luti pay for it before giving it a tiial. You 

 pay not a cent for ours until you have 

 '..'iveu it a thorough tiial. It's made so 

 I hut nobody can full wltlilt. A child 

 >i an run it with 5 minutes attention daily. !t 

 bent all otheis at World's F«!r.\ash- 

 vlUeand Omaha £xpoHitionii. The best catnlotrueAoJ 

 trcutise on Incubntlon published, sent for 5 ct(*. Plana fov 

 Brooders, Poultry Houses, ttc, sent upon receipt of 35 ('t«. 



VoD Culia Incubator Co. 5 Adams St. Delaware City, OeU 



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PATEST WIRED COMB FODNDATIOB 



A Has No Sag 1b Brood-Frame* 



\a^ This Flat-Bottom Foundation 



liSCa Hu So FishboDe In tbe Sirplnt Bonei, 



\ ^^H BeinR the oleansBt Is aaaally worked 



\^^H the quickest of any Fonndatton made 



k^^a J. A. VAN DEUSEN, 



^^^^H Sole Manafaotnrer, 



^^^^^m epront Brook MontRomerT Co., N. T. 



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alphabet. 



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DCC I^CCDCDC I Let me send you my 64- 

 DLL'NLLrCno ■ page Oatalog for ISUS 

 J. m. Jenkins, Wetnmplia, Ala. 



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^(THICKEN MONEY r 



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 building poultry bouses and cust of same. 

 These ami many other thiutrs (■■t.-elher with 



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which is deiit rrci(i[bt puid to every purchaser 

 is contained in our Poultry (JuJilei. Sent tor 10 eta. 



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Bee - Supplies ! Hoot's 



Goods at Root's Prices. 

 Ponder's Honey - Jars, 



and every thing used by 

 bee-beepers. Prompt ser- 

 vice, low freight rate. Cat- 

 tree. Walter S. Ponder, 

 612 Mass. Ave., 

 Indianapolis. Indiana. 



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MAKE 'EM LAY 



epcs iti the middle of 



when ejigs are wortb 



■ney. Hens do tb«t 



(frern cut bone* 



GREEN BONE 

 CUTTERS. 



ith or without i:rnr. Cut 

 rlfnn, lliit' and f>nsy. Tan'l be choked. 

 LariresI liuf made. Ask for what yoil 



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