Oct. 12, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



653 



BEST WHITE 



ALFALFA HONEY 



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In 6o=pound Tin Cans. 



■wyE have been able to secure a quantity of WHITE ALFALFA EXTRACTED HONEY which we offer 

 " for the present at these prices, on board cars here in Chicag-o : Sample by mail. 10 cents ; 2 60-pound 

 cans, in a box, 9}i cents a pound ; 4 or more cans. 9 cents a pound. Cash with order in all cases. 



Owing- to our limited supply of this fine honey, those desiring- it should order promptly. Address, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



ii8 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



300 pounds in sections, put up in shipping - 

 cases, and all the honey that is ready to 

 take off. This will nanlse him S3 colonies. 

 He said if we had two weeks more of nice 

 weather we would get one more super full. 

 Posey Co.. Ind.. Sept. 25. lR.i Nte. 



Counted on Too Much. 



I was counting on 10.000 to 12.000 pounds 

 of honey, but it did not all rain down, al- 

 tho I had the platter clean and the right 

 side up; but I am thankful for what I did 

 get. Lots of honey-dew is coming in ; it is 

 bright and of pleasant flavor. I shall feed 

 a little honey and sugar and risk it for win- 

 ter stores. The bees are breeding like sum- 

 mer time. This I regret, but I cannot help 

 it. S. T. Pettit. 



Elgin CoT, Ont., Canada. Sept. 21. 



BUY THE BEST. 



If you want the best low down wag-on you 

 should buy the Electric Handy Wagun. It is 

 the b St because it is made of the best material; 

 the be^t broad tired Electric Wheels; best sea- 

 S(med white hickory a.xles: all other wnud parts 

 of the best sea-^oned white oak. The trout and 



feed tons of sugar to winter the bees; and 

 bees are not in good shape, the drouth 

 having kept them from breeding, and so 

 they are light in bees. M. F. Cram. 



Orange Co., Vt.. Sept. 2.5. 



Too Dry for Honey. 



Bees have stored no honey here since 

 July 1.5, on account of its being too dry. 

 O W. Fag.uv. 

 Arkansas Co . Ark., Sept. 20. 



One of the Cloveps. 



I send a few plants of some kind of clover, 

 as I believe. Kindly say what it is. and 

 whether it is of value as a honey plant. 



Pierce Co., Wa^h. G. C. BKirTON. 



Prof. C. L. Walton, 2S63 N. Ashland Ave., 

 Chicago. 111., botanist for the American 

 Bee Journal, replies as follows; 



The plant is a clover. Trifolium procum- 

 bens. but is not as good a honey-plant as 

 some other clovers, such as the white, sweet 

 and Alsike. While not so profitable to cul- 

 tivate as other honey-plants, yet when 

 growing wild it may afford good forage 

 when other supply fails. — C. L. Walton. 



Liberal Amount of Fall Honey. 



Since my last report I have secured quite 

 a liberal amount of fall honey, mostly am- 

 ber, from golden-rod and Spanish-needle, 

 the marshes here being yellow with the lat- 

 ter during the latter part of August and 

 first few days in September. The hives 

 also are unusually heavy with stores, and 

 the honey, I think, is of the best quality for 

 wintering purposes. B. T. Uavenfort. 



Waushara Co., Wis., Sept. 23. 



rear hounds are m.-id«- trtnn the best ang-le steel, 

 which is neater, slroui.fer and in every way bel- 

 ter than wood. Well painted in red and var- 

 nisht. E-xtra length of reach and e.xtra long- 

 standards supplied without additional cost 

 when requested. This wagon is guaranteed to 

 carry 4,000 pounds anywhere. Write the Elec- 

 tric Wheel Co., Box id, Quincy, 111., for their 

 new catalog, which fully describes this wagon, 

 their famous Electric Wheels, and Electric Feed 

 Cookers. Please nieniiori the Bee Journal. 



«S-|F YOU WANT THE 



— BEE-BOOK 



That covers the wnole Apicultural Field more 

 completely than any other publisht, send $1.25 

 to Prof. A. J. Cook, Claremont, Calif., for his 



Bee-Keepers' Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



No Surplus and Must Feed. 



1 have taken no surplus this year, but 

 have to feed a few of my colonies Last 

 year 1 had a surplus of 400 pounds from 5 

 cclonies. This year I have 10 colonies and 

 have to f eed sonie. This is quite a differ- 

 eni'e. Gcstavus Kolls. 



Hall Co.. Nebr., Sept. 25. 



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If you are interested in Sheep iu any way 

 you cannot afford to be without tlie best 

 Sheep Paper publisht in the United States. 



Wool marl£et*>» and Sheep 



has a hobby which is the sheep-breeder and 

 his industry, first. foremost and all the time. 

 Are you interested? Write to-day. 



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Please mention Bee Journal -when -writing. 



Bup-Marig-old. 



I send a specimen of plant that grows 

 along the lake shore and swatupy places, 

 which I wish to have classified and also 

 named. The bees work on it faithfully. 

 Chas. Lindberg. 



Meeker Co., Minn., Sept. 2S. 



|The specimen is Bidens chrysanthe- 

 moides, a rather formidable name for such 

 a modest Hower. The common name is Bur- 

 Marigold, and belongs to the great compo- 

 site family. Prof. Cook says it is replete 

 with precious nectar and makes the apiarist 

 jubilant as he watches the bees flood the 

 hives with the rich and precious honey. — 

 (Bee Keeper's Guide )—C. L. Walton. 



Hapd Year for Vermont Bee-Keepers 



This has been a hard year for Vermont 

 bee-keepers. I started in the spring with 

 S5 colonies, and now have 00. I secured 

 only 1.500 pounds of honey, mostly ex- 

 tracted. Comb honey brings 20 cents as 

 quick as one dollar will bring another. Bee- 

 keepers who last year had 10 to 1.5 tons of 

 honey have less than one now. and have to 



Queen-Clipping 

 Device Free.... 



The MoNETTE Queen-Clippidg 

 Device is a fine thing for use in 

 catching and clipping- Queens' 

 wings. We mail tt for 25 cents; 

 or will send it FREE as a pre- 

 raiura for sending us ONE NEW 

 subscriber to the Bee Journal for 

 a year at $1.00; or for $1.10 we will 

 mail the Bee Journal one year 

 and the Clipping Device. Address, 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, 



118 Michigan St., Chicago, 111. 



Don't Worry About Salaries. 



'■ What salaries are paid in different bus- 

 iness callings is a question often askt by 

 young men. and one which seems to enter 

 into their deliberations as a qualifying fac- 

 tor as to whether they shall enter certain 

 trades or professions," writes Edward Bok, 

 in the September Ladies' Home Journal. 

 " 1 never could quite see the point of this, 

 nor the reason for it. What are the sala- 

 ries which are paid to others, to you or to 

 me '. They signify nothing. If the highest 

 salary paid to the foremost man in a cer- 

 tain profession is $10,000 a year, what does 

 it prove or signify ? There is no obstacle 

 to some one's else going into that same pro- 

 fession and earning $2.5.000. The first step 

 in going into business is to find out not 

 which special line is most profitable, but 

 which line you are most interested in and 



