1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



941 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Connecticut Bee-keepers' Association will hold 

 their fall meeting in the capitol at Hartford, on Nov. 

 4th. All bee-ktepers are cordially invited to attend. 

 For full information write the secretary. 



Watertown, Conn. Mrs. Edwin E. Smith. 



The Minnesota Bee-keepers' Association v^ill hold 

 its next meeting at Minneapolis, Dec. 2 and ;5, at the 

 same linie and pla e the horticulturists meet. An ex- 

 cellent program is being prepared, and will be ready 

 to mail by Nov. 10. Getting a better price for our hon- 

 ey will be presented by two of our best members. This 

 year the .\gricuUiirar Rxperiment Station has bees, 

 and Kntomologist 1" M. Washburn will give you the 

 benefit of his experience. H G. Acklin, 



Chairman Executive Commitiee. 



The Mi.ssouri State Bee-keepers' Association will 

 meet in Mtxico. Mo., Dec. 15 190S. Mr. J. \V. Rouse, 

 of that place, will act as host to direct the attendants 

 to the hall, which is free to all who desiie to attend. 

 Board can be had at the leading hotels at $1.00 to |2 00 

 a day. Come, everybody who is interested in bees and 

 honey. Let us have a big meeting. We now have 51 

 paid up members. Let us have it 100. Procure certifi- 

 cates from \ our local railroad ticket agents when you 

 puichase vour tickets. It may be you can return for 

 one third fare. W. T. C.A.RY, Sec. 



OUR ADVERTISERS. 



The man or woman, boy or girl, who wants to suc- 

 ceed with poultry ought by all means to have a copy 

 of the new annual catalogue of the Reliable Incuba.or 

 & Brooder Co.. of Quincy, 111. The book, which is sent 

 free to Gle.\nings subscribers, will convince any one 

 who contemplates buying an incubator or a brooder 

 that the ■' Reliable " is as goo ) as its name indicates; 

 and there is a lot of valuable information in it about 

 hatching and the care of poultry which is new to all 

 but a few experts who are making fortunes out of 

 poultry. If you mention Gleanings you will get 

 prompt reply to any itiquirj' sent them. 



Wants and Exchange. 



Notices will be inHerted under this head at 10 cts. per line. 

 You muHt BAY .vou want vour adv't in this department, or we 

 will not bo responsible for any error. You can have the no- 

 tice aa many lines as you please ; but all over ten lines will 

 cost yon according to our regular rates. W'e can not be re- 

 sponsible for dissatisfaction arising from these " swaps." 



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ANTED. — To sell bees and queens. 



O. H. Hyatt. Shenandoah, Iowa. 



ANTED— To sell strawberry - plants. Catalog 

 free. North Star Plant Farm, Cokato, Minn. 



IVANTED. — To sell 75 colonies bees in good shape; 

 "' will sell cheap. G P. Cooper, Pikeville, Tenn. 



tVANTED. To sell choice alfalfa honey, in 60-lb. 

 '" cans. Prices quoted on application. 



W. P. Morley, Las Animas, Col. 



\VANTED —Beeswax. Write for prices. To sell new 

 " Tokologys at half price. 



A, L DupRAY, Camanche, Iowa. 



IVANTED — Comb and extracted honey ; state price, 

 '' kind, and quantitv. 



L. H.'Robey, Worthington, W. Va. 



fVANTED, — Names and addresses of those who want 

 good books or sheet music. .\sk for prices on 

 what you want. M. T. Wrich r, :Medina, Ohio. 



V^ANTKD. -To sell .50 bee hives with supers, frames, 

 and .sections for cash ; have hives used one sea- 

 son; $35.00 takes them. Write to 



O. E. Erickson, Bloomer, Wis. 



tVANTKD.— To .sell .\ngora kittens; perfect pets and 

 '' beauties, 4 to (i months old; colors, black, blue, 

 orange, and gray. Prices: Males, fj 00; females, $1.00; 

 pairs, $S00. Early orders secure best selection. 



J. W. Deane, Maple Hill Farm, Freedom, Me. 



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ANTFCD. — You to read the adv't of ginseng on page 

 "81, Sept. 1. For prices address 



A. P. Young, Cave City, Ky. 



RANTED. — To correspond with parties having api- 

 aries for sale in Southern California, or Maricopa 

 County, Arizona. Wm. Pe.\rson, Colfax, Iowa. 



IVANTED. — Your address on a postal for a little 

 '" book on Queen- Rearing. Sent free. 



Address Henry Alley, Wenham, Mass. 



Y^ANTED.-To buy quantity lots of choice white- 

 '^" clover comb and extracted hoTiey. Price must be 

 low. B. Walker, Clyde, 111. 



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ANTED. — The address of all who are still in need 

 of cartons. Quirin theQueen breeder. 



Parkertown, Ohio. 



IV ANTED.— To sell 15.000 lbs. best white-clover ex- 

 ' tracted honey in (iO-lb. cans, at 8J^ cts. per lb. 

 Walter S. Pouder, 

 512 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 



WANTED. — To exchange a two hundred-egg Relia- 

 ble incubator, been used very little, for choice 

 comb or extracted honey. Chas, Koeppen, 



Fredericksburg, Va. 



\VANTED,— Bee keepers to try our printing, 100 

 '" envelopes, note-heads, or statements, 40c; 250, 

 $1,00. All postpaid. Can use queens and berry- 

 plants in exchange. M. T. Young, Girard, Pa. 



WANTED. — To sell for cash, 5-gal. square tin cans, 

 used for honey, at about half price of new cans. 

 For prices, etc., address Orel L. Hershiser, 



301 Huntington Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. 



WANTED— To sell full colonies Italian bees in 

 8 or 10 frame Dov'd hives, with plenty of honey 

 to winter, $5.00 each, in lots of 25 $1 50 each. 



F. A. Gray, Redwood Falls, Minn. 



WANTED. — To sell 140 strong colonies of pure Italian 

 and hybrid bees in one-story 8-fr. L- hives; wired 

 combs built on foundation; winter stores. Price $4'20. 

 Also complete outfit cheap. No failure in 10 years. 

 T. H. Waale, Sara, Clarke Co., Wash. 



WANTED. — An experienced and trustworthy dairy- 

 man and farmer, with two grown boys, to milk 

 and care for 40 cows; stable has cement floor, and 

 water-basin in each stall; milking hours, 4:.'?0 a.m. and 

 2 p. M. Wages 8'8iiO per year with house-rent and gar- 

 den. When answering this ad. state your experience 

 in dairying, and give references; state age, and age of 

 members of family. J. P. Watts, Kermoor, Pa. 



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RANTED.— To sell apiarian outfit in good honey 

 country in Minnesota. Raspberry, plum, white 

 clover, willow herb, basswood, and gotdenrod, 220 

 colonies of Italians; 4U0 supers, 2 extractors, and all 

 necessary appliances. Also buggy, Barnes saw, and 

 honey-house 12.k'24. built in sections. Also use of 

 house till April next. Bees all in good condition for 

 wintering. What offers? 



Write X Y Z, Gleanings, Medina, O. 



WANTED.— To sell my apiaries in St. Francis River 

 bottom. Ark., 'A'M colonies in 10 frame dovetailed 

 hives, 175 Danz. supers, 75 4;{x4i/i and 60 shallow ex- 

 tracting (5-%) supers. 55 extracting hives, and all nec- 

 essary appliances. Bees in prime condition for win- 

 tering Main honey resources, tupelo gum, willow, 

 bnttonbush, horsemint, coitus, and smartweed, be- 

 sifles others too numerous to mention. This year's 

 full crop, 10,000 lbs. comb honey. A fine locality for 

 queen rearing apiary. J. H. Zeiner, Bard, Ark. 



WANTED.— To sell machinery for bee-hive factory, 

 consisting of 10 h. p. horizontal boiler and 8 h. p. 

 engine combined on skids. Four-piece section-planer 

 saw. capacitv 150 to 180 pieces per minute; dovetailing 

 table, rip saw table, cut off table, turning-lathe, all of 

 heavy maple frames; 22-in. surface-planer, 45 ft. turn- 

 ed 2 in. shaft, hangers, pullcv s, and belts, complete, 

 cost 8.S.')0 00. All in tood order, and been u.sed but 

 little. Will t -ke $1.50.00 fengine cost $400 00) to make 

 quick sale, as our truck farm takes all our time. Write 

 for full particulars. F. & H. P. Langdon, 



Maple Ridge Farm, Constable, N. Y. 



