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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Convention Notices. 



The annual meeting of the Wisconsin State Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held in the court-house, 

 city of Madison, Wednesday and Thursday, February 

 6th and 7th. Reduced rates on all railroads; but if 

 you can not obtain them, ask your agent for full-fare 

 receipt. The question-box will be the main feature, 

 and we want every bee-keeper who has one or more 

 tiuestions of interest to mail them to the secretary, 

 prior to the convention, that they may be properly 

 arranged. Briny choice samples of honey or any thintj 

 of interest for a trood honey display. 



Gus. DiTTMBR, Secretary, Augusta, Wis. 



R I A IM 



CIOLDEN . . 

 . . QUEENS 



Please write to Messrs. Gregory Dervishian 

 •& Bros., Nicosia, Cyprus, for excellent PRO- 

 LIFIC MOTHER QUEEN BEES of gentle 

 strain. Price of each queen, mailed to U. S. 

 America and Canada, $2.25, safe arrival not 

 guaranteed; $2.50, safe arrival guai'anteed. 

 To Australia, Ceylon, India, etc., etc., $3.00, 

 safe arrival guaranteed. Send International 

 Money Order. 



nilFFM^I By uniting the swarms 

 yuL.L^ii J . from 1000 colonies the 



NUCLEI! 



coming season I will sell queens and nuclei after 

 March 1 at following prices: Queens, 25c; $3.00 dozen. 

 Nuclei with queen: l-frame, $1.2.5; 2-fr.,$1.50; 3-fr., $1.75. 

 R. M. iSpencer, Norctboff, Cal. 



Moore's Long Tongue and Golden 



Fine selei^t untested queens. 81; 

 6. «5; 12, «9. Tested, $1.50; 6, 8.S. 

 Breeders,$3.50. Safearrlvalgard. 



W. H. RAILS. 



ORANGE, CAL 



Queens 



PATTEIMTS. 



Twenty-five Years' Practice. 



PRINOLE & WILLIAMSON, 



Second Nat'! Bank BIdg.. Washington, 0. C. 



Patent practice in Patent Offlce and Courts. 

 Patent Counsel of The A. I. Root Co. 



nATENTS 



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FRANKLIN H 



Loan and Trust Building, Washington, 



No attorney's fee 

 until patent is al- 

 lowed, Write for 

 "Inventor's Guide." 

 HOUGH, 



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69 Varieties. Also Small Fruits, Trees, *c. Best root- 

 ea stock. Genuine, cheap. 2 sample vines mailed tor lOc 

 Descriptive price-Ustt'ree. Lewi* Roesch, Fredonia, N.Y« 



Beautiful Kioto Silk 



33 cts. per yard; regtdarly 50 cts. 



Kioto silk is a summery fabric made from lus- 

 trous Japanese silk combined with finest sea- 

 island cotton. 



It is one of the prettiest silk mixtures that we 

 know of. 



It is certain to have hosts of friends next sum- 

 mer. 



It is especially suitable for smart frocks for 

 girls and misses. 



We show Kioto silk in all the prettiest shades 

 for the season, including dainty plain shades, 

 rich black, and small neat designs. 



Please note we have only a limited supply of 

 the material at the special 35-cent price. After 

 the same is exhausted, we shall be compelled to 

 charge 50 cts. a yard. Send for samples. 



McCall's Patterns for February now ready. 

 They are the easiest of all patterns to put to- 

 gether— 10 and 15 cts. each. None higher. Mc- 

 Call's Magazine, a monthly that is simply 

 overflowing with news interesting to women; 

 50 cents a year; 5 cts a. copy. McCall's Fash- 

 ion Bazar, free. 



JOSEPH HORNE CO., 



PITTSBURG, PA. 



CG5 FROn BOINE 



Green cut bone doul>leseffgf yieM. More fertile 

 eggs, vigorous chicks, early broilers, heavy fowls. 



BVIANN''Q LATEST MODEL 

 milllll a BONE CUTTER 



10 days free trial. No money in advance. Send it 

 back at our expense i f y ou doa't like i t. Cat'lg free. 



Fi W.MANN CO., Box 37,Mllloril, Mua. 



Your Name Will Get $2 Eggs 



For SO Cents Per Sitting 



The White and Brown Leghorns are the peatest 

 layers in the world. I keep 2000 of the celebrated 

 Cfiamberlain laying strain on my Expermiental 

 Farm, and to increase the sale of my Perfect Chick 

 Feed, I will send to any one who ^lU send me their 

 name so I can send them my Perfect Chick Pe^ed Cata- 

 logue, 2 sittings of Single Comb Brown or White Leg- 

 horn Eggs for $1 for the 2 sittings. Only 2 sittings sold 

 to one person. White or Barred Plymouth Rock, or 

 White or Silver Laced Wyandotte Eggs $1 per sitting. 

 This Is a rare chance to get a start of extra fine stocK. 

 Send money and have your orders booked at once. 

 W. F. CHAMBERLAIN, ( The Perfect Chick Feed Man 

 KIRKWOOD. MO. 



At Tie 



World's Best 



Poultry Journal. Our Beautiful 

 Xmas Number containing 3 color 

 pictures from Burgess' master- 

 pieces in oil, co&ting $1,000, and 

 bookplansfor Poultry Houses, all 

 forlOcents. We will tell you How 

 to Make Poultry Pay. Address 

 INLAND POULTRY JOURNAL, 

 15 Cord BId'g, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Plants, Berry - crates, 

 and Quart BasKets 



Special prices for December and 

 January orders, . Catalog free. 



H. H. AultfatHer 

 Bx 62, Minerva, OHio 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS at $1 per 1000 



and up. Catalog free. 

 R. E. ALLEN, - PAW PAW, MICHIGAN 



