1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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SWEET-CLOVER SEED. 



We have a Kood stock of white unhuUed sweet-clo- 

 ver seed which we are selling at the followinsr prices: 

 1 lb. by mail, 22 cents; not postpaid, 12 cts. per lb.; 10 

 lbs., $1.00; 100 lbs., $8.00. We have only a limited 

 amount of the unhulled yellow variety and of the 

 hulled while variety, either of which will cost 8 cents 

 a pound more than the unhulled white while it lasts. 



TOBACCO DUST. 



We have to offer two kinds of tobacco dust used as 

 an insecticide and fertilizer on plants in greenhouse 

 work. A fine dust made in part from ground stems 

 we offer at 3 cts. per lb.; 10 lbs. for 20 cts.; 100 lbs., 

 $1 50; by the case of about 30O pounds, atVd cts. per 

 lb. A better grade, not so fine, will cost 1 cent a 

 pound more than f.bove for a like quantity. Sample 

 mailed on request to those interested. 



SECOND-HAND F0UNDAT10N-MII,LS. 



We have the following second-hand comb-founda- 

 tion mills to offer. We give a brief description of 

 each, and shall be pleased to mail a sample of founda- 

 tion, representing any one or more of these mills, to 

 those interested, on application: 



No. 058, 2^x6-inch hex. thin-super mill in good con- 

 dition. Price $12.00. 



No. 059, 25^x6-inch hex. exrta-thin-super mill in good 

 condition. Price $12.00. 



No. 072, 2%xl0-inch hex. medium-brood mill in fair 

 condition. Price $15.00. 



No. 077, 2x 10-inch round-cell brood mill in old-style 

 higa frame, in good condition. Price 12.00. 



No. 075. 2x9 hex. brood mill in the oldest-style wood- 

 base frame. Original price of this machine was $80.00. 

 We offer it for $10.00. 



BUSINESS OUTLOOK. 



Judging from the orders and inquiries which we re- 

 ceive, there is an optimistic feeling concerning the 

 coming season. Business in most lines is booming to 

 such an extent that we are obliged to anticipate our 

 wants months in advance in order to get stock of dif- 

 ferent kinds when we want and need it. Prices of 

 honey were never more firm at this season of the year, 

 and available supplies seem to be limited. With the 

 price of bee-supplies no higher than they have been 

 for several years in spite of advancing cost of materials 

 there is abundant reason for stimulating trade, for 

 there is no assurance that present prices can be main- 

 tained through this season. If the demand becomes 

 so great that surplus stocks on old contracts are used 

 up, an advance in price will be inevitable. We are 

 finding greater difficulty than ever before in our ex- 

 perience in getting cars in which to ship our goods, 

 and the traffic on the railroads is so heavy that it is 

 congested, and goods are delayed in transit. If you 

 would not be disappointed in getting what you need 

 in time, do not put off ordering too long. 



Convention Notices. 



Dear Sir: — I am instructed by the Executive Com- 

 mittee of this association to send you the enclosed 

 announcements for the information of your readers. 



St. Paul, Minn. Walter R. Ansell. 



The Minnesota Bee-keepers' Association, which was 

 founded in 1888, has made a new departure this year 

 by incorporating, with a membership of 51, under the 

 educational laws of the State of Minnesota. By the 

 acceptance of its three delegates to the meeting last 

 month of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society, 

 it is recognized as the State Association. With its 

 new lease of life it has adopted a new constitution 

 and by-laws, its objects now being the promotion of 

 scientific bee culture and of the general interest of 

 the bee-keepers of the State of Minnesota. To assist 

 the State authorities in the enforcement of laws 

 against the adulteration of honey, and for stamping 

 out foul brood, and to cooperate with the National 

 Bee-keepers' Association in defense of its members in 

 their lawful rights. Article VII. reads: 



" Any member shall have the right to vote by proxy 

 on any subject and at any general meeting, provided 

 that no member present shall vote more than two 

 proxies." 



The association is aftiliatcd with the National Bee- 

 keepers" Association, so that, by payment of $1.00 an- 

 nually, a bee-keeper may become a member of both 

 associations. 



Besides its annual meeting in December it will in 

 future hold a spring meeting and another during the 

 Minnesota Stale Fair week, and the proceedings of 

 each meeting will be published by circular to the 

 members. In future. Cooperation will be the watch- 

 word of its policy. 



Subscriptions should be sent to the Secretary, Mr. 

 Chas. Mondeng, 160 Newton Ave., N. Minneapolis, or 

 to the Treasurer. Rev. J. Ridley, Monticello, Minn. 



KIND WORDS. 



THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY, BY AN ENGINEER. 



I was raised on a farm, which I left twelve years ago 

 to learn steam engineering, in which I have been fair- 

 ly successful. But life in the city was very unsatis- 

 factory; and, after the greatest loss of our life, the 

 death of our little girl, we moved to a small place in 

 the country, I still retaining my position as engineer. 

 Now my wife and I, instead of spending our evenings 

 and money seeking fresh air and amusement, find 

 health, happiness, and money in caring for a cow, 

 some pigs, poultry, and a large vegetable-garden. I 

 ride a bicycle or walk three miles to work, all kinds 

 of weather, and never was in better health. Oh if all 

 the thousands that live in the cities could only realize 

 the benefits they would get from working just a few 

 feet of earth! 



I write these lines hoping they may be of some en- 

 couragement to you in your good work. Keep after 

 the humbugs and the drink evil. 



Somerville, N. J. Lewis B. Thatcher. 



The Southeastern Minnesota Bee Association will 

 meet in the court-house, Winona. Minn., on Tuesday 

 and Wednesday, Feb. 26 and 27, 1907. Everybody is 

 invited. E. C. Cornwell, Sec. 



Many years ago. when I was a young girl, my father 

 kept a small colony of bees, and for several years he 

 was a regular subscriber to Gleanings. I became 

 much interested in the pages devoted to Our Homes, 

 and your earnest home-like talks there had much in- 

 fluence in my early Christian life. My home was not 

 a religious one. My father, though notably an honest, 

 generous, and kind-hearted man, was never a profess- 

 ing Christian. My mother was a jirofessed but not 

 progressive Christian, so we children had scant relig- 

 ious training; and, strange as it may seem, it was in a 

 bee-culture journal that I first learned to see the vital 

 connection between truly righteous conduct and the 

 religion of Christ. Holiness of heart must express it- 

 self in holy action was the lesson your Home talks 

 impressed upon me. Many times in after-life, when 

 tempted to be unjust or dishonest in trifles, the 

 thought of the pennies you returned would come into 

 my mind. Soon after I became interested in a siudy 

 of the epistles, and from them to the gospels; and .so 

 I found Jesus, and learned that it was he who had 

 been leading me through that by-path to himself. 



Again thanking you for the talks in Our H' iijcs, 

 and wishing you continued prosperity and growth in 

 grace, I am very sincerely yours, 



Ashkum, 111. Lilian E. Fowler. 



