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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 15 



Gleaning's in Bee Culture 



PREMIUM OFFERS 



TERMS.— $100 per annum; 2 years, $1.50; 3 years, $2.00; 5 years, $3.00, in advance. 



CONDITIONS. 



The following offers are self-explanatory in most cases. The purpose of these is to 

 induce both present and prospective subscribers to interest others in Gleanings in Bee 

 Culture. A few general rules may be of service in using these offers. 



1. Trial subscriptions are offered only for the uniform time of six months, and must 

 be in each case a new name — that is, the name of some one who has not been a sub- 

 scriber to Gleanings during the preceding year. 



2. Any one may send in subscription ordei's, claiming any of the following premiums, 

 whether a subscriber or not. If he desires to send his own subscription, with a club 

 of two or more subscriptions besides his own, it will count the same as the name of 

 any other subscriber he may send. 



3. Please note that oui premiums are divided into three classes, as follows: For six 

 months' trial (new) subscriptions; for yearly subscriptions (new) for yearly subscrip- 

 tions (renewal). 



4. Premiums should be claimed when the orders are sent, if convenient. They may 

 be claimed later on if mention is made, when sending the subscription, that it will be 

 claimed later. 



5. These premium offers supersede all former offers, which are canceled at this date. 



For Rene^val Yearlx 

 Subscriptions. 



ANY one of the following- pre- 

 '* miums may be selected for each 

 renewal yearly subscription (your 

 own excepted) sent us with $1.00. 

 As many premiums may be claimed 

 as you send subscriptions. If a 

 subscription to one of the papers is 

 selected it will apply to new or re- 

 newal subscription to that paper. 



Premium N. One copy of any of 

 the following books, the publisher's 

 price of which is 50 cts.; Poultry 

 House and Fixtures; Artificial In- 

 cubating and Brooding; The Chick 

 Book; Eggs and Egg Farming; Ply- 

 mouth Rocks, Leghorns, Asiatics; 

 Ducks and Geese, Turkeys, Ban- 

 tam Fowls. 



Premium O. Either of the fol- 

 lowing books described in our book 

 catalog: The A B C of Strawberry 

 Culture, ABC of Potato Culture. 



Premium P. One untested Ital- 

 ian queen, either golden or leather 

 colored, in June or July when we 

 have a surplus. 



Premium R. For a renewal year- 

 ly subscription(your own excepted) 

 we advance your subscription six 

 months; or send you Style C Glean- 

 ings binder, postage 10 cts. extra. 



Premium S. One Junior Root 

 Smoker; postage 20 cts. extra. 



Premium T. One pair cloth bee- 

 gloves, with or without fingers, 

 postage 7 cts. 



Premium U. One Porter honey- 

 house escape, postpaid. 



Premium V. One year's subscrip- 

 tion to the American Poultry Jour- 

 nal. 



Premium W. For three renewal 

 or two new yearly subscriptions to 

 Gleanings at $1.00, we will send, 

 postpaid, one No. 602 bee-keepers' 

 pocket tool-kit. See page 972, July 

 16th Gleanings. 



For New Six Mo»tHs» 

 Trial Subscriptions: 



ANY one of the following pre- 

 miums may be selected for each 

 trial subscription for some one 

 else, sent us with 25 cts. As many 

 premiums may be claimed as you 

 send subscriptions. If a subscrip- 

 tion to one of the papers is selected, 

 it will apply to either new or re- 

 newal subscriptions to that paper. 



Premium A. For one trial sub- 

 scriber we will advance your own 

 subscription three months. 



Premium B. One year's sub- 

 scription to Farm News with Prof. 

 Holden's Corn Book, postpaid. 



Premium D. One year's subscrip- 

 tion to Poultry Success. 



Premium E. Two years' sub- 

 scription to the Apple Specialist. 



Premium F. Two years' sub- 

 scription to the Farm Journal, 

 Philadelphia. 



Premium G. Any one of the 

 Swarthmore Isooks or one Modern 

 Queen-rearing, by Phillips, post- 

 paid. 



Premium H. One copy Reliable 

 Poultry Remedies, 84 pages 6 in. x 

 9 in., publisher's price 25c. 



Premium I. One copy Tomato 

 Culture, 150 pages. 



Premium J. One copy Tile Drain- 

 age, by W. I. Chamberlain. 



Premium K. One copy Winter 

 Care of Horses and Cattle, by T. B. 

 Terry. 



Premium L. One Perfect pam- 

 phlet preserver for Gleanings. 

 Postage 7 cts. extra. 



For Neiv Ifearlsr 



iSubscriptionkS. 



ANY one of the following pre- 

 '* miums may be selected for each 

 new yearly subscription sent us 

 with $1. As many premiums may 

 be claimed as you send subscrip- 

 tions. If a subscription to one of 

 the papers is selected, it will apply 

 to either new or renewal subscrip- 

 tions to that paper. 



Premium 1. For one new yearly 

 subscription we will send Glean- 

 ings one year to your own address; 

 or one Style D Gleanings binder, 

 postage 15 cts. extra. 



Premium 2. One year's subscrip- 

 tion to the Strawberry; publisher's 

 price, $1.00. 



Premium .S. One year's subscrip- 

 tion to Photograpthic Times; pub- 

 lishers' price, $1.00. 



Premium 5. One How to Keep 

 Bees, cloth bound, by Anna B. Corn- 

 stock, postage 10 cts. extra. 



Premium 6. One copy Doolittle's 

 Queen-rearing, cloth-bound, post- 

 age 10 cts. 



Premium 7. One Langstroth on 

 the Honey-bee, revised, postage 15 

 cts. 



Premium 8, One Forty Years 

 Among the Bees, by Dr. C. C. Mil- 

 ler, postage 10 cts. 



Premium 9. One Standard Root 

 Smoker, postage 25 cts. 



Premium 10. One F. F. Fountain 

 Pen No. 2, postpaid. 



Premium 11. One untested Ital- 

 ian queen, Root strain, golden or 

 leather color, sent at our conven- 

 ience in May, June, or July. 



Send all subscriptions to 



U/>e A. I. ROOT COMPANY j0^ MEDINA, OHIO. 



