GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15 



FAULTLESS SPRAYERS. 



This is one of the most useful little implements ever 

 invented, and this is the time of year when it is need- 

 ed to spray shrubs, plants, and especially potato- 

 vines, to kill the bugs. It is also used as a kerosene 

 sprayer on cattle to keep off flies. They are so cheap 

 that .you should have several, each loaded with the 



while they last. While they are somewhat stained 

 with propolis from use, they are a bargain at this 

 price to any one needing this style oi section-holder. 



We have in stock in Ogden, Utah, to dispose of. 300 

 thick-top staple-spaced frames at $2 ,50 per 100, 300 all- 

 wood frames at $2.00 per lOO; 2 No 4 Novice extractors 

 at $8.50 each; 1 bee-tent at $1 75, 2.50 foldmg cartons for 



different mixtures needed for various purposes. We 

 have some 20 to 30 dozen, which we offer, to close out, 

 at 27 cts. each; three for 75 cts.; $2.50 per dozen, made 

 all of tin. With galvanized iron tank. 35 cts. each: 

 three for $1.00; $3.50 per dozen. We could not replace 

 this stock to sell at these prices. Some of our deal- 

 ers also have a supply on hand. 



A B C or BEE CULTURE. 



Our stock of the last (1905) edition of the A B C of 

 Bee Culture is getting very low, and we have been 

 cutting down on all large orders for some time to 

 make the stock last as long as possible. We have got 

 fairly started on the new edition; but with the great 

 amount of work necessary to complete it we shall 

 hardly have any ready to furnish before September at 

 least, and it may be later. If any dealers or agents or 

 othei's have extra copies which you are not likely to 

 dispose of before the new edition is ready, will you 

 kindly notify us, and we will furnish orders for them. 



The new edition is being printed on enameled book 

 paper, and will be about one-fourth heavier than any 

 former edition. It will be by all odds the finest edi- 

 tion ever issued. It will cost us more than 25 per cent 

 more to produce it, and we have decided to increase 

 the price to $1.50 postpaid, or $1.25 shipped with other 

 goods. Orders already booked for the new edition at 

 the old price will, of course, be filled. The wholesale 

 and jobbing price is also advanced in proportion. 



SPECIAL BARGAINS IN OLD-STYLE STOCK. 



We are making some special offers on some old-style 

 goods at some of our branches, which we desire to 

 close out. There are some who prefer some of these 

 older patterns to those adopted since, as we frequent- 

 ly find. To such this is an excellent chance to secure 

 some goods of your choice at special prices. 



At our Washington branch we offer : 



77 eight-frame covers, Danz., flat metal-bound, 

 which were standard three or four years ago. They 

 are put together, all ready for use when painted. 

 Price 25 cts. each; 10 for $2.20, or the lot at 20 cts. each. 



197 ten-frame size, same style, at same price. 



60 eight-frame bottom-boards, Danz. style of 1903, 

 with metal-bound tilting floor-board — very conveni- 

 ent for cleaning. Price of either size, 20 cts. each; 

 $1.70 for ten, or 15 cts. each for the lot. 



50 hive-stands with slanting front, not now listed in 

 our catalog. Price 12 cts. each; $1.00 for 10. 



25 hive-stands of an older pattern, without slanting 

 front. Price 10 cts. each; 80 cts. for 10. 



At our Philadelphia branch we offer : 



89 eight-frame and 500 ten-frame Danz. flat covers, 

 metal bound on ends, same as those at Washington. 

 Price 25 cts. each; $2.20 for 10; $20.00 for 100. 



10,000 thick-top staple-spaced frames, with end and 

 bottom bars % wide by H inch thick; otherwise they 

 are just like our present style. Price $2.25 per 100; 

 $10 per case of 500. 



Of our regular pattern, a'' 1- wood frames, we have 

 an overstock, which we offer, to reduce it, at $1.75 per 

 100; $7.50 per box of 500. 



An overstock of regular B. bottoms, ten-frame size, 

 not reversible, 20 cts. each; $1.80 for 10; $17.00 per 100. 



Overstock of 10-inch 4-row shipping-cases, with 3- 

 inch glass, at $8.00 per crate of 50; hold 24 sections, 4H 

 xl% plain; also of 10-inch 2-row shipping-cases, with 

 3-inch glass, at $4.50 per crate of 50. 



We have at Chicago several hundred slotted section- 

 holders, nailed, which have been used and taken back 

 in exchange for other style of fixtures. These new 

 cost $2.00 per 100 in the flat. We offer these nailed, 

 ready for use, packed for shipment, at $1.25 per 100, 



4Mxl% sections, $1.25; 1000 cartons, wrappers, labels, 

 etc., for brick honey, at $10.00- These goods are offer- 

 ed free on board at Ogden at catalog prices as above, 

 less 10 per cent discount for prompt cash order to 

 close out the stock quick. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



DWARF ESSEX RAPE— ADVANCE IN PRICE. 



I am sorry to tell you that dwarf Essex rape has ad- 

 vanced so much in price that we can not now buy it — 

 that is, a good article — for the price we have offered 

 in our seed catalog. The best price we could make at 

 present would be, 1 lb. .by mail, 20 cts, ; 50 lbs., by freight 

 or express, 7 cts.; 100 lbs. at 6 cts. It can be shipped 

 either from here or Chicago. It may be sown in June, 

 July, or August. A leaflet in regard to its value will 

 be mailed on application. 



FIGHTING RATS. 



We are pleased to receive from the Department of 

 Agriculture Bulletin No. 297, entitled, "Methods for 

 Destroying Rats." I have several times petitioned 

 for something of this kind from our experiment sta- 

 tions or the Department at Washington. I learn from 

 the bulletin that rats someti nes gnaw through lead 

 pipe, thus flooding buildings. They also eat the insu- 

 lation from electric wires, thus causing disastrous 

 fires, besides disseminating contagious diseases. 

 They breed from three to six times a year, and the fe- 

 males breed when about three months old. The aver- 

 age litter is about ten. Particular emphasis is given 

 in this bulletin toward constructing rat-proof build- 

 ings—those of concrete, etc. The bulletin is sent free, 

 on application to the Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. 



THAT $5.00' POULTRY-BOOK WITH ITS $5.00 SECRET; 

 SEE PAGE 733. 



Since my notice the author has informed us that the 

 book will be sold in the future for only $1.00. The re- 

 mainder of the $5.00 may be paid in 90 days or the book 

 returned. My impression is that most people will 

 think $1.00 is enouoh for a 50-ceDt book. The author 

 also claims that what is said about sprouting grains, 

 in the poultry-books and agricultural papers, has ap- 

 peared only .si«i"c he made his " great discovery." Butj 

 I shall have to remind him that in the first edition of 

 Stoddard's " Egg Farm." published about 35 years ago, 

 he especially emphasized sowing oats every few days 

 around the houses on the egg-farm, letting the chick- 

 ens scratch them out whenever the grains are sprout- 

 ed enough to suit them. 



THE EVAPORATION OF APPLES. 



The above is the title of an exceedingly valuable 

 farmers' bulletin. No. 291. This spring, apples are 

 worth $1.50 to $2.00 a bushel, and are of poor quality at 

 that, and yet thousands of bushels— and I do not know 

 but I might say a million— of beautiful apples went to 

 waste last year because the market in that particular 

 locality was glutted. The handsomest Duchess I ever 

 saw lay rotting on the ground in Northern Michigan 

 because the price offered was not sufficient to warrant 

 the farmer for gathering them up. Now, evaporated 



