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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 1 



In a case, 75 c. per box; $7.20 for 10 boxes; 25 boxes or 

 over at 70 cts. This offer is for only a limited time to 

 reduce stock, and you should mention it in ordering. 



Bee-keepers and others in the vicinity of the points 

 named below can secure bargains in colonies of bees 

 by addressing the parties named, from vehom full par- 

 ticulars can be obtained: 



Geo. H. Rea, Reynoldsville, Pa. 



Louis Fuelling, Mt. Vernon, Ind. 



John H. Wagner. 425 N. 8th St.. Beatrice, Neb. 



D. W. Switzer, Roebuck, S- C. 



J C. Stewart, Hopkins, Mo. 



Sebastian Iselin, Stockton, Cal., R. D. No. 2, Box 11. 



We haven't full particulars regarding the bees of- 

 fered in each case; the parties desiring to purchase 

 should make inquiry for themselves. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



THE M. CRAWFORD CO., CUYAHOGA FALLS, O. 



For years past, Matthew Crawford's name has been 

 almost a household word for nice strawberry-plants; 

 and although I have had plants from him more or less 

 almost every season, I never yet saw a poor plant sent 

 out from his place. A few days ago the women-folks 

 were wishing I would get the strawberry fever again, 

 but it was toward the last of June, and most plant- 

 growers would say it was entirely too late to ship 

 plahts. By the way, let me say right here that I have 

 planted strawberries, and made t lie id grow, every 

 month in the year, here in Ohio; and I told friend C. 

 that if he would send me a few plants, even if it was 

 nf ar the 4th of July. I would guarantee to make them 

 grow Well, what do you think? On this 21st day of 

 June I have just opened a package of about the hand- 

 somest strawberry-plants I ever saw, and that is just 

 the way they do business. The plants are not only al- 

 ways first class, but they come right straight back as 

 quick as your order can reach them and the plants get 

 back to you. I hope his boys will continue to keep 

 up the splendid reputation that the veteran strawber- 

 ry-grower, their father, has enjoyed all his life. 



PAULOWNIA IMPERIALIS. 



The tree that made the enormous growth of 16 feet 

 from the ground in one season a year ago we had giv- 

 en up for dead. It stood the winter, but the repeated 

 severe freezes during the spring seemed to have done 

 it up. The boys were begging to pull it up and throw 

 it away, but I told them to hold on, as it might start 

 up from the root. But finally, when June came and it 

 showed no sign of life, I lost hope; but I had one of 

 my pleasant .surprises this 25th day of June when I 

 saw two great sturdy shoots nearly a foot high. They* 

 came up so quickly(near the root) it seemed almost like 

 a mushroom in the night. Do not be in a hurry to pull 

 up your things and throw them away. I have several 

 times seen different kinds of fruit-trees pulled up. 

 only to discover a big healthv sprout down under the 

 ground; and if you once pull it up the chances are that 

 it can not be put back so as to be a success. Now, this 

 paulownia has probably got all of its roots, and it 

 -seemed when I took a look at it jusc now that it was 

 saying, " Just watch, and see us grow." 



PROFITS IN POULTRY -KEEPING SOLVED; THE $5.00 

 POULTRY-BOOK. 



We are in receipt of the new and complete edition 

 of the $5.00 poultry-book. It has substantial cloth cov- 

 ers, is printed on fine paper, and contains eleven more 

 pages than the former edition. While this is quite an 

 improvement over the old one, it yet lacks suitable 

 engravings to make plain the construction of the sim- 

 ple poultry-houses, etc. It is true the book is fairly 

 well illustrated; but the illustrations have no particu- 

 lar reference to the chapters of the book. For in- 

 stance, he describes making self-feeding hoppers; but 

 for the life of me I can not understand it so as to make 

 one myself without some sort of picture to make it 

 plain. There is one cheap picture of a poultry-house, 

 and two diagrams. Thase are the only helpful illus- 

 trations I find in the book. As I understand it the 

 book is sent you for $1.00, and you can pay the other 

 $4.00 when you are satisfied it contains matter of 

 enough value, different from any other in print, to 

 make it worth S5 00. It is true the book is something 

 of a departure from poultry-books in general, and its 

 teachings are sound and reasonable so far as I can 

 judge. 



^v.PW"S 



POOR HONEY CROP 



in 1906, hut we sold in Mic^higan 



1, 14^3,000 Lewis Secflions 



Six Carloads Now In. 



The rush is now on Do not send your orders to the one- 

 horse dealer and be disappointed. We ship^oods the same 

 day order is received. Our shipping facilities are the best in 

 Michigan — 74 freight and o5 express trains daily. 



A. G. Woodman Co. 



Long-distance phones: Bell, 181; Citizens, 3120. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. 



GoingOut q/Business 



Be<s«sui>]>lies of Every Kind ax^d Busix\ess for Sale. 



Have trade enough and can afford to quit. Tired, 60 years old, and want to rest, think, write, and live, 



CAN SAVE YOU MONEY ANY PLACE IN THE U. S. 



400 hives at Watertown. Wis.; rest of goods here. SEND A LIST OF WHAT YOU WANT FOR PRICES. 

 BIG CUT, and you will need to be QUICK. Read the MODERN FARMER. 



EMERSON T. ABBOTT u^ ST. JOSEPH. MO. 



