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CLEANINGS IN BEE CULTCltK. 



Aug. 1 



If any of rur subscribers can furnish copifs of 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture for April 1, 1906; May 1, 

 1906; May 15, 1906; Jan. 1, 1907, or Mar. 15, 1907, please 

 report to us by postal card, specifying -which num- 

 bers you can supply. 



In response to the request made in "Special No- 

 tices '■ a number of our subscribers have kindly offer- 

 ed to furnish us the A B C of Bee Culture now in their 

 hands in exchange for Gleahincs, or the new edition 

 of the ABC. We are very grateful for these responses, 

 but in many cases are unable to use them for the rea- 

 son that we can not send them out on the orders we 

 have unfilled unless the books are in absolutely, new 

 condition. Our notice was to bring the matter to the 

 attention of local dealers who have new ABC books 

 on hand, anywhere from one to a dozen copies, and it 

 is from such that we desire to obtain what surplus 

 copies they have in new condition. 



HONEY PACKAGES AND LABELS. 



We call attention to the honey-packages, both of 

 glass and tin, on other pages of this number; also to 

 the inside front cover page of the July 1st issue for 

 labels. We are offering some new designs in labels. 

 If interested in ordering, send for complete label cat- 

 alog, of which a new edition has just been complet- 

 ed. If you have choice honey to sell, put it on the 

 market in neatard attractive form, and it will find 

 readier sale. 



HONEY WANTED. 



Those having honey to sell, of first quality, either 

 comb or extracted, are requested to write us. If comb 

 honey, give size of section, number in a case, grade, 

 and quantity, and state the price at which you will 

 sell. If extracted honey, tell how put up for shipment, 

 (luantity, and price, and mail a sample. We have lit- 

 tle demand for off grades of either comb or extracted. 

 We want to buy No. 1 and fancy white comb honey, 

 plain sections preferred. We also want clover extract- 

 ed honey. If you have any ready for market, or can 

 get it ready soon, let us hear from you. 



CARTONS FOB COMB HONEY. 



In casing your fancy comb honey for market you 

 will find it quite an advantage to enclose each section 

 in a carton before placing them in the case. Sections 

 packed in the Danzenbaker style of carton may be 

 packed in the regular-sized shipping-cases; but the 

 folding cartons which entirely enclose the section re- 

 quire more room, and, conse(|uently, larger cases to 

 take them in. We are now prepared to supply cartons 

 made from a better grade of stock and more artistic 

 printing than the ordinary style listed in our catalog. 

 Samples and prices furnished to those interested, on 

 application. 



WATER-MOTORS FOR OPERATING HONEY-EXTRACT- 

 ORS. 



Our attention has recently been called to a washing- 

 machine run by a water^motor. It is connected up to 

 the city water pressure, and will operate on a pressure, 

 of 20 lbs. or more. A good many farmers with wind- 

 mill and elevated tank can easily get a pressure in 

 water-pipes of 20 pounds. It simply means having a 

 head of at least 40 feet. Those located in hilly country 

 with mountain streams can easily pipe the water so 

 as to obtain the necessary pressure. We are planning 

 to adapt this means of power to running honey-ex- 

 tractors so that those having the water power avail- 

 able may be able to use it. The amount of power 

 which the motor will develop depends on the water 

 pressure. The motor fitted to an extractor will not 

 add more than $15 or $20 to the price, one-fourth to 

 one-third the cost of a gasoline-engine, to those who 

 have the water power piped and available. The wa- 

 ter used amounts to about 100 gallons an hour; and 



after going through the motor it may be utilized for 

 lawn or other purposes where pressure is not requir- 

 ed. Perfect control in starting and stopping is had 

 by the turning of a common valve. 



We have not got our fittings worked out yet, and it 

 may be some weeks before we are ready, but we should 

 like to hear from all of our readers who are interest- 

 ed and have water available to operate a rig of this 

 kind. It is simplicity itself, and can not easily get 

 out of order. 



During the past two weeks we have received several 

 letters of inquiry regarding a certain advertiser of 

 bees and queens, whose name is well known to the 

 readers of our advertising columns. These letters of 

 inquiry came from our subscribers who have sent him 

 orders and who were unable to hear from him as 

 promptly as expected. We had no personal acquaint- 

 ance with the advertiser, but from the first we felt sure 

 the delay was due to the backward season and his con- 

 sequent inability to raise the large number of queens 

 as early in the season as he expected. We felt, too, 

 that the unusual number of orders which he appeared 

 to be getting put him at disadvantage on account of 

 the large amount of correspondence so that he was 

 unable to answer as promptly, as he would under usual 

 circumstances, the letters of inquiry about his orders. 

 Since these letters were referred to him we have full 

 advices from him about the situation, to the effect 

 that in the month of June alone he received more or- 

 ders for bees and queens than he expected in the entire 

 year. Furthermore, some of the people who complain- 

 ed about the delay to which they were subjected last 

 year have sent him orders this year. By this time 

 we think he will have either returned the money to 

 those whose orders he can not fill or filled the orders 

 entire. We do not want to defend any advertiser 

 whose methods are not square with our subscribers, 

 and on the other hand we want our subscribers to be 

 as considerate of our advertisers as possible. Just 

 imagine getting as many orders in a single month as 

 the breeder expected in a whole year and you will un- 

 derstand some of the difficulties he has had in filling 

 them and attending to the resultant correspondence. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



WELLS AND CLEAR WATER ; STERILIZATION OF SOILS 



IN THE GREENHOUSE ; SEEDLESS TOMATOES, 



AND FIRELESS COOK-STOVES. 



The above are some of the subjects treated in Farm- 

 ers' Bulletin No. 296, issued June 19. It is an exceed- 

 ingly valuable bulletin. It seems that seedless toma- 

 toes, or at least those that are comparatively seed- 

 less, are soon to be within our reach; and if you haven't 

 got a flreless cook-stove, especially for hot weather 

 you are not keeping posted. 



EMANCIPATION FROM THE THBALLDOM OF THE 

 LIQUOR^ TRAFFIC, 



Mr. B. B. Jones, of Lake Roland, Md., sends us a 

 clipping from the Baltimore Xews of July 20, contain- 

 ing a column of matter headed, " A prohibition law 

 that will prohibit." Above this heading, in large 

 capitals, we read, " Liquor men ready to leave 

 Georgia. The new law will put them all out of busi- 

 ness." In the same mail comes a newspaper clipping 

 from Indiana, stating that the State Sunday-school 

 convention just held decided, before its adjournment, 

 that the slogan for that organization in the future 

 would be, "Indiana a dry State." And these two il- 

 lustrations are only examples of clippings that are 

 coming in from north, south, east, and west. Surely 

 that great address, the Stainless Flag, is bearing 

 fruit. In fact, the indications have been all along 

 that our nation was " getting ripe," all over for just 

 such a "declaration of independence" from the 

 rum power. 



PAULOWNIA IMPERIALIS 



This plant is now 4 ft. high, with leaves 2 ft, broad, 

 and growing like a weed; and the most interesting 

 thing about it is that the 15 or 20 suckers that have 

 started at different times around the root of the tree, 

 when put in the wet sand of my cutting-bed, have 

 taken root, and promise to make nice little trees. 

 The seed is exceedingly small, and slow in germinal- 



