1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1857 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



and 



Combination 

 Club Offers. 



Last season, without intending to show any partiality, a premium list was issuedfin 

 the interest of subscription work. A wide choice of books and papers on bee-keeping, 

 poultry-raising, fruit culture, and kindred _^.^_^___i^.^______^^^__.^^^ 



subjects was open to any one who could 

 devote a little leisure time in securing 

 Gleanings subscriptions, either new or 

 renewals. 



ONE RESTRTCTION-that a renewal 

 for ones self did not entitle the send%r to a 

 premium — caused an occasional protest. 



Fair to 

 Every one 



During the season 1907-8, both old and 

 new subscribers may secure a year's sub- 

 scription to Gleanings in Bee Culture, 

 and choice of any of the following books, 

 papers, or articles, by sending a small 

 additional amount to subscription price, 

 as specified under terms of the offer which 

 meets his needs. We feel certain that 

 these offers will be appreciated by all, 

 especially by any who may have felt that 

 the list last season was too restrictive. 



Offer No. 1 B.— A B c op bee culture 

 (1907 edition), postpaid, and Glbanings one 

 year, for $2.25. This edition of A B C will be 

 ready to mail about November 1. 



Offer No. 2 B.— how to keep bees, post- 

 paid, and Gleanings one year, for $1 50. A 

 handbook for those who keep bees for happiness 

 and honey, and, incidentally, for money. It serves 

 as an introduction to more extended manuals, 

 such as the A B C of Bee Culture. 



Offer No. 3 B.— forty years among 



THE BEES, by Dr. C. C. Miller, and a year's 

 subscription to Gleanings, $1.75, postpaid. 



Offer No 4 B.— standard root smok- 

 er, postpaid, and Gleancngs one year, $1.85. 

 One of the best smokers made, both in principle 

 and construction. 



Offer No. 5 B.— what to do and how 



TO BE HAPPY WHILE DOING IT. by A. I. 

 Root. This book postpaid, with Gleanings one 

 year, $1.35. 



Offer No. 6 B.— a copy of MINK-TRAPPING, 

 postpaid and Gleanings one year, $1.30. The 

 methods published are those of experienced 

 trappers from all parts of the country. 



Offer No. 7 B.— a copy of FOX-TRAPPING, 

 postpaid, and Gleanings one year, $1,30. A book 

 of instructions tellintr how to trap, snare, poison, 

 and shoot. A valuable book for trappers. 



Offer No. 8 B.— BEE-GLOVES. One pair of 

 cloth bee-grloves. with or without fingers, with 

 Gleanings one year, $1.35, postpaid. 



Offer No. 9 B.-One fountain pen, post- 

 paid, with Gle-vnings one year, $150. Price of 

 pen alone is $1.00; not equal to pens sold at $2.50 

 and up, but as good a pen as we can find for $1.00. 



Offer No. I O B.— a year's subscription to 

 Gleanings and THE AMERICAN BOY, $1.65. 



Offer No. II B. — deadfalls and 



SNARES. (Just the book for trappers, hunters, 

 woodsmen, and the country boy who wants to 

 know the different ways of capturing fur bearing 

 animals of all kinds). This book, postpaid, with 

 a year's subscriiHion to Gleanings, $1 30 



Canadian postage on each of the above offers, 30 cts. per year additional. 

 Foreign postage on each of the above offers, m cts. per year additional. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, ^ MEDINA, OHIO. 



