1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1483 



Gleamng's in Bee Culture 



PREMIUM OFFERS 



CONDITIONS 



The following offers are self-explanatory in most cases. Their purpose is to induce both present nd 

 prospective subscribers to interest others in Gleanings in Bee Cultore. 



Please Observe Carefully- tKe Follo^ving General Rtxles 



1. Trial subscriptions are offered only for uniform time of six months, and must in each case be a new 

 name— that is, the name of some one who has not been a subscriber to Gleanings during the preceding year. 

 One sending in a trial subscription for himself is not entitled to a premium. 



2. Any one, whether a subscriber or not, may take advantage of the offers given on this page by comply- 

 ing with given conditions, except that no one is entitled to a premium for his own renewal unless he sends two 

 or more subscriptions besides his own. It then counts the same as the name of any other renewal he may send, 



NOTE.— We have, however, provided a list of CLUBBING OFFERS and COMBINATIONS, 

 including Gleanings, which we are very glad to extend to our old subscribers. In those offers a 

 renewal for oneself may be sent; and by making payment of additional postage required, a book on 

 bee-keeping, subscription to some other paper, or something in the line of bee-keepers' supplies, may 

 be secured for an amount only slightly in excess of the regular subscription price of Gleanings. (For 

 more detailed information see page 1357.) 



3. Please note that our premiums are divided into three classes as follows: For six months' trial sub- 

 scriptions (new only); for new yearly subscriptions; for yearly renewals (for some one else). 



4. Premiums should be claimed when orders are sent. Please order your premium as numbered and let- 

 tered, and also specify the article or articles desired. 



5. All former premium offers are canceled at this date. 



For Ne-w Six MontHs* 

 Xrial Subscriptions 



CEE Rule 1 given above. As many 

 *-' premiums may be claimed as 

 you send subscriptions. A sub- 

 scription to one of the papers will 

 apply to either new or renewal 

 subscription to that paper. 



Premium IC. For one trial sub- 

 scription we will advance your own 

 subscription three months. 



Premium 2C. One year's sub- 

 scription to Farm News and a copy 

 of Prof. Holden's Corn Book, post- 

 paid. 



Premium 3C. Two years' sub- 

 scription to the Farm Journal 

 (Philadelphia). 



Premium 4C. One year's sub- 

 scription to Farm and Fireside. 



Premium 5C. One copy of "Child 

 Training," an excellent little book 

 by one who is herself a lover of 

 children, and whose life work has 

 been teaching In primary grades. 



(The next five premiums are 

 books in the Swarthmore Library.) 



Premium 6C. One copy of "In- 

 crease. " The first of the series. 

 Any one desiring to enlarge his 

 apiary should learn the Swarth- 

 more way. 



Premium 7C. One copy of "Baby 

 Nuclei." The using of little frames 

 and a handful of bees for mating 

 queens has created a stir in the 

 queen- rearing business. From this 

 booklet you get your information 

 direct. 



Premium 8C. One copy of "Com- 

 mercial Queen-rearing." A com- 

 plete description of the Swarth- 

 more method of queen-rearing in 

 regard to cell-getting. 



Premium 9C. One copy of " Sim- 

 plified Queen-rearing." It tells the 

 honey-producer how to rear queens 

 by the simplest method ever pub- 

 lished. Good queens for little 

 money and little trouble, giving an 

 effective and economical plan for 

 the bee-keeper who works for 

 profit. 



Premium IOC. One copy oft 

 "Forcing the Breeding-queen to 

 Lay in Artificial Cell Cups." This 

 little book is fully explained by its 

 title; and, though it may be con- 

 sidered a small book by some, it 

 contains important information of 

 great value to a queen-breeder, 

 which can not be obtained else- 

 where. A queen-breeder must have 

 it. It says the last word on this 

 great subject of queens. 



For Ne-w Yearly Sub- 

 scriptioi\s 



A NY one of the following pre- 

 ■** miums may be selected for 

 each new yearly subscription sent 

 to us with $1.00. As many pre- 

 miums may be claimed as you send 

 subscriptions. If a subscription to 

 one of the papers is selected, it 

 will apply to either new or re- 

 newal subscriptions to that paper. 



Premium 1. For one new yearly 

 subscription sent to us with $1.00 

 we will send Gleanings to your 

 own address one year, or one Style 

 D. Gleanings binder; postage 15 

 cts. extra. 



Premium 5. How to Keep Bees, 

 one copy, cloth-bound, by Anna B. 

 Comstock; postage 10 cts. extra. 



Premium 6. One 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 fountain pen, 

 postpaid; as good as any $1.00 pen 

 on the market. 



Premium 11. One untested Ital- 

 ian queen, leather color, to be sent 

 at our convenience during the sea- 

 son of 1908. 



For R.ene-wal Yearly 

 Subscriptioi\s 



CEE condition under Rule 2 given 

 *^ above. Any one of the follow- 

 ing premiums may be selected for 

 each renewal yearly subscription 

 for S07ne one else, sent to us with 

 $1.00. If a subscription to one of 

 the papers is selected, it will apply 

 to either new or renewal subscrip- 

 tions to that paper. 



Premium IIC. One copy of any 

 of the following books, the pub- 

 lisher's price of which is 50 cts: 

 Poultry-house and Fixtures ; Arti- 

 ficial Incubating and Brooding ; 

 The Chick Book; Eggs and Egg- 

 farming; Plymouth Rocks, Leg- 

 horns, Asiatics ; Ducks and Geese, 

 Turkeys, Bantam Fowls. 



Premium 12C. Either of the fol- 

 lowing books described in our 

 book catalog ; The A B C of Straw- 

 berry Culture; The A B C of Potato 

 Culture. 



Premium 13C. One untested Ital- 

 ian queen. Southern bred, to be 

 sent at our convenience in season 

 of 1908, when we have a surplus. 



Premium 14C. For a renewal 

 yearly subscription (not your own) 

 we will advance your own subscrip- 

 tion six months, or send you a 

 Gleanings binder. Style C, post- 

 age 10 cts. extra. 



Premium 15C. One Junior Root 

 smoker; postage 20 cts. extra. 



Premium 16C. One pair cloth 

 bee-gloves with or without fingers; 

 postage 7 cts. 



Premium 17C. One Porter honey- 

 house escape, postpaid. 



Premium 18C. One year's sub- 

 scription to the American Poultry 

 Journal. 



Premium 19C. One copy of any 

 of the following books: Pox-trap- 

 ping; Mink-trapping; Deadfalls and 

 Snares (a book on trapping); Big- 

 gie Horse Beok ; Biggie Berry 

 Book ; Biggie Cow Book ; Biggie 

 Pet Book ; Biggie Orchard Book. 



Premium 20C. One copy of 

 "What to Do and How to be Happy 

 while Doing It," by A. I. Root. 

 Postpaid. 



*"1crU\fo«s to ^^e A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, OKio 



