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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1 



<* If goods are wanted ctuicK, send to Pouder." 



Elstablished 1889. 



"And the Next Day 

 It Rained." 



By the Bee Crank. 



"Once upon a time," begins a sort 

 of fable that used to be in our school- 

 books. 



The gist of it is, that a farmer 

 w< nt to a great attorney in the city 

 and paid him a good price for a 

 bit of advice — an "opinion," the 

 farmer called it. 



Mr. Wiseman, the law- 

 yer, merely said, "Don't 

 put off till to-morrow 

 what you can do to-day. ' ' 

 Then he took the coun- 

 tryman's cash, and said 

 good by. 



The far mer went home, 

 and that afternoon put 

 up a field of hay that he 

 had planned to attend to 

 the next day. '^And the 

 next clay it rained,'' and as he saw 

 his neighbor's hay ruined in the field, 

 and some of it going down the 

 "crick," he made up his mind 

 that he would remember the law- 

 yer's advice to the end of his 



days— which he did— and became 

 wealthy. 



The funny thing about that fable is 

 that there was ever any need for it 

 at all. 



It looks as though all men would 

 see at a glance, that "putting off" 

 is poor policy. 



Doesn't it look that 

 way to you ? 



If you are one of those 

 who are not ordering 

 needed supplies now be- 

 cause it can be ' ' put off ' ' 

 till to-morrow or next 

 week or next month, 

 just learn a lesson from 

 your own bees — get busy 

 TO-DAY. 

 Order what you need 

 way of supplies NOW. 

 no advantage in waiting 

 till the last minute. 



To help interest you in prompt- 

 ness I offer a discount on orders 

 received before January 1. 



in the 

 There's 



I am prepared to take care of your beeswax at highest market price, cash or trade. Bee- 

 keepers have been liberal in buying supplies, and in turn it is always one of my pleasures to 

 pay promptly the highest market prices for honey and beeswax. Notice how this man ex- 

 presses himself about my methods: 



Mb. WAiiTEB S. PouDER, Foreston, Minn. 



Dear Sir:— Yosxrs, with check for 3100 pounds of honey, to hand. I can not say too much 

 in your favor, and only wish we had more honey-buyers like yourself who would give us a 

 square deal. I also thank you for the praise you give my honey, and will remember you 

 when I secure another crop. With best wishes, J. E. Hughes. 



Get my free catalog. 



Walter iS. Pouder. 



513-515 MassacKusetts Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. 



