1883 



JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



497 



JONES HONEY-PAILS. 



It is really amazing to see the trade that is spring- 

 ing up in these pails. Not only Is our tin-shop going 

 full blast on them, but since orders have mostly 

 ceased for fdn., we have turned our wax-room into 

 a tin-shop, and taught 4he girls the mysteries of 

 melted solder instead of melted beeswax. Orders of 

 from 300 to 500 are matters of almost daily occur- 

 rence, and to-day we received one for 1000 pails, and 

 one inquiry for our best figures on 10,000. We still 

 make the Dadant pails where wanted ; but the cov- 

 ers shut so much more closely on the Jones pails, 

 and there is no possibility of the honey leaking 

 around the edges, while they are more easily opened 

 than the Dadant pails, that we have mostly eeas'i'd 

 making the latter. Jones pails can also be sealed 

 with wax, while the Dadant pails can not. 



WHOLESALE RATES AND COMMISSION, 



So many are the applications for goods at whole- 

 sale, or goods on commission, that I have decided to 

 make a general answer here. We have iio goods to 

 send out on commission at all; our prices are not 

 suflScient to warrant it. Neither have we, as a gen- 

 eral thing, any better rates to give than those in our 

 price list. On many of the goods we make, there Is 

 no wholesale; that is, if you want to sell the goods, 

 your only way is to get machinery and make them. 

 This applies to bee-hives, fdn., and other goods of 

 like nature. If you want to sell fdn., you will have 

 to get a mill and make it. We give wholesale rates 

 on extractors, knives, smokers, etc., but the condi- 

 tions and terms are all given in our price list. We 

 can not give any better prices unless you want to 

 purchase in larger quantity than we have there men- 

 tioned. Where a customcl- buys largely of a certain 

 line of goods, and but a few of another line, we 

 sometimes, in consideration of the large amount of 

 money he has paid us, given him small shipments at 

 10s or 100s rates. But as a rule we do not deviate to 

 anybody from the terms and CDnditions laid down in 

 our price list. 



Just as we go to press, we hear of excitement 

 north, south, east, and west. The saloon - keepers 

 in many of the large cities have formed associations, 

 and drawn up resolutions declaring they will sell 

 what they choose; and in St. Louis we understand 

 they have called on business men in general to unite 

 with them in their scheme of doing away with the 

 Sabbath entirely, or having it a day of drunkenness 

 and debauchery. They do not state it just in that 

 way, but they do complain of having restrictions 

 that should prevent any from so doing if they 

 choose. Of course, the authorities are considering 

 the best way of bringing these rebellious citizens to 

 their senses, and it is possible that bloodshed may 

 ensue. The excitement is not altogether in large 

 cities either; for in our own peaceful, quiet suburb 

 of Medina, a new saloon has been opened right 

 across the track from us. They painted the house 

 all over, and put new porches around it; and when 

 it was completed they commenced by giving beer to 

 whoever would take it. This is going on while I 

 write, if I am correct. I am glad to say, however, 

 that not a very brisk patronage is seen about, even 

 if it does not cost anything. I have been over to 

 see my neighbor, and remonstrated ; and as remon- 

 strance did not avail, we are about to try something 

 else. What are you doing in your town, my good 

 brothers and sisters? 



ARTIFICIAL PASTURAGE. 



In our locality there are only three plants that 

 can be sown at this season so as to produce honey. 

 Buckwheat, if sown now, will produce a nice crop of 

 blossoms, and may ripen grain. Seven-top turnip is 

 just in season, and we are able now to furnish fresh 

 seed of our own rearing at 5 c. per oz., or 50 c. per 

 lb. By mail, 18 c. per lb. extra. Bokhara, or sweet 

 clover, if put in good rich ground, will make a nice 

 growth this fall, and produce a good crop of honey 

 next season. Both the sweet clover and turnip 

 should have good deep rich soil, or the frost will 

 pull them out during the winter. A sandy soil, or 

 one underdrained, will be better on this account. 

 Last spring our seven-top turnips wei'e thrown out 

 of the ground so badly by the frost that the smell of 

 their decaying roots was, for a few days, decidedly 

 a nuisance. 



LETTERS WITHOUT NAMES OR ADDRESSES. 



Our mailing clerk says the matter is getting to be 

 worse and worse. A great heap of letters is now be- 

 fore us without names or addresses. Is everybody 

 getting in such a hurry, or what is the matter? I 

 can not think of any other remedy, except to have 

 your name and address printed on your stationery, 

 and I do not know but that I shall keep on talking 

 about it until more of you adopt something of the 

 kind. I presume gummed labels would not do, be- 

 cause you would forget to put them on. Even 

 where they are written on, they are often so badly 

 written, and the counties are so often omitted, that 

 we have a regular standing quarrel, almost all of the 

 time, with some one or other, because valuable 

 goods have gone to the wrong place simply be- 

 cause of these omissions, or because your name 

 or address is written so poorly that the average 

 clerk can not possibly make it out. What shall we 

 do in regard to this one great source of trouble and 

 trial? I really believe I would print the addresses 

 free of our 150,000 customers, if I could be sure they 

 would all use them every time they write to us. 



Perhaps it may interest our friends to know what 

 kind of a label Chas. Dadant & Son use, as I suppose 

 it is generally known that they sell honey in exceed- 

 ingly large quantities, and they were some of the 

 first to introduce its sale in tin pails. Below we give 

 a copy of one of their labels, only it is reduced in 

 size, and printed all in one color. They have the 

 border red. 



I l-4Lbs. 



I 1-4 Lbs 



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HOISTE^Z" 



FROM TlIK APIARIES (.IF 



Eiversido, Sonora, Nauvoo, Warsaw, and Hamilton. 



PRiil'KIETiillS AND IMPoHTERS OF BEES, 



Haniilton, Hancoek County, Illinois. 



^o^tml'Kt* 



The caiKlying' of honey is the best proof of imilty. This 



honey will eanUy it kept at a temperature of uiider 70 



degrees. To liciuefy candietf honey, put the 



pail In warm water. 



(CANADA ONLY. Dollar queens by return mail. 

 7 H. Smith, Box 103, New Hamburg, Qnt., Can. 



