Order your copy of American Standard of Perfection" through GLEANINGS. The new edition of this greatest of all poultry-books is now ready. Beautiful plates show feather-markings, etc., of every standard breed. Price $1.50, postpaid, in cloth; $2.25 in morocco binding. BUYERS' BUREAU, GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Having more chickens than my back lot will accommodate without crowding, I am going to reduce my price one-half, on a setting of 15 eggs, to $1.50, from my $25.00 pen of S. C. R. 1. Reds. Mr. A. I. Root told me a few days ago that I had the best S. C. R. I. Red rooster he had ever seen. Reports from purchasers of settings show a very high fertility of eggs. Special care used in containers for shipping eggs by express in the U. S., or by parcels post to foreign countries. L. W. BOYDEN, 682 West Liberty St., Medina, O. lar. Bee-keepers' Directory Nutmeg Italian queens, after June 1, $1.00. CircuA. W. YATES, 3 Chapman St., Hartford, Ct. Bees, queens, supplies, and export; free school. W. C. MORRIS, 74 Cortlandt St., New York. Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. J. H. M. Cook, 70 Cortlandt St., New York. For bee-smoker and honey-knife circular send a card to T. F. BINGHAM, Alma, Mich. Improved golden-yellow Italian queens for 1911: beautiful, hustling, gentle workers. Send for price list to E. E. LAWRENCE, Doniphan, Mo. QUEENS.-Improved red-clover Italians, bred for business; June 1 to Nov. 15, untested queens, 75 cts.; select, $1.00; tested. $1.25 each. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. H. C. CLEMONS, Boyd, Ky. Quirin's famous improved Italian queens ready in April; nuclei and colonies about May 1. My stock is northern-bred and hardy. Five yards wintered on summer stands in 1908 and 1909 without a single loss. For prices see large advertisement. QUIRIN-THE-QUEEN-BREEDER, Bellevue, O. Elec consist of observation hives made of cedar, chestnut, ash, and pine; new honey made in May and June; a swarm of bees in a hemlock stump: fancy queens, golden Italians, educated, non-swarming. Trains leave South Station, Boston; at 10: 10 A.M. and 12 15 P.M., and return at 3:1 and 4 : 44. tric cars leave Dudley St. to Mattapan and Blue Hill street railway to Canton and Stoughton every half-hour. Automobiles at Stoughton Station. Bring basket lunch. Hot coffee donated by Mr. H. W. Britton. All interested in bees are invited. T. J. HAWKINS, Sec., 4 Emery St., Everett, Mass. Mrs. W. Z. Hutchinson DEAR MADAM:-On June 6th and 7th there was held, under the direction of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, a convention of bee-keepers that was attended by something over one hundred persons from various parts of eastern United States. This was the first bee-keepers' assembly after the death of Mr. Hutchinson, the news of which came to us unexpectedly and as a shock. During our morning session of June 7 several of the prominent bee-keepers expressed their sympathy for you, and reviewed the splendid work of Mr. Hutchinson. It was a unanimous expression that the bee-keeping world has lost an individualistic leader, a clear and concise writer, whose place is not soon to be filled. The most sincere sympathy of those assembled is extended to you. It was desired that this be expressed also through the apicultural press. The following is the program of the Pennsylvania State Bee-keepers' Association for its summer meeting, high-school building, Reynoldsville, Pa., July 11 and 12, 1911, beginning at 9:30 A.M., Tuesday. Invocation, Rev. A. J. Meek, Reynoldsville. Roll-call. Address of welcome, Prof. L. Mayne Jones, Superintendent of Schools, Jefferson Co., Pa. Response, H. C. Klinger, Liverpool, Pa. Report of Legislative Committee, Wm. A. Selser, Philadelphia. Address, Hon. S. B. Elliott, Reynoldsville. Afternoon session, 1:30. Practical demonstrations in the apiary: Handling bees for practical work," Geo. H. Rea, Reynoldsville. Handling, bees for exhibition," E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio. "Handling hives and apparatus," I. F. Miller, Knoxdale, Pa. "Equipment for the amateur," Prof. H. A. Surface, State Economic Zoologist, Harrisburg. Evening session, Tuesday, 7:30. President's address, illustrated, Prof. Surface. "Late developments in apiculture," illustrated, E. R. Root. Paper, "Queen-rearing," Penn G. Snyder, Swarthmore, Pa. "Improving stock," S. P. Christian, Sabula, Pa., and J. R. Rambo, Collingdale, Pa. Wednesday morning, 9 o'clock. General business. "Controlling swarming when working for comb honey," Chas. N. Greene, Troy, Pa. "Extracted honey," Harold Hornor, Philadelphia. Necessity and methods of apiary inspection," Geo. H. Rea. Building up colonies for the clover harvest,” Wm. A. Selser. Wednesday afternoon, 1:30. Practical demonstrations in the apiary. "Treating foul brood," Geo. H. Rea, W. A. Selser. "Shook swarming." E. R. Root. "Transferring from box hives and trees," Prof. H. A. Surface, H. C. Klinger. Special music will help enliven the program. Exhibits of honey and supplies will be made. Excellent hotel accommodations have been secured. Rooms may be had with or without board. Good meals will be served at restaurants. Bee-keepers headquarters will be at Franks Tayern, where special rates have been secured at $1.50 per day. The afternoons of each day will be devoted to field work in practical demonstrations. Each beekeeper who can attend should be there. H, C. KLINGER, Sec'y. Special Notices By OUR BUSINESS MANAGER BEESWAX WANTED. Till further notice we will pay 28 cts. cash, 30 cts. in trade, for average wax, delivered here. SWEET-CLOVER SEED. We are still prepared to furnish sweet-clover seed of the various kinds we have been advertising at the prices last quoted. We are also arranging for seed of this season's crop, and shall be pleased to hear from those who are prepared to gather seed to sell, especially the yellow biennial and the white hulled seed. SECOND-HAND CANS. We still have a good supply of good second-hand cans free from rust on the inside, and fairly bright outside. They would make an excellent container for dark or off grades of honey. We do not recommend any thing short of new cans for choice white honey. These cans are a bargain at $3.00 for 10 boxes of 2 cans each; $25.00 per 100 boxes; 50 boxes at 100 rate. HONEY WANTED. We are now in the market for a good grade of white honey suitable for our trade. Send us a sample with your name attached to package for identification. Write us at the same time, telling us from what source the honey was gathered, when you extracted it, and in what kind of package it is put: also if you are ready to ship it at once, or at what time you will be ready to ship it. Mention the price per pound that you want for it, delivered on cars at your nearest railroad station. We can use any amount. from a 60-lb. can or a small barrel. to several carloads, and from any place produced, provided the honey is light and does not have a too pronounced flavor. BALING-TAGS. In the manufacture of sections we produce a great many small pieces of the thickness and width of sections finished smooth, about 2 to 2%1⁄2 inches long. We have been furnishing these to men in this vicinity, who bale up hay and straw, to use as tags in marking the weight of the bale. Because they are a waste product we can furnish them very much cheaper than they could be made to order. Our price at present is $3.00 per barrel, and a barrel contains approximately 10,000 pieces, making them cost about 30 cts. per 1000. We can furnish more than we have been selling, and should be pleased to hear from any one with orders. Call your hay-balers' attention to this. BUCKWHEAT SEED. We have sold out our stock of Japanese buckwheat, but have secured a further supply at an increased price. We have also located some lots in other parts of the country from which we can make shipments. We will furnish from here either silverhull or Japanese by freight, bags included, not prepaid. Peck, 50 cts.; 1⁄2 bu., 85 cts.; one bu., $1.40; two bu.. $2.50. We can also ship from Dexter, Mo., in lots of one bushel or more, at the same rate. This is good recleaned seed, but not guaranteed pure Japanese. Subject to previous sale, there is also some Japanese available at Hoosick Falls, N. Y. Ten-bushel lots from either place, bags extra, at $1.10 per bushel. SECOND-HAND SHIPPING-CASES NAILED. We have quite a number of shipping-cases in which we have received comb honey, which are cleaned up and in fair condition, which we offer crated up for shipment at the following special prices: 33 24-section cases for 4x1% sec., 9 for $1.00; $10.00 per 100. 65 24-section cases for 4x2 sec., 9 for $1.00; $6.00 for lot. 67 24-section cases for 4x14 sec., 9 for $1.00; $6.00 for lot. 33 12-section cases for 4x1% sec., $2.00 for lot. 22 24-section cases for 4x5x1% sec., $2.00 for lot. 21 24-section cases for 3%x5x12 sec., $2.00 for lot. OLD-STYLE HONEY-EXTRACTORS. We still have a few old-style honey-extractors without slip gear and ball bearing or the latest diemolded gears, No. 25, four-frame Root automatic, at Medina, which we will sell at a special price of $15.00 each. Here, certainly, is a bargain. At Des Moines, Iowa, several No. 15 Cowans which we will sell at $10.00 each. At Chicago, No. 4 Novice for short frames at $7.50 each, or No. 10 Novice at 88.50 each. A No. 20 Cowan for extra-large frames, offered at $12.50. At Philadelphia a No. 4 Novice at $7.50. A No. 17 Cowan at $11.00. A No. 18 Cowan at $11.50. A No. 25 four-frame automatic at $16.00. At New York, a No. 17 Cowan for $11.00. At Washington, D. C., a No. 15 Cowan for $10.00, or a No. 15 automatic for $11.50. At Mechanic Falls, Me., No. 15 Cowan at $10.00 each. No. 4 Novice at $7.50 each. SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION-MILLS. We have to offer the following list of foundationmachines which have been used, but are in fair condition. In many cases they will answer as well as a new machine where you have only a moderate output. Send for samples of any mill in the list which may interest you. No. 0117, 2x10 round-cell medium-brood mill in good condition. Price $14.00. An No. 0121, 2x10-inch heavy hex. brood mill. old-style Dunham machine without cam adjustment; in rather poor condition. Price $8.00. No. 0129, 2x10 round cell medium-brood mill, oldstyle frame, in good condition. Price $14.00. No. 0132, 2x10 round cell Pelham mill. This is nearly new, but it does not make a natural-shaped cell. Price $9.00. No. 0:35, 2x10 round-cell medium-brood mill in old-style frame, fair condition. Price $12.00. No. 0138, 22x6 hexagonal extra thin-super mill, in very good shape. Price $14.00. No. 0139, 21⁄2 x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in very good condition. Price $14.00. No. 0140, 21⁄2 x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in very good condition. Price $14.00. No. 0141, 2x6 hexagonal extra thin-super mill, in extra good condition. Price $15.00. No. 0142, 221⁄2 x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in fair condition. Price $12.00. No. 0144, 22x10 hexagonal medium-brood mill, in fair condition. Price $15.00. No. 0145, 21⁄2x10 hexagonal light-brood mill in fair condition. Price $15.00. No. 0146, 22x10 hexagonal medium-brood mill, in very good shape. Price $17.00. No. 0147, 22x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in extra good condition. Price $15.00. No. 0151, 22x6 hexagonal cell, extra thin-super mill, one bad cell, otherwise in good condition. Price $12.00. No. 0152, 22x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, extra good for regular-width super foundation. Price $12.00. No. 0153, 22x6 hexagonal thin-super mill. No. 0154, ditto. Both in very good condition. Price $14.00 each. No. 0155, 2x10 round cell, medium-brood mill in old-style frame; fair condition. Price $12.00. No. 0156, 22x6 extra thin-super mill, fair. Price $10.00. No. 0157, 22x6 thin-super mill, in good condition. Price $12.00. No. 0158, 21⁄2 x6 extra thin-super mill in fair condition. Price $10.00. Special Notices By A. I. ROOT THE CROWN OF DIAMONDS AND THE CROWN OF THORNS. I am so strongly impressed that the Home paper in this issue will do a great work in the cause of temperance that we have made preparations to furnish it in small pamphlet form, free of charge to all of our readers who may want the tracts for free distribution. Tell us how many you can dispose of where they will probably be read, and we will mail you 10, 25, or 100 copies, free of charge. The Texas Honey-crop You don't hear much complaining among Texas bee-keepers this year. The outlook for a big crop of honey of the highest quality is very pleasing, and wise bee-keepers are not risking the loss of any part of their harvest through lack of preparation. How are you fixed for supplies? Better get your orders in right away for prompt service. We are in the Market We wish to buy your honey and beeswax, and supply you with honey-cans. We also desire, as usual, to buy all the first-class white honey we can obtain. We are now paying for first-class white bulk comb honey, properly put up, f. o. b. the bee-keeper's railroad shipping-point 94 ets. per pound for 2-60. 10 ets. per pound for 10-6. If you wish to sell us some, kindly send sample, stating how much you have and how it is put up, and we will send you shipping instructions. We have on hand an immense stock of honey-cans and Root's Bee-keepers' Supplies. We also manufacture comb foundation by the "Weed New Process," and lead in foundation sales in the Southwest with this superior product. Can work your wax into comb foundation at a reasonable rate-every pound guaranteed. We pay for average clean beeswax 28c cash, 30c in trade, delivered here. What can You Use in This List? Prices LESS than Wholesale! We are a little bit overstocked with cases for shipping comb honey, and want to clear at wholesale rates to our regular patrons. The cases offered below are of the latest design and made to ship comb-honey sections any distance with safety. We will quite gladly give further particulars upon request. TOEPPERWEIN & MAYFIELD COMPANY Cor. Nolan and Cherry Sts., San Antonio, Texas WASHINGTON BRANCH TH HE bulk of our trade at this branch comes from Southern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, the Virginias, and Carolinas; but this well-located office at the national center is also on the main line to the great South. No better service to the section along the Atlantic Coast can be had. A realization of our opportunity at this important distributing-point has encouraged us to make most careful and complete preparations for prompt and efficient service. Read of Our Facilities Packing. We do not charge for packing, boxing, or delivering to freight or express offices here in Washington. We do not prepay any charges unless goods are to be delivered to a prepaid station, as all our prices and quotations are F. O. B., Washington. If no agent at your station, notify us and we will prepay, and bill charges after shipment. Often during the busy season much time can be saved by ordering small shipments sent by express. Your local agent will tell you about what charges will be from here. Root Goods are Standard Goods! Remember that ROOT'S Bee-keepers' Supplies are recognized all over the world as the STANDARD-standard in dimensions, standard in quality. Every part and place fits exactly in the place it was intended for. All parts are made with the utmost care and accuracy, and can be placed in any other hive of the same style without a bitch in fit. Our lumber is selected with a view to getting the best to be procured. It is carefully sorted and thoroughly seasoned. And no less care is taken in the choice of any material whatever that goes into a product which, when finished, is to bear the ROOT label. The Washington Branch has the benefit of the experience of a manager who thoroughly understands the requirements of those engaged in this business either for profit or pleasure. He couples with his knowledge the desire to make his service valuable to you upon any occasion. Bee-keeping is gaining prominence in the Southland, and it will pay to investigate the opportunities offered by this pursuit in connection with poultry, fruit, and similar alliances. Do not be afraid to make known you wants-come to Washington, or write and we will show you every possible consideration. THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY 333 11th St., Washington, D. C. Phone, M. 4237--m. |