THE SWARTHMORE SYSTEM OF QUEEN-REARING W HY DEVOTE your entire attention to honey production? You say you can buy your queens cheaper than you can rear them yourself. Possibly this is a mistake. Every honey-producer should acquaint himself with the best methods of rearing queens so as to supply his own yard at the greatest economy. With a Swarthmore Outfit and a good breeding queen you will find no difficulty in stocking your colonies with vigorous young queens. Queenrearing is a science; but with a careful study of the books we list low, and an outfit, you will be surprised at the ease with which queens are raised, and the dollars you will save. Get a good breeding queen to breed from. Swarthmore Books CELL-GETTING.-The plan that has revolutionized queen-rearing throughout the world. The entire process is fully explained and illustrated by photos from actual life, and vividly showing all the laborsaving points in the best cup system ever invented. Price, postpaid, 50 cents. BABY NUCLEI.-In this book Swarthmore thoroughly covers the field of small mating nuclei management. He has had twenty years' experience in mating young queens from section combs with but a handful of bees, and feels competent to write on the subject. Price, postpaid, t0 cents. D INCREASE.-This little book interests all who are anxious for profitable increase. It tells how to form new colonies without breaking the full ones; no labor; little trouble; safe introduction of queens directly. The colony formed on this plan works like a new swarm. Price, postpaid, 25 cts. During the winter of 1603 I lost all my bees excepting a colony of Goldens. By Swarthmore's method of "Increase" I have made good all losses, and have just taken off seven full-depth supers of honey.-Geo. H. Mohler, Pa. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS IN BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES .10 .02 U. S. WA or buy-in States of New York or Pennsylvania L. T. LEACH, Orillia, Ont., Can. WANTED.-Colonies of bees in any kind of hives or boxes with plenty of honey. State price. H. A. Ross, Evansville, Ind. WANTED.-Honey, wax, slumgum, or supplies, in exchange for standard-bred White Wyandottes. H. E. CROWTHER, No. Kingsville, Ohio. WANTED.-Raw furs of all kinds. The highest cash prices paid. Prices on application. Goods held separate if you wish. O. H. MORLEY, Hector, N. Y. WANTED.-Eight-frame hives for cash, or for 360 egg Cyphers incubator. WANTED-Position with some bee-keeper in Southwest Texas. Five years' experience; handy with tools; no bad habits. R. J. ADNEY, Dardanelle, Ark. Help Wanted. WANTED.-A sober, honest, reliable young man by the year at good wages who likes bee-keeping. W. S. GROW, Naples, New York. Addresses Wanted. WANTED.-Parties interested in Cuba to learn the truth about it by subscribing for the Havana Post, the only English paper on the Island. Published at Havana. $1.00 per month; $10.00 per year. Daily except Monday. For Sale. FOR SALE or exchange, choice S. C. Brown Leghor cockerels. J. F. SEMPERS, Aikin, Md. FOR SALE.-My apiaries of 300 colonies near Macon, Ga., the third healthiest city in the U. S., a ready market for output at a fancy price. Prefer selling a halfinterest to a good practical bee-man to take charge. If you mean business, address for particulars JUDSON HEARD, Atlanta, Ga. FOR SALE. 100 colonies bees and fixtures for comb and extracted honey; all up to date; never had a failure: over 5000 lbs. this year. Good reason for selling. Write for terms. H. M. BARBER, Mancos, Colo. FOR SALE.-Barred Plymouth Rocks, bred from good laying strains. Cockerels, $1.00; pullets. $2.00. MRS. W. L. BENNETT, R. D. 1, Crooksville, Ohio. FOR SALE.-Eight acres on foothills, 'twixt orange and sage; 135 stands bees, three stories; good bee-house, etc. HALL, 29 Nordina, Redlands, Calif. FOR SALE. Caucasian queens bred from the best imported Caucasian breeding queens; nuclei and full colonies of gentle Caucasian bees; also Italian bees and queens. Write A. E. TITOFF, 3203 S. Main St., Los Angeles, Cal. FOR SALE.-150 colonies of bees, 30 in Danz, and balance in Root eight-frame Dovetailed hives, at $3.50 per colony complete, in excellent condition for winter, heavy stores; a great bargain for the price. If interested, write for further particulars. W. M. BAILEY & Co., Spartanburg, S. C. FOR SALE.-500 colonies of bees located in the best sweet-clover belt in the U. S. Will take $1500 for the outfit. Reason for wanting to sell, too much other business. If I do not sell shall want a good man to run them next season. W. N. CANNON, Greenville, Ala FOR SALE. We are prepared to furnish millstones, window and door sills, cobblestones, etc. in any shape or quantity, from the celebrated Brush Mountain grit; suitable for grinding all kinds of paint, barytes, clay. cement, grains, etc, STANDARD MILLSTONE Co., Vicar Switch, Va. FOR SALE.-Root's bee-supplies at factory prices: full colonies Italian bees; queens in season (catalog free); Plymouth Rock chickens and eggs; incubators, brooders, poultry food, etc. H. S. DUBY, St. Anne, III. FOR SALE.-Different kinds of cow peas, stock peas, etc. Write for prices. Buy now before they advance. E. R. MILLER, Hearing, Norfolk Co., Va. FOR SALE. 61 acres of good farming land in Bedford Co., Pa.; two log houses and barns; springs of pure soft water; good bearing fruit; a place for poultry and bees. Price $900, on easy terms if you mean business; for particulars address GEO. MCVICKER, Kegg, Pa. The Laying Hen is the Paying Hen. Increase Your Egg Yield MAKE YOUR HENS LAY MORE EGGS Right now, when prices are high, is when you want eggs the most and want the most eggs. Doubtless your flock is doing the best it can under the circumstances. At this season of the year particularly hens must have green bone, and the better it is prepared, the better use they can make of it. It not only means more eggs, but it means fertile eggs. You can easily double the egg yield of your flock by feeding fresh-cut green bone as prepared by a Mann's is the only bone-cutter made sold on such liberal terms, because it is the only bone-cutter that can stand this test. Mann's is the only bone-cutter that cuts all bones, hard or soft, of any size, with all adhering meat and gristle. You don't have to chop the bones first with an ax. Just throw them in the hopper and turn the wheel.; Patented Self-governing Feed Adapts the Cutting to Your Strength. You don't have to use any more strength on hard bones than you do on soft ones. It prepares the bone better than any other cutter, so that the hens relish it, and turn every morsel to good use. DON'T EXPERIMENT. GET A MANN'S AND BE SURE. Send for our catalog to-day, and ask for Free Trial particulars. F. W. MANN CO., Box 37, Milford, Mass. THIS SMOKER SENT OUT READY TO USE THE PERPENDICULAR GRATE seen above has a dividin rib at the center of the draft-hole, midway of the 1 re-cup, in line with the only opening of the bellows, for directing and deflecting the air upward and downward or both ways if desired. The upper current cools and forces the smoke out the nozzle, as it burns from the top downward, while the lower current fans the fire until all the fuel is consumed. THE LEGS ARE LIGHT but very strong, being braced and riveted through the fire-cup and grate, and are rigidly held to the bellows by bolts with a special washer that keys the nuts when tightened, so that they can not be lust. COMPACT AND CLEAN.-The new cap is very light and strong, with the patent improved hinge. It fits snugly on the fire-cup. It is always clean, permitting the smoke to pass out freely at the proper angle, there being no parts that can clog with soot, as is the case with other styles having top-heavy snouts and nozzles that are ever choking up. SIMPLICITY AND DURABILITY are assured by all that is needed, and nothing more. The only opening of the bellows has no valve or conducting air-tube, to wear, tear, or break. There is nothing to get out of order. The openings of the fire-cup and bellows are spaced to give a direct Llast without drawing creosote back into the bellows. DOUBLE-WALLED.-The inside and bottom of the firecup are lined with non-conducting asbestos paper backed by a removable sheet of metal to prevent the fuel burning the tin off the outside cup, and keeping it cool enough for safe handling. This lining can be renewed for 10 cents, hence the smoker will outlast any other. COOL FIRE-HOLDER -The side fire-grate admits air at top and side mainly, hence the fuel burns from the top like a candle, leaving the bulk of the fuel and the bottom of the fire-cup cool-giving plenty of cool smoke three times as long as other smokers. NET FUEL CAPACITY of the Twentieth Century Smoker's 32x7-inch fire-cup equals that of the four-inch smokers, and nearly doubles that of any other 85-cent or $1.00 smoker in the market. TRUE ECONOMY -It is poor practice to buy a fiftycent smoker that is so cheap that it burns or rusts out in a single season. You can not get something for nothing, even in smokers. Far better and cheaper to buy the best, made of the best materials, for a dollar, that will outlast a dozen cheaper ones, and continue to please, as the longer you use it the better you will like it. IT COSTS NOTHING for a day's trial to prove its merits, as safe arrival and satisfaction are guaranteed. If you are not satisfied, write us and the price paid will be cheerfully refunded on return of the smoker, as we do not expect and can not afford to have one dissatisfied purchaser. We trust that you will kindly help us by telling others of its merits. HIGHEST HONOR AT WORLD'S FAIR ST. LOUIS, MO., 1904 ALL THAT IS CLAIMED -The General Manager of the National Bee-keepers' Association says: I have given your Twentieth Century Smoker a thor. ough trial. For convenience in lighting, durability, and long time one filling will last and give ample smoke, [ find it all you claim. In the spring I shall want several I always want the best.-N. E. FRANCE, Platteville, Wis SURPASSES ALL OTHERS.-"After giving the Danzenbaker Twentieth Century Smoker several trials, can say it surpasses all smokers it has been my liberty to try: it will not go out until all the fuel has been consumed, and it produces a cool smoke, a feature very necessary in any first-class smoker." Grant Stanley, Nisbet, Pa. A GRAND SUCCESS; NO CREOSOTE.-"I have been using your Twentieth Century Smoker several weeks, and I unhesitatingly assert that, of the varied assortment I have used, and have in cold storage, yours has proven by far to be the best. Besides furnishing an abundance of cool smoke at all times, and at the right place by dispensing with a nozzle and supplying an adequate grate, you have absolved your smoker from that abominable pest, creosote. It is a grand success over all others." W. O. Hogarty, Quindaro, Kan. NEVER TOO HOT TO HOLD.-"I am well pleased with the Twentieth Century Smoker. It keeps fire well without getting too hot to hold on continuous use, and makes smoke enough to satisfy the most critical." Reginald Munson, Washington, D. C. O. K. EVERY WAY.-"The Twentieth Century Smoker is the best I have ever seen, and is o. k. in every way." F. C. Gifford, Vero, Fla. BEST IN TWENTY YEARS.-"I have used your Twentieth Century Smoker one season. It has given me entire satisfaction. In my twenty years of bee-keeping I first used the old stand-by Clark smoker, and I believe I have tried all the different makes, as I am always looking for the best, and will say that your smoker beats them all up to date." M. D. Andes, Bristol, Tenn. A VETERAN OF FORTY YEARS.-"After having gives your Twentieth Century Smoker a thorough trial, I do not hesitate to say it has nothing to compete with it in the smoker line, and I have used nearly all I have ever Wm. T. Kerrick, Washington, D.C seen." LARGE VOLUMES OF COOL SMOKE.-"I was truly glad to hear from you, as I think your smoker one of the best, giving large volumes of cool smoke, and it never goes out half full." Jas. A. Russell, Mt. Gilead, O. PRICES With other goods, or by express, $1.00; two, $1.90; three $2.50. By mail, 25 cts. each extra for postage. Order in time of your nearest dealer. If he can not supply you, send to me. EVERY THING GUARANTEED "ROOT QUALITY" F. DANZENBAKER, MIAMI, DADE CO., FLORIDA OR CARE THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, MEDINA, OHIO INDEX TO GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE VOL. XXXIII. General Correspondence A B C Book, Greiner on 243; Acreage, Alfalfa, for Baby Nuclei 361; Baby Nuclei Wintering Outdoors Hear 1291; Bees, Killing with Kindness 667; Bees, 367; Brushed Swarms, sce Swarms, Shaken; Buck- Cabin in the Woods 80; Cabin in the Woods, An- |