. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. %-pound. The glass top rests on a flat rub- ber ring, and is held in place by a flat steel spring across the top as shown. They are practically air - tight, thus permitting n o leak, which is an im- 7-ounce. portant thing with honey-sellers. We can furnish these Jars, Chicago, at these prices: 1 gross. 1-lb. Jars S5,00 8x;.ib. " 'r-oz. " If you try them once you will likely use no other Uind of top or sealing arrangement for honey-jars. GEORGE & CO. 144 & 146 E. Erie Street. - CHICAGO. ILL. 2gr. J .</(•. *9


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. %-pound. The glass top rests on a flat rub- ber ring, and is held in place by a flat steel spring across the top as shown. They are practically air - tight, thus permitting n o leak, which is an im- 7-ounce. portant thing with honey-sellers. We can furnish these Jars, Chicago, at these prices: 1 gross. 1-lb. Jars S5,00 8x;.ib. " 'r-oz. " If you try them once you will likely use no other Uind of top or sealing arrangement for honey-jars. GEORGE & CO. 144 & 146 E. Erie Street. - CHICAGO. ILL. 2gr. J .</(•. * SI C^— C^l^ 30 COLON ES of Italia I UI *-^^ Simplicity hives. from $5 O0to$..uii per colony. Satisfaction gua anteed. JOHN HERBERT, lJA2t Hampshire, Kane Co., III. ^ MARKET QUOTATIONS. A Perfect The Seed-Coru question is a snbject of much interest to ihe farmers just now, and there is perhaps more space devoted to it in ag-ricultural papers than any other sub- ject. The corn-iudgin^ schools which have been held in Iowa and Illinois for 2 or 3 years past have been well attended, and farmers who have always thought that they knew what a good ear of corn was, are fiudiog- that there are more points to be considered than thev had heretofore imagined could exist. The Golden West Corn is a new variety introduced this year by the Iowa Seed Co., of Des Moines, Iowa. This corn is perhaps the greatest step in ad- vance over old varieties which his been made for a number of years, but it still must be recog- nized that as vet perfect corn does not The best iudges of seed-corn do not claim ever to have seen an ear which would score 100 per- cent when carefully judged. There are many points to be taUen into consideration; the length and circurafereuce of the ear, and depth, color and-shape of grain; solidity, size and color of cob, filling out at tips add butts, proportion of corn to cob, etc., and it is difficult to get all the good ch


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