ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEJEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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1 cabinet $ 28.00 



1 wax design 2.50 



Total $40.50 



A stenographer was placed at this 

 exhibit to obtain all the names of bee- 

 keepers and the number of colonies of 

 each. Six hundred and seventy-eight 

 names were obtained, representing 10,- 

 348 colonies of bees, and 34 new mem- 

 bers were added to the Association. 



From the interest shown by the pub- 

 lic in this exhibit, your committee 

 recommended the continuance of this 

 exhibit by the State Association as it 

 believes that by this method the pub- 

 lic can be brought to the realization 

 of the value of honey as an article of 

 food and thereby increase the demand 

 for honey. 



Signed ALBERT C. BAXTER, 



Chairman. 

 A. L. KILDOW, 

 AARON COPPIN. 



Motion was made that the report be 

 adopted, which motion was seconded 

 and carried. 



Dr. Baxter — Your Committee on 

 State Fair Building begs leave to re- 

 port: 



That they "looked up the matter" ot 

 a building on the Illinois State Fair 

 Grounds to be devoted to the interest 

 of bee-keeping with the members of 

 the Illinois State Board of Agriculture 

 and all members were of the opinion 

 that it would be an excellent thing to 

 have such a building and advised your 

 committee to have plans drawn for 

 such a building, and, after having the 

 Board of Agriculture approve said 

 plans, a committee from both bodies 

 should go before the legislature and 

 ask for appropriation to build this 

 ^ building. 



In accordance with this idea, your 

 committee has had such plans made, 

 which are now in the hands of your 

 President. Since these plans have 

 been made your committee has 

 discovered that some changes should 

 be made in regard to the extracting 

 room, and would suggest that this room 

 be built in "Amphitheatre style" so 

 that the top of the extractor could be 

 easily seen while the spectators were 

 seated. 



Your committee suggests that these 

 plans be examined by this Association 

 so that they may have a clear under- 



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standing of what is being done in re- 

 gard to this matter and to offer any 

 suggestion that may be of service to 

 your committee. 



(Signed) A. C. BAXTER, 



Chairman. 

 A. L. KILDOW, 

 AARON COPPIN. 



Dr. Baxter — It was the expectation 

 that the President would have the 

 plans here and he has informed me 

 that, in his hurry to get away, he left 

 them at home. Now, every member of 

 the State Board of Agriculture, except 

 two, have been interviewed in regard 

 to this matter and a majority of the 

 newly elected legislature. We have 

 not met with any one who has seri- 

 ously discouraged us; they have all 

 been in favor of it and believe it would 

 be a good thing; the only thing was, 

 where the money would come from. 



As you all know, the incoming ad- 

 ministration is pledged to economy and 

 efficiency. Now, there is a question 

 that comes to my mind: Will the 

 new administration be for us? I have 

 been informed that they would; of 

 course we cannot tell what other ap- 

 propriations may come up but the 

 thing for us to do is to simply go ahead 

 with our committee and have either 

 the same committee or another one 

 appointed to go before the Legislature 

 with the committee from the Board 

 of Agriculture. 



Since these plans have been drawn 

 we have also thought it would be a 

 good thing for the Department of 

 Entomology of the State University to 

 be in that building. While they are 

 slightly allied to us in one instance 

 we thought they might lend some 

 weight to the committee, especially if 

 we could get the Dean of the Uni-^ 

 versify interested. t 



I have written several letters toithe 

 Dean and have had answers that he 

 would think the proposition over. 



He was not very warm towards bee- 

 keepers, for some reason probably 

 known to some of the older men, but 

 he thought that a little later he 

 could see us. He informed me he 

 would be over here possibly in De- 

 cember and would call upon me. I 

 think he will help us; I cannot see any 

 reason why we should not get this 

 building; it will possibly not be a sure 



