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favor and honor shown me; I am not in 

 position to take any office. 



I would make a suggestion that we 

 take Mr. Kannenberg. 



Mr. Kannenberg — For myself, I had 

 the honor of being President and had 

 all the honor I wanted. I think there 

 are other members in this meeting 

 who can do the same thing I could and 

 have done. I think there are plenty 

 of others, and let thiem have a chance. 



Mr. Wheeler — I would nominate Mr. 

 Hassinger. 



Mr. Ulman- — I second the nomination 

 and move the nominations be closed. 



President Miller — We will have nom- 

 inations for Secretary. 



Mr. Wheeler — I nominate Mr. Bull, 



Nomination seconded. 



Mr. Wheeler — I move the nomina- 

 tions be closed and that the vote of 

 this meeting be cast for John C. Bull 

 for Secretary. 



Motion seconded and carried; Mr. 

 Bull elected Secretary. 



Mr. Bull — There is some work to this 

 job. I mailed about 1600 circulars in 

 the busy season last summer; I would 

 rather have some one else take a whirl 

 at it. 



President Miller — ^When a man is in 

 office and doing his duty the better he 

 can serve. 



A ntiember — How would it be at this 

 time to take up the question of having 

 a field meet again the coming sum- 

 mer, as we did last year? 



President Miller — I think at this time 

 I had better announce the members 

 of the committee. I have talked with 

 quite a number of people and got all 

 the suggestions I could in regard to the 

 most available men ; we have picked 

 out some men and we will try to get 

 them to serve. 



John C. Bull, Hammond and Valpa- 

 raiso. 



N. E. France, Wisconsin. 



L. C. Dadant, Illinois. 



E. D. Townsend, Michigan, 



President Miller — Committee to get 

 inforntiation concerning crop next year 

 and recommend wholesale and retail 

 prices. 



These men have a great many facta 

 and figures at hand that most of us 

 do not have access to ; they have large 

 mailing lists which will be of advan- 

 tage. 



It has been suggested we take up 



the question of summer field meet. Who 

 has any suggestions and motions in 

 this regard? 



Suppose we take a standing vote 

 on how many are in favor of having 

 a field meet ? 



Rising vote showed thirteen (13). V 



Mr. Dadant — If you have a field meet 

 you want to make it a success; if it 

 is to be In June, I cannot be there. 



Mr. Bull — Mr. Dadant, what would 

 your suggestion be as to the proper 

 date, approximately? 



Mr. Dadant — That is hard to say. 

 It looks to me like after the crops 

 are over is the best time, provided 

 you have a crop. 



I think along about August would 

 catch most of us; the fall crop won't 

 begin until the latter part of August; 

 the spring crops would be pretty well 

 over unless you have a lot of rain 

 during July. 



Mr. Bull — Have to arrange . to have 

 it after the extracting of the white 

 clover if you could. 



Mr. Roehrs — It seems to me we had 

 the proper time last year; the latter 

 part of Jjily or the first of August, 

 somewhere around there. 



I think it is a very good thing that 

 we have in these summer meetings; we 

 can see how people work and do things. 



Here we only talk about things and, 

 at such a convention, we can see how 

 things are done, and I think that is 

 more Important than to talk about it. 

 I would suggest that we have a field 

 meet at a time when we can all go. 



Mr. Bull — During July — July 15th — 

 the swarming season was on. Of 

 course, this last year was unusually 

 late. The late June rains held the 

 clover flow back two or three weeks. 



I believe the 15th to the 20th of 

 August would probably be as good a 

 date, it seems to nae. 



Mr. Wheeler — Dadants had theirs in 

 September. 



Mr. L. C. Dadant — That was a little 

 bit too late because the fall crop 

 started the 25th of August; that is 

 the Mississippi Valley crop; the 15th 

 or 20th of August, I believe would be 

 a good time. 



President Miller — I believe the ma,- 

 jority of those present have voted in 

 favor of a meeting. Is there a mo- 

 tion as to the time of meeting? Shall 

 we vote on that, or leave it for further 



