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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



consideration? Have you any sug- 

 gestions or motions as to committees? 



A member — I would suggest that 

 our President and Secretary act as a 

 committee, with power to select their 

 helpers; and also set the date. 



I make a motion that the President 

 and Secretary act as a committee, 

 with power to select their assistants, 

 and that the selection of the time and 

 place be left with the offlcers of the 

 association. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



Mr. Bull — I might say here, in re- 

 gard to field meetings: This last 

 summer I mailed out, to be exact, 1,- 

 592 circular letters of that meeting; 

 that was a considerable expense. 



Do we want to go to an expense 

 like that, or simply advertise it 

 through the Bee Journal? It cost me 

 around $30 in postage. I would like 

 to know what the pleasure of the con- 

 vention is in regard to spending that 

 much money. 



We took in thirteen members at that 

 field meet, and spent about $30.00. 



Mr. Wheeler — Is there any way of 

 notifying the people? 



Mr. Bull — How many would go to 

 that meeting who do not read one of 

 the three journals? None. 



Mr; Wheeler— I came because I got 

 your notice. Lots of bee-keepers do 

 not look at the Journal that time of 

 the year. 



Mr. Root — I find that our experience 

 in Ohio has been: If we want to get a 

 good large field meet we send cards 

 out so that the card is received a day 

 or two ahead of the meeting. We use 

 the Journals and then send out postal 

 cards to every one, and they are 

 notified a day or two ahead, and then 

 they look up the Bee Journals and see 

 what it is about; otherwise they might 

 not notice it in the Bee Journals. 



Mr. Bull — The idea is to put the 

 main notice in the Bee Journals and 

 send out post cards? 



Mr. Root — We got in that way three 

 times the attendance. 



President Miller — I think that is an 

 excellent suggestion — to send out 

 postal cards. 



President Miller — I feel like asking 

 Mr. Root for another talk this after- 

 noon; if he will consent to do so, we 

 would like to hear from him further. 



Mr. Root — If I do not tire you out; 

 I feel like talking about now. 



How can I attend a series of three 



conventions, with two conventions 

 held absolutely the same day? 



Iowa, the 5th and 6th; Minneapolis, 

 December 5th and 6th. 



If you can arrange with the Na- 

 tional Secretary of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association to set your dates. 



Now, here is Dr, Phillips, who is 

 worth hearing; and Dr. Jager, who is 

 worth hearing, and several men you 

 could get outside, from different 

 states, and there would be a certain 

 advantage of bringing together the 

 best there is in all conventions. This 

 convention conflicts a little bit with 

 the other one, but if you would ar- 

 range it in the future so that a few 

 of us -who would attend all conven- 

 tions could do so — 



Mr. Chairman, you heard me on 

 "Establishing Trade in Honey," and a 

 good many here I think heard me at 

 the Michigan Convention and at the 

 Springfield Convention. 



If you want I will give you another 

 talk. The only thing I can think of I 

 gave at Lansing. 



I can give, if you desire. Establish- 

 ing Trade Name in Honey or Bee- 

 Keepers I Have Met. 



President Miller took a vote of the 

 Convention and it was decided to have 

 the first named subject — Establishing 

 Trade Name in Honey. 



Mr. Root — I would like to bring be- 

 fore you in the discussion of this sub- 

 ject just what every manufacturer of 

 a food product has had to consider 

 throughout the country. 



We are in a condition now that is 

 very different from the conditions ^that 

 prevailed twenty years ago. At that 

 date a great many of the food products 

 were sold in bulk. 



There is no use denying the fact you 

 can buy foods today in bulk cheaper 

 than in the package. 



I suppose the main reason why foods 

 are bought in packages is they are 

 bought in smaller quantities, and free 

 from worms that get into ordinary 

 food stuffs. Cereals that were ground 

 in the olden days were hard to get 

 without being wormy. 



In putting up foods in packages: The 

 directions are put on the back of the 

 package for using the food, the pack- 

 age is attractive, and in such shape 

 that is convenient, and the cost very 

 small. 



The trade on foods has been going 



