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advantage to cut a crop of hay and let 

 it lie on the ground. 



I know a man who had sweet clover 

 to thrash this year and found it im- 

 possible to find any one to do the work 

 for him. They simply had to pound it 

 out with a stick (a flail). That of 

 course may be the case in a few lo- 

 calities, but as a general rule I do not 

 believe it would be in all localities. 



A member — Mr. Cloverdale said that 

 the Birdsall people were making a ma- 

 chine so that it would handle sweet 

 clover, and if we begin raising sweet 

 clover a machine will be made that will 

 be adapted to thrashing — and that is 

 some factor. 



Mr. Wheeler — Another point touched 

 on: It has to be cut before it blossoms 

 if you want to get a second growth; it 

 wants to be cut before there is any sign 

 of bloom. 



Mr. Dadant — Can you give us an idea 

 of curing the hay? How it should be 

 handled — the same as timothy or al- 

 falfa? 



Mr. Mosier — The same as alfalfa. It 

 is harder to cure than alfalfa. 



Mr. Mosier — That which we cut; we 

 found that by letting it cure some and 

 raking it up — stirring it with a rake 

 and bunching it — you could cure it 

 fairly well. 



This season, of course, was a favor- 

 able seas'on. In a wet season there is 

 no doubt it would be harder to cure 

 than alfalfa. The practice in some 

 cases is to cut it and let it get partly 

 dry, and then bunch it and leave it 

 there; and, in spite of the fact of rain 

 or something of that kind, it is apt to 

 come out in very good shape. 



It will be more difficult to handle 

 than alfalfa hecause the stems are 

 larger and coarser. That is one advan- 

 tage of having sweet clover quite thick, 

 and even then you cannot reduce the 

 stems So that they will be the same 

 size as alfalfa. 



Mr. Hawkins — I asked Mr. G , 



of Rochelle, if he had found it neces- 

 sary to have bees on his farm to fer- 

 tilize the blossom. He said he never 

 had. So far in his experience of sweet 

 clover he had never had a failure, but 

 he had no doubt there were plenty of 

 bees around Rochelle and they no 

 doubt fertilized the blossoms all that 

 was necessary. 



Mr. Dadant — That statement that 

 Mr. Mosier makes, that sweet clover 

 can get the rain on it and not hurt it. 



is a big thing in favor of sweet clover 

 against red clover. I have heard Mr. 

 Cloverdale say that sweet clover could 

 get very wet and it did not seem to 

 hurt it very much. 



Red clover, if it gets wet once, is 

 almost fit for nothing. 



Pres. Kannenberg — I call the meet- 

 ing adjourned for this evening, to meet 

 tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 



FRIDAY MORNING SESSION. 



Pres. Kannenberg — The first thing 

 this morning will be the Committee on 

 Resolutions. 



Committee makes report as follows: 



Resolution 1. 



Whereas, God' in His infinite wis- 

 dom has seen fit to remove from our 

 midst our friend and co-worker, B^ed 

 B. Cavanagh, we hereby extend to Mrs. 

 Cavanagh our heartfelt sympathy and 

 condolence. 



The Secretary of this Association is 

 instructed to forward to Mrs. Cava- 

 nagh a copy of this resolution. 



Resolution 2. 



The Chicago-Northwestern Bee- 

 Keepers' Association hereby extends 

 its thanks to all who have assisted in 

 making this meeting a success. 



Resolution 3. 



Be it Resolved, That the Chicago - 

 Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion tender a vote of thanks for the 

 use of the hall so kindly donated by 

 the management of the Great Northern 

 Hotel. j 



Pres. Kannenberg — ^We will now 

 have a report of the Auditing Com- 

 mittee. 



We, the Auditing Committee, have 

 gone over the Secretary's books and 

 the Treasurer's books and find them 

 correct. 



Mr. Dadant — We have $1.86 and still 

 have some money coming from the 

 State Association, $15.00 or $16.00. 



Pres. Kannenberg — What do you 

 wish to do with this report? 



A member — I move its .adoption. 



Pres. Kannenberg — The report stands 

 adopted as read. 



Pres. Kannenberg — We have a let- 

 ter from Mr. F. C. Pellett on the High 

 Price of Sugar and the Honey Market. 



