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by giving' an excellent and interesting 

 address on. this subject. Among other 

 things he stated that crimson clover 

 was his main honey plant, and main 

 clover crop. 



Dr. Gates then took the chair and 

 appointed the following committees: 

 Committee on Resolutions: C. H. W. 

 "Weber, Ohio branch; S. W. Snyder, 

 Iowa branch; E. D, Townsend, Michi- 

 gan branch. 



Auditing Committee: E. D. Town- 

 send, Michigan branch; P. E. Crane, 

 Vermont branch; E. A. Dittrich, Indiana 

 branch. 



Policy and Extension Committee.: A. 

 C. Allen, Wisconsin branch; J. J. An- 

 derson, Idaho Honey Producers' As- 

 sociation; Ralph B. Daly, Adirondack 

 branch; Dr. J. S. Ward, Tennessee 

 branch; HamTin V. Poore, Minnesota 

 branch. 



Committee on Constitution: • C. P. 

 Dadant, Illinois branch; Wesley Foster, 

 Colorado and Washington branches; 

 Dr. H. A. Surface, Pennsylvania 

 branch; F. B. Cavanagh, Chicago- 

 Northwestern branch; E. D. Townsend, 

 Michigan branch. 



Meeting adjourned at 4:45 p. m., to 

 again meet at 7^00 p. m., for the even- 

 ing session. 



Evening session called to order by 

 Chairman Dr. B. N. Gates, at 7:15 p. m. 



The question as to whether the Na- 

 tional should be be incorporated came 

 up for a discussion. Secretary Tyrrell 

 was asked to explain concerning it. He 

 stated that the incorporation of the 

 National would be merely a means of 

 protection to the membership; that 

 as it now stood, according to Michi- 

 gan laws and he believed this applied 

 to the general law, that the Association 

 was simply a large body of partners, 

 and that any one member financially 

 responsible could be sued for the debts 

 of the Association; that where a body 

 was incorporated it then was recog- 

 nized by law the same as an individual 

 could do business, sue and be sued, 

 and the individual members would not 

 be personally responsible. Outside of 

 this protection to the members there 

 is no real Advantage in incorporating, 

 but as a /protection it seemed to the 

 Secretary ( the incorporation was ad- 

 visable. \ 



He explained further that under the 

 laws of Michigan the Association could 

 be incorporated without capital stock, 



and still be permitted to do business 

 and own property. After some discus- 

 sion it was moved by J. J. Anderson, 

 delegate, of Idaho Honey Producers' 

 Association Branch, that the matter 

 of incorporation of the National be re- 

 ferred to a Committee of three ap- 

 pointed by the Chair. 



Mr. Foster was on the program for 

 the first address of the evening, but, 

 being busy on Committee work at the 

 time, the address on "Why the Pro- 

 duction of Comb Honey Should Be In- 

 creased," by Ernest Root, of Medina, 

 Ohio, was given. 



" Mr. Root prefaced his address bj' 

 comments on the shipping cage for 

 sending live bees. He exhibited a new 

 case his company has just gotten out, 

 which had some advantages over the 

 old form, and the shape of the case 

 was different. The cage caused much 

 interest among the members present. 

 In discussing the production of comb 

 honey he stated that three things 

 which were preventing better prices 

 on comb honey were first, poor grad- 

 ing; second, careless shipping, which 

 disgusted the dealers, and third, granu- 

 lation. The granulation of tbe honey 

 in the comb was a big draw-back to 

 its sale. At the same time he felt that 

 the production of comb honey should 

 be increased, and that more care 

 should be taken along the lines above 

 mentioned. His address, which was not 

 written, hence we are unable to give a 

 copy of it, was well received by the 

 members. Mr. Root was given a 

 hearty applause at the close. 



Mr. Hamlin V. Poore described a 

 super he uses for the production of 

 both comb and extracted honey at the 

 same time. 



Mr. Harry Lathrop stated that he 

 has produced many tons of fancy comb 

 honey in the past, but cannot do it 

 now profitably, because there are many 

 people around him who produce comb 

 honey that sells for the same money 

 he gets for the extracted honey. 



Mr. R. F. Holterman, of Canada, 

 stated that the reason he stopped the 

 production of comb honey was be- 

 cause of the danger of poor seasons 

 which left him with many poorly filled 

 sections, for which he could not get 

 the best price. 



Mr. E. D. Townsend was called upon 

 to tell about his method of producing 

 both comb and extracted honey in the 

 same super, and responded by saying 



