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FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



hone J"; not onl5^ those that had seen 

 it, but they told their friends of the 

 honey they saw — honey taken off the 

 hives, brought into a room and ex- 

 tracted; and they knew what extract- 

 ed honey was. 



Before this, they were ready to im- 

 agine that extracted honey was no 

 honey at all. You have no idea the ig- 

 norance of people regarding extracted 

 honey. 



You can increase your sale of honey 

 by milliqns of pounds if you have that 

 in your State Fair. 



If you have a few bee-keepers with 

 large crops who want to sell their crop, 

 it seems to me they would volunteer to 

 explain to the people so as to sell the 

 crop. It wil work in their own inter- 

 est and at the same time benefit the 

 Association, the Fair at large, and the 

 bee-keepers. I think it is very impor- 

 tant. 



Mr. Pyles — Mr. Kildow and I have 

 thrashed this matter over a little at 

 home and we thought it would be a 

 good thing not only to extract honey 

 but to instruct the people how to go 

 at it. Show the bee-keepers who are 

 interested how to produce this crop 

 of extracted honey and the matter of 

 producing comb honey. A great many 

 people don't get anything like results. 



We should tell them of some of the 

 things that would be good to do, and 

 how comb and extracted hon^- 

 be produced in greater quantities and 

 get more money for the crop. 



We would be willing to give our time 

 to that part of it so far as we are 

 able. 



We thought in making a showing of 

 this kind we must not only show the 

 things we do the work with but ex- 

 plain to the people how to get the best 

 results and have all the things there 

 that go to the getting of a good crop 

 of honey. Show them how to get things 

 ready for the market at the same time. 



I believe if extracting honey could 

 be kept running every day all the 

 honey that might be extracted could 

 be sold on the Fair Grounds. 



Mr. Coppin — I remember about 

 twenty years ago I advertised in our 

 home paper I would extract honey on 

 a certain day in the week and, if all 

 the people who didn't understand the 

 method of extracting honey would 

 come at this particular time, they 

 could bring their vessels along and 

 get honey at certain prices. 



So, when the day came, the people 

 crowded in — so many of them I could 

 not supply the honey they wanted. 



I had a lot already extracted, but 

 they brought vessels larger than I had 

 expected, and I could n¥>t supply their 

 wants. 



I sold all the honey I could extract. 



In regard to our State Fair here, we 

 did extract -honey at the Fair Grounds 

 lor a number of j^ears and it was fin- 

 ally cut out; but our method of ex- 

 tracting there was not just like it 

 ought to be. 



When the time came to extract, why, 

 we would have a little bit of space, 

 and the Judge would come up, prob- 

 ably half a dozen or a dozen people 

 might come to see us extracting, and 

 that would be the extent of what could 

 be seen; there would be a big crowd 

 around but we didn't have the space, 

 and the people could not see what they 

 ought to see and the result was it did 

 not do the advertising it ought to. 



Mr. Stone — Mr. Dadant, the year he 

 was Judge, suggested that the extrac- 

 tor ought to be on a platform. 



Mr. Dadant — There were more peo- 

 ple trying to look than could be ac- 

 commodated. 



Mr. Coppin — I think we could very 

 much better conditions by having the 

 proper place and doing it in the right 

 w-ay. 



Mr. Dadant — I am full of the sub- 

 ject; I want a remind you that the 

 Minnesota people extracted every day, 

 all day, during the six days. If you 

 extract for half an hour you will have 

 such a crowd that they will not be able 

 to see it — but for six days, all day, 

 "morning until evening, and the bee- 

 keepers furnishing the honey to do it, 

 you will not only inform the people 

 and do a great deal of advertising, but 

 you will sell your honey. What we 

 want is a good exhibit and show the 

 people what we have and how the 

 work is done. 



I am in a position to know how 

 many mistakes are made in taking 

 care of the bees. Many people when 

 they read of artificial comb founda- 

 tion — they cut out "foundation" and 

 say artificial comb. 



We have had people come to oui' 

 place to see us manufacture comli 

 foundation imagining they were going 

 to see the manufacture of the honey 

 comb, the sealing of it over, etc. 



