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making it an object to do something. 

 There is nobody that can afford to do 

 something for nothing. 



(Upon motion the resolution was adopted 

 unanimously.) 



The following were appointed as Com- 

 mittee on Prices for the season 1918. 



John C. Bull, Valparaiso, Indiana. 



E. D. Towns nd, Northstar, Michigan. 



L. C. Dadant, Hamilton, Illinois. 



Edward Hassinger, Jr., Greenville, Wis- 

 consin. ,- 



Mr. Hassinger — (Continuing reading) : 



"Whereas, Our Government is taking 

 care of the extension work in bee-keeping, 

 and 



"Whereas, It is necessary to educate the 

 future generations on honej' and its food 

 value, and 



"Whereas, The United Honey Pro- 

 ducers have published a bulletin that is 

 intended to teach the value of honej"^ as a 

 food to the future generations through the 

 Domestic Science Department of the 

 public schools. 



"Resolved, That the Chicago North- 

 western Bee-keepers' Association indorse 

 the use and distribution of such Bulletins 

 to meet the possible increased production 

 of the future." 



(The motion was put by the Chair, and 

 carried.) 



Mr. Hassinger — - 



"Resolved, That in the death of W. M. 

 Whitney, of Evanston, Illinois, in the past 

 year, this Association has lost one of its 

 oldest and most esteemed members. 



"Resolved, That a copj- of this resolution 

 be sent to the members of his family." 

 Signed by the Committee: 

 Edward Hassinger, Jr., Chairman. 

 W. H. Stewart. 

 J. C.^Wheeler. 



(Motion adopted.) 



Mr. Flood — Mr. President, it seems to 

 me that the Resolutions Committee should 

 take notice of the field meet that was held 

 at Valparaiso, Indiana, last summer, and 

 give some thanks to the secretary and the 

 president for the efforts they evidently 

 made and the success which it was. 



The President — I would say that as far 

 as the thanks are concerned, I think we can 

 dispense with those, but here is a more 

 important question, that is in regard to 

 having a Field Meet next year. Shall we 

 have one? 



A motion was adopted providing for a 

 Field Meet, the time and plac« to be 

 determined by the officers of the Associa- 

 tion. 



— 8 B A 



A motion was made and carried direct- 

 ing the Secretary to edit and revise the 

 stenographic report of the proceedings of 

 the Convention. 



Concerning place of holding the Field 

 Meet, invitations we e received from Mr. 

 W. B. Bl^frie of Norwood Park, Chicago, 

 and Mr. Aaron Coppin of Wenona, Illinois. 



The President — Miss Coppin has prom- 

 ised us a selection, a reading, I believe, 

 and we will be very glad to hear from her 

 now. 



(Miss Coppin came forward and gave a 

 reading; great applause.) 



Have we anything else to bring up before 

 adjournment? 



A Member — I asked you a question 

 about labels. 



The President — The question has been 

 asked how to make labels stick to tin. 



The Secretary — I can answer that ques- 

 tion. 



The Secretary — These people sell paste 

 that will stick, they sell it by the gallon, 

 a dollar a gallon. If you want the address 

 take it down, here it is: Patek Brothers, 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 



Mr. Coppin — Mr. President, you have a 

 label that laps right around the can. For 

 tin, I add a little thin honey, and if you 

 do that 3^ou will have no trouble in getting 

 the label to stick to the tin. 



Mr. Dadant — Mr. Chairman, we never 

 have trouble to make our labels stick to 

 tin. We make a flour paste that holds, and 

 I used to wonder why so many people had 

 trouble. I found out that when a man 

 uses very thick labels, strong papers, he 

 has more trouble than where the paper is 

 thin. So get your labels of thin paper. 

 You can use home-made flour paste, and 

 it will cost you next to nothing. You all 

 know how to make flour paste. Mix your 

 flour slowly with water. Mix it well," so 

 there will not be any grains in it. Then 

 heat it and stir it until it is the proper 

 thickness, and your paste is made. If 

 ycur labels are thin, they will stick to 

 tin, but if they are thick they seem to 

 shrink, and when they shrink they draw 

 the paper off the tin. The idea of making 

 the label go around and reach over is 

 very good, because they have to tear it 

 to get it off, but a thin label will stick 

 where a thick one will not. 



The President — At first, I had consider- 

 able trouble in making a^ paste that would 

 stick, but I finally leamted how. At first 

 I cleaned the surface, rubping it over with 

 some washing powder — Old Dutch Clean- 

 ser, or anything of that sort. Later on I 



