April 25, 1901. 



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they had a larj^e number of bees. Tlieii there 

 is poultry — all poultry is exempt from taxa- 

 tion in Iowa, and there are probably a hundred 

 dollars invested in poultry to one dollar iu 

 bees ; and no doubt the annual cash returns 

 from poultry are as much, or more, in favor 

 of the feathered tribe. So if bees are taxt as 

 property having a fixt value, and are a more 

 or less certain source of income, then by all 

 means list poultry also. 



It is evident that there are reasons for ex- 

 empting property from taxation — two very 

 good ones are, to favor the poorer classes, and 

 to encourage some industry that is a benefit to 

 the country in general. Now, why have not 

 bees the very best claims on both of these 

 grounds ? They are the ideal property for a 

 poor man — not that he can mal\e money rap- 

 idly and easily therewith, Ijut they require 

 little capital for a start, many successful bee- 

 men starting on nothing, even catching their 

 first swarms as strays. And as it is generally 

 admitted that bees are necessary to the cross- 

 fertilizing of our fruits and flowers, and there- 

 by a great benefit to the i)eople in general, we 

 can claim exemption on that ground, if any 

 class of property can. 



We are not claiming that bees are not tax- 

 able, for we believe they are in this State, but 

 we think they ought to be exempted for the 

 above reasons. 



Personally, I have never paid any tax on 

 bees, as our assessor never askt me to list my 

 bees but once, and then I told him (and I 

 think truly) that I did not know how many 

 colonies I had at that time, as it was in Feb- 

 ruary or March. I told him if he would call 

 in May or June I could tell him how many I 

 had. So he said he would let it go. I have 

 no idea that there ever was a dollar tax paid 

 on bees in this county. E. S. Miles. 



Crawford Co., Iowa. 



Weather Too Bad to Put Bees Out. 



I put 6 colonies of bees into winter quart- 

 ers, but lost one. I wish that we might have 

 pleasanter weather so that I could put them 

 out. It rains or snows nearly every day, but 

 we are hoping that it will soon change. 



Last season was a very poor one in this 

 vicinity. The bees did not do much of any- 

 thing, and the colony that I lost was a young 

 swarm which stored very little honey, so I 

 gave it 4 combs of sealed honey and thought 

 that would bring it thru the w-inter all right, 

 but about a month ago I found it dead. There 

 was a little honey left in the hive, and al.so 

 some sealed brood, so I do not know what was 

 the trouble. David Sticky. 



Herkimer Co., N. Y., April H. 



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Chicago, .\pr. 18.— Choice grades of white 

 comb honey sell at 16c, and there is uo surplus 

 in sight, other grades of comb sell fairly well 

 at the following prices: No. 1 grades of white, 

 umsc: off grades, 13c; light amber, 12c; dark 

 amber, 10(aillc: buckwheat and other dark 

 combs, '>(gtlOc; candied and mixt colors, "fojQc. 

 Extracted is dull, and piices very weak, with 

 the exception of some fancy linden and clover 

 grade?, which is quotable at 7(gj8c; ambers* 

 6fa7c; dark and buckwheat, 5(ai6c. Beeswax, 30c. 

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Buffalo, Apr. IS— Fancy white comb, 15@16c: 

 poor, dark, etc., 8@13c, as lo grade. Demand 

 good on fancy. Beeswax, 20M2.Sc, as to grade. 

 Batterson & Co. 



Omaha, Mar. 30.— Demand fair; stocks light. 

 Fancy white comb, 15(ai6c. Extracted moving 

 slowly at 7fa8c for white. We do not look for 

 any particular change for the balance of the 

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Detroit, Apr. IS— Fancy white comb, 14@15c: 

 No. 1, 13(gil4c; dark and amber, 10@12c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, t><4(Sf~c; amber and dark, S@6c. 

 Beeswax, 2"@28c. M. H. Hunt & Sou. 



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 ing readily at from lS(a.l6c; No. 1 white at from 

 13^14c; amber at from 12(a*13c; buckwheat, 10® 

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 quote: California white, 7(a7>4c; light amber, 

 (i'A(&~c; other grades and Southern, 6S<i75c per 

 gallon. Beeswax very firm at 28(928}^ c, and for 

 exceptionally fine yellow, 2''c. 



HiLDRETH & SeOELKEN. 



Cincinnati, Apr. 18.— The demand for comb 

 honey is nearly over. The stock of it also well 

 cleaned up. Fancy white brings 16 cents. Ex- 

 tracted is in fair demand; dark sells for 5^c; 

 better grades bring 6(s7}^c; fancy white clover 

 from S%(q <)c. C. H. W. Weber. 



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 amber on the market at this time.' Extracted, 

 no change; white, from Sm'Ic; amber, there is a 

 litlle on this market that could be sold from 7}i 

 @s}^c. Beeswax scarce and demand good, at 

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Successors to C. C. demons & Co. 



Albany, N.Y., Apr. IQ.— Honey market quiet. 

 Light supply and light demand now. The stock 

 IS well cleaned out, so will be no old honey to 

 carry over this season. H. R. Wriuh't. 



Boston, April 4.— Fancy No. 1 white in car- 

 tons, 17c; A No. 1, 16c; No. 1, lsraH6c, with a 

 fairly good demand. Absolutely no call for 

 dark honey this year. Extracted, white. 8® 

 8}^c; light amber, 7)^a8c. Beeswax, 27c. 



Blake, Scott & Lee. 



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 amber, 4@4^c. Beeswax, 26@28c. 



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