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tlio wliulc, are fuvuiable. Extracting in 

 tlie valleys started two or three weeks 

 earlier than last season. The president of 

 the Central Valley Honey Producers ' Co- 

 operative Exchange, J. H. Flory, reports 

 that he has his first car of honey for this 

 season. Mr. Flory 's car is the first received 

 by this local exchange, and it will be mar- 

 keted thru our state exchange. 



Northern California has three of the ten 

 local exchanges organized in tlic^ Statt\ 

 They are the following: Southern Valley 

 Honey Producers' Co-operative Exchange 

 which embraces the counties of Kern, Kings, 

 Tulare, Fresno, and Madera. The directors 

 are W. E. Pilkington of Hanford, L. C. Mc- 

 Cubbin of Fresno, F. D. Lowe of Bakersfield, 

 C. W. Tompkins of Tulare, and R. H. Elli- 

 thorpe of Fresno. Mr. Pilkington is presi- 

 dent and Mr. Ellithorpe secretary. The 

 counties directly north of the above men- 

 tioned exchange; namely, Merced, Stanis- 

 laus, San Joaquin, and counties east, cover 

 the territory handled by the Central Valley 

 Honey Producers ' Co-operative Exchange. 

 J. H.'Florv of Dos Palos, W. W. Thompson 

 of Dos Palos, H. E. Wolfe of Stockton, Wil- 

 lis Lynch of Stockton, and M. C. Richter of 

 Modesto are the directors. The president 

 and secretary are, respectively, J. H. Flory 

 and Willis Lynch. The Superior California 

 Honey Producers' Co-operative Exchange 

 takes in all counties north of San Joaquin. 

 The directors of this exchange are B. B. 

 Hogaboom of Ellc Grove, J. R. Case of 

 Chico, Harry K. Hill of Willows, Oliver 

 Parks of Davis, and L. D. Walker of Sacra- 

 mento. Mr. Hogaboom is president and Mr. 

 Hill secretary. Any beekeepers who are 

 interested in our organization work and who 

 are not already members of the above ex- 

 changes are invited to write to the secre- 

 taries of the locals wherein they are situat- 

 ed. Our local secretaries will be glad to give 

 information pertaining to their exchanges. 

 There is yet another local exchange to be 

 organized in our section of the State. It 

 will cover the territory of Monterey, Santa 

 Cruz, and adjoining counties. Our cam- 

 paign work in this district will start some- 

 time during the fall. 



On June 26 the promotion committee com- 

 pleted its work on organization. On that 

 date there met in San Francisco the mem- 

 bers of the promotion committee and duly 

 elected delegates representing the already 

 organized locals. In accordance with the 

 agreement, which the ])romotion committee 

 has had circulated thruout the State, this 

 body decided that its campaigii work had 

 been successful, inasmuch as six local ex- 

 changes had been organized and that f)0,00() 

 colonies of bees >,iad been signed up. (As 

 a matter of fact 10 local exchanges are now 



incorjjorated and api)roximately 80,000 colo- 

 nies of bees are represented on the market- 

 ing agreement). The delegates of the local 

 exchanges met next and jiroceeded to formu- 

 late a i)laii for the organization of the Cali- 

 fornia Honej' Producers' Co-operative Ex- 

 change. From among their number they 

 chose a board of six directors and the State 

 Market Commissioner selected the seventh 

 director. The directors chosen were J. I). 

 Hixby of Covina, M. C. Richter of Modesto, 

 W. A. Tricky of Laws, Clias. B. Justice of 

 Alpine, Oliver Parks of Davis, Wm. Gunter- 

 u'an of Calexico, and Colonel Harris Wein- 

 stock, the latter having named himself tem- 

 porarily to the position. The temporary 

 officers are: J. D. Bixby, president; Chas. 

 B. Justice, vice president; and M. C. Rich- 

 ter, secretary; the executive committee con- 

 sists of Messrs. Tricky, Richter, and the ap- 

 pointee of the state market commissioner, 

 who is yet to be named. A. B. Massey has 

 been selected as general manager of the 

 State Exchange and the office of the Ex- 

 change is in the Union Terminal Building in 

 Los Angeles. Within a short time the State 

 Exchange will be in a position to handle the 

 1918 crop of its members. 



Honey prices within the last month have 

 not materially changed, and the demand for 

 our honey continues to be very active. It 

 is principally for export, and, despite the 

 fact that shipping space is hard to procure, 

 it is nevertheless true that a considerable 

 quantity of honey is going abroad. It is 

 inte'.esting to note that the British food 

 ministry is considering the rationing of 

 jam owing to the partial failure of the fruit 

 crops in Great Britain. This condition 

 would greatly stimulate the exportation of 

 honey. Furthermore, the War Trade Board 

 has come to an agreement with Norway 

 that, under certain conditions, the Nor- 

 wegian Wholesale Grocers' Association is 

 ])ermitted to imjtort honey from the United 

 States. ■ M. C. Richter. 



Modesto, Calif. 



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keepers, 

 whose bees were slow in building up and 

 were scarcely ready for the beginning of 

 the orange-honey flow, found them in excel- 

 lent condition at its close. Those who mov- 

 ed directly to the white sage after the 

 orange blossoms were gone, have met with 

 fine success and got good results from that 

 source. Reports of from 40 to 50 pounds per 

 colony from the white sage alone are not at 

 all uncommon. In years jiast it has proved 

 a very uncertain yiehler on the southern 

 California ranges, but this was one of the 

 seasons when it furnished honey abundant- 

 ly. The buckwheat is just beginning to 

 yield a little honey. From my experience 

 these snow-white clusters of bloom must 



