1917 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



61 



of food consumed on the farm, how 

 much per family and per person, and 

 how much of this food is produced at 

 home, how much purchased. 



The survey covered a total of 1)50 

 families in 14 different States. The 

 States were Vermont, Maine, New 

 York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North 

 Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Ohio, Iowa, 

 Wisconsin, Kansas, North Dakota and 

 California. 



The four leading States in consump- 

 tion per capita were North Dakota 3.2 

 pounds, Texas 2 8 pounds. New York 

 2.7 pounds, and Wisconsin 2 pounds. 

 Those consuming the least were Ver- 

 mont with .2 pound. New Jersey .3 

 pound, Pennsylvania .4 pound, and 

 California .7 pound. 



About 57 percent of the honey used 

 on these farms was home produced, 

 the balance was bought. 



If these figures argue for anything, 



Mrs. Sexton's Apiarv in California 



it is for the development of home mar- 

 kets by the average beekeeper. We 

 have been, for years, expecting the big 

 cities to use our surplus honey, when 

 in fact many of us might profitably have 

 exerted more effort in seeing that our 

 farmer friends had enough honey to 

 supply them. A little over three pounds 

 as the annual consumption of a person 

 is little enough, especially when com- 

 pared to 80 pounds and more of sugar. 

 Can we not quadruple this consumption 

 by well directed efforts ? 



A Peculiar Accident The Nucla In- 

 dependent (Colorado) records in one 

 of its recent numbers a very sad and 

 peculiar accident causing the death of 

 Mr. F. W. Huntley, a large and well 

 known beekeeper of that section. 



Mr. Huntley was accompanying sev- 

 eral loads of honey to the railroad sta- 

 tion of his nearest town. While going 

 up a steep hill, both teams broke loose 

 from their load, the wagon backing 

 down and over Mr. Huntley, who was 

 in the rear of the loaded wagon. Death 

 was instantaneous. 



Southern Minnesota Meeting The 



annual convention of the Southeastern 

 Minnesota and Western Wisconsin 

 Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 at Winona, Minn., in the Court House 

 on Feb. 27 and 28. 



O. S. Holland, Sec. 



Pennsylvania Convention. — The an- 

 nual meeting of the Pennsylvania State 

 Beekeepers' .Association will be held 

 in the Capitol Building, Harrisburg, 

 March 2 and 3. An interesting pro- 

 gram is in preparation. 



H. C. Klinger, Sec.-lreas. 



The National Meeting. ^ The annual 

 meeting of the National Beekeepers' 

 Association will be held at the State 

 Capitol at Madison, Wis., on Feb. 6, 7, 

 and 8. The address of welcome is to 

 be given by N. E. France, for many 

 years General Manager of the associa- 

 tion. 



The following men have been invited 

 to address the meeting, and a large 

 majority of them will be in attendance: 



Dr. C. C. Miller, Dr. E. F. Phillips, 

 E. R- Root, C. P. Dadant, Morley Pettit, 

 Dr. S. A. Jones, Geo. W. Williams, Dr. 

 L. C. Leonard, Dr. W. M. Copenhaver, 

 Frank C. Pellett, Prof. F. Eric Millen, 

 E. D. Townsend, Wesley Foster, E. S. 

 Miller, Hamlin B. Miller, Louis H. 

 Scholl, J. D. Bixby, E. J. Baxter, Rev. 

 Francis Jager. 



The topics which will be touched 

 upon by the speakers are such as are of 

 especial importance to the beekeeping 



fraternity, and are such subjects as will 

 have to be taken up by the National to 

 make it of most value. They are as 

 follows: 



State and government aid for bee- 

 keeping industry. 



Educational, research, and extension 

 work. 



Production and overproduction of 

 honey. 



Comb and extracted honey. 



National bee census. 



State fairs and exhibits. 



Honey and commerce. 



Competitors and enemies of honey 

 industry. 



Standards of grading, packing, ship- 

 ping, and others. 



Advertising and increasing consump- 

 tion of honey. 



Containers. 



Freight and express, imports and 

 exports. 



Honey statistics, quotations, distri- 

 bution of reports. 



Supply and demand, the " bear " and 

 "bull" in the honey market. 



Efficient protective system for Ameri- 

 can beekeepers. 



Necessity of a National central office. 



Plans and policies to make the Na- 

 tional a powerful agency for success. 



A BETTER COMBINATION 



When one neighbor raises flowers, 



And another chickens. 

 Oft they fight like irate powers. 



Daily raise the dickens. 



Neighbors ought to strive to please. 

 Folks should not be scrappy. 



Better make it flowers and bees 

 And be truly happy. 



— Louisville fournal. 



California Meeting.^California's State 

 Beekeepers' Association will meet in 

 the Exposition Hall of the State Expo- 

 sition Park in Los Angeles Feb. 16 and 

 17. There should be a large attendance 



DISTANT VIEW OF A BEE RANCH IN SAN MARCOS PASS. SANTA 



BARBARA, CALIF. 



