December, 1912. 



375 



American Hee Journal 



letter paper, 8>^xll inches, and allow 

 l|2-inch margin on the sides, at least. 

 Two or three cuts of bees scattered on 

 the margin would help to attract atten- 

 tion. 



/^i/A"/;' HONEY 



from the 



Itali.\n Bee-Apiary — Bee Town, Iowa. 



When I say "Pure Ho.nev," I 

 mean that it is honey gathered by 

 the bees, stored by the bees, and 

 ripened in the hive by the bees ; and 

 its purity is assured by the Pure 

 Food Lazu. 



More than this, however, it is 

 White Clover Honey, and that is 

 the best that can be said of honey. 

 There are other good honeys for 

 those who are not critical ; but for 

 nice people, persons of refinement 

 and taste, the clover honey is the 

 only one which ixnitly fills the bill. 



I have it in sections as well as 10, 80, 

 and (JO pound pails. A. B. BEE, 



ttie Bce-Ma)i. 



I am dealing with local advertising 

 entirely, and I honestly believe that 

 this is the only kind that will pay the 

 average producer, the man who has 

 from 500 to 1000, or, at most, 200O 

 pounds to sell, the man who sells all 

 his honey to his neighbors, and, pos- 

 sibly, some of it through the stores. If 

 he has more, and wants to find a new 

 customer, a want ad in the bee-journals 

 will do the business. 



Everybody will read a one-word ad 

 because they cannot help it. Therefore, 

 the fewer -words you hai>e in an ad the 

 more readers you -will get. Why give 

 them a history of your family ? Why 

 tell them how you produce your honey .■' 

 Why abuse "Korn Syrup with a Kane 

 flavor," which smells like a slop-bucket 

 if you boil it ? Why abuse your brother 

 bee-men, if you have any ? Take a 

 sheet of paper and put on it what you 



are going to advertise. Honey; the 

 kind ; add some pleasant remarks ; also 

 a picture, and if you don't want your 

 mug to be seen, put on it a picture of a 

 bee or a skep. 

 Buck Grove, Iowa. 



Apiarian Exhibit at the Spo- 

 kane Interstate Fair 



BV GE0R(:E W. YORK. 



It was my good fortune to attend the 

 19th annual Interstate Fair held at 

 Spokane, Wash., Sept. 30 to Oct. fj, U)12. 

 Taken both as a whole and depart- 

 mentally, it was one of the very best 

 Fairs I ever attended. 



But what will specially interest read- 

 ers of the American Bee Journal are 

 the exhibits of bees, honey, and bees- 

 wa.K illustrated herewith. They were 

 located in a very good place, so that 

 no one could miss seeing the display. 



There were seven exhibitors — all 

 from Washington, I believe. The total 

 amount of cash premiums offered was 

 $165. Prof. H. F. Wilson, of the Ore- 

 gon Agricultural College, was the 

 judge. Mr. L. C. Barrett, of Spokane, 

 was the courteous superintendent of 

 the Apiary Department. 



At least two of the exhibitors at this 

 Fair deserve special mention. They 

 are Mr. J. P. Kingsland and Mr. Robt. 

 Cissna. The former, wlio is an enthu- 

 siastic city bee-keeper, spent consid- 

 erable time in securing a variety of ex- 

 hibits for the Apiarian Department, 

 and the latter, who is a specialist bee- 

 keeper, and runs a half-dozen apiaries, 

 had by far the largest quantity on ex- 

 hibition, and probably came the farth- 

 est to the Fair. He sold all his honey 

 to an enterprising local firm in Spo- 

 kane before the Fair closed. 



An excellent start has been made in 

 the exhibits of the Apiary Department. 

 But it will be necessary to offer more 



cash premiums before many bee-keep- 

 ers can afford the work and trouble of 

 making an exhibit worthy of three 

 large States like Wasliington, Oregon 

 and Idaho. No doubt the Fair man- 

 agement will increase the number of 

 premiums as well as the cash amounts 

 by another year, and thus attract more 

 exhibitors from the ranks of bee-keep- 

 ers in this part of the country. 



Making apiarian exhibits at Fairs is 

 one of the very best methods of adver- 

 tising for bee-keepers. There is always 

 a crowd of interested people where 

 live bees are exhibited, and to have 

 their product in large amounts beside 

 the bees is a very effective way to im- 

 press people with the importance of 

 the business. It has always been a sur- 

 prise to me that Fairs do not encour- 

 age bee-keepers and bee-keeping more, 

 by giving greater prominence to prod- 

 ucts of the apiary. 



Sandpoint, Idaho. 



[The above letter was received with 

 accompanying picture and a list of the 

 prize winners, that would be too 

 lengthy for our columns. A private 

 letter from Mr. York said : " I am 

 tanned very nicely, as I have been out- 

 of-doors all summer." Idaho life evi- 

 dently agrees with him. — Editor.] 



Two Recipes Worth Trying 



CocOAN'UT Puffs — Heat two cupfuls 

 of granulated sugar with one-half cup- 

 ful of cream, and add one-fourth cup- 

 ful of honey. Boil until the ball will 

 form in cold water; then remove, and 

 beat a half cupful of grated cocoanut 

 into it. Beat until creamy, and drop 

 from the end of a small silver spoon 

 on oiled paper. 



Pineapple Droi'.s — Boil two cupfuls 

 of sugar with one cupful of milk and 



View of the Bee and Honev Exhibit at the Spokane Interstate Kair. 



