September, 1914. 



American Vae Journal 



knowing much in the way of driving a 

 hoe or a harrow, the new farm hand 

 was put to work whitewashing the out- 

 buildings, while the rest of the staff 

 took to the cornfields. When Cousin 

 Hiram returned to the house at noon, 

 Slagg was sitting on the woodpile look- 

 ing as if he had been crawling on his 

 face through 10 acres of sand burs. 



"Give me my money, boss," said he 

 in a mournful voice. " I'm going back 

 to town." 



"What have ye been doin' to yer- 

 self?" asked Cousin Hiram, wonder- 

 ingly sizing up the new hand. "What's 

 happened ?" 



" I don't know exactly what happen- 

 ed," was the dejected reply of Slagg, 

 "but it started when I tried to white- 

 wash that thing they call a beehive." — 

 Philadelphia Tilegraph. 



while the imports amount to only 

 $G8,717. The latter is inferior honey, 

 for the price is a trifle less than 60 

 cents per gallon. 



ing more and more interesting each 

 year. H. S. DuBY. 



United States Statistics The Year 



Book of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture for 1913 shows importations of 

 beeswax of 828,793 pounds at about 

 30,6 cents per pound. Exports of the 

 same 116,296 pounds. The comb foun- 

 dation exported evidently does not ap- 

 pear in this amount, for the price given 

 of the beeswax exported is less than 30 

 cents per pound. Perhaps there is 

 some error in the reckoning. 



Honey exported amounts to $182,252, 



Tlie Field Day at St. Anne The pic- 

 ture sent under separate cover is a part 

 of those present at the field meet of 

 the Eastern Illinois Beekeepers' Asso- 

 tion, which met at St. Anne. 111., July 

 11, and was one of the best ever held 

 in Illinois. Over 75 were present, and 

 it was evident that the crowd would be 

 too large to have all of them at one 

 time in the yard at good advantage, so 

 two groups were formed; the first with 

 I. E Pyles, who took excessive pains to 

 instruct his hearers. 



The second group was under the care 

 of A. L. Kildow, and was mostly ladies. 

 Mr. Kildow was at his best, and aston- 

 ished some of the ladies the way he 

 handled "those bees," and "did not 

 get a sting." Veils had been provided 

 for the occasion, though the bees were 

 very gentle and no one was stung. 



After the demonstration the people 

 went to the shady lawn where the two 

 inspectors gave lectures to a very at- 

 entive audience. 



After many thanks to H. S. Duby for 

 his kindness in letting them have the 

 use of his yard and disturbing " his 

 bees," the meeting adjourned. 



This was the 4th annual meeting held 

 in St. Anne. These meetings are grow- 



Tlie Mt. Pleasant Meeting. — Starting 

 from our home at 5:30 on the morning 

 of July 28, with an automobile, we 

 reached Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 50 miles 

 away, at 8:10. Comingfrom the north, 

 with his wife and daughters, Frank 

 Coverdale living 118 miles away, 

 started at 4 a.m., and reached the place 

 of meeting a little before noon. In this 

 day of speed, two farmers may leave 

 their homes on the opposite edges of 

 some of our great States, get together 

 for a talk and go back home the same 

 day, without having to bother with 

 train schedules. What will it be when 

 we succeed in building decent roads 

 throughout the United States ? These 

 are needed, for a sudden rain puts an 

 end to all the pleasure of such trips. 



The meeting at Mt. Pleasant was only 

 fairly attended when we compare it 

 with previous meetings at other places. 

 But it made up in enthusiasm what it 

 lacked in numbers. The sessions were 

 held in the ancient and dilapidated 

 Court House of Henry county. A fine 

 new Court House with modern con- 

 veniences is just completed, and will be 

 in use soon. 



We had the pleasure of meeting 

 there one of our oldest practical men, 

 J. A. Thomas, of Mt. Pleasant, whom I 

 had met for the first time at a bee- 



CoNVENTiON Group at the St. Anne, III., Field Meet. July ii, ivu 



