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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mr. Parsons was " dishonest," as agent for 

 the United States. As Mr. R. gives no 

 documentary proof of that charge, we must 

 therefore decline to publish his reply on 

 matters foreign thereto. 



Xlie I.iOS Angeles Comity conven- 

 tion, of California, held its regular annual 

 session Nov. 12, in' Los Angeles. The offi- 

 cers elected for the ensuing year are as 

 follows : 



President — Geo. W. Brodbeck, of Los 

 Angeles. 



1st Vice-Pres.— Dr. G. A. Millard; 2nd. 

 Vice-Pres., Elon Hart. 



Secretary — Allen Barnett, of Whittier; 

 Assistant Secretary, Dr. McDonald. 



Treasurer — C. Bergk. 



Executive Committee — W. S. Squire, and 

 W. P. Briggs. 



Six new members were added to the roll. 

 Considering the season, there was a good 

 attendance. The subject of co-operation 

 was the principal theme of interest, and a 

 committee was appointed to formulate 

 plans and report at the next meeting, which 

 will be in December. 



A Banqitet to Piiblisliers of ag- 

 ricultural periodicals was given by The 

 Frank B. White Company, special agricul- 

 tural advertising agents, of Chicago, at the 

 Grand Pacific Hotel last Thursday evening. 

 About 50 of the representative agricultural 

 editors and publishers of the United States 

 were present, and most heartily enjoyed 

 the sumptuous " spread" of good things for 

 the inner man, and thereafter listened un- 

 til almost midnight to " the feast of reason 

 and flow of soul." The writer was one of 

 the fortunates, and was delighted with the 

 commendable good feeling and utmost 

 harmony existing among all present, es- 

 pecially appreciating the "toasts" that 

 ware responded to by Mr. J. W. Wilson, of 

 the " Farm, Field and Fireside;" Mr. T. E. 

 Orr, of the "National Stockman;" Mr. W. 

 T. F. Bushnell, of the "Dakota Farmer;" 

 Mr. L. B. Kuhn, of the " Western Plow- 

 man;" Mr. Geo. S. Beck, of the "American 

 Farm News;" and Mr. A. B. Colton, special 

 solicitor of The Frank B. White Company. 



After the toasts were responded to— all of 

 interest to agricultural publishers— differ- 

 ent representatives were called on for three- 

 minute speeches, among those responding 



being Mr. F. B. Whitman, Chicago repre- 

 sentative of the " American Agriculturist ;" 

 the Lawrence brothers, of the "Michigan 

 Farmer " and the " Ohio Farmer;" Mr. E. 

 Chubb Fuller, of the "Agricultural Epi- 

 tomist;" Mr. Heath, of the "Nebraska 

 Farmer;" Solon L. Goode, of the "Ameri- 

 can Nonconformist;" the editor of the 

 "American Bee Journal," and others. 



The object of the banquet was to consider 

 the mutual interests of the agricultural 

 publications of the United States, and to 

 endeavor to promote their general welfare, 

 particularly along the advertising line. 



Permit me to say for the encouragement 

 of temperance people everywhere, that no 

 stronger drink than ice- water and coffee 

 were served at the banquet! Hurrah for 

 the Frank B. White Company and the agri- 

 cultural publishers ! The readers of farm 

 papers will be pleased to know that their 

 friends — the agricultural publishers and 

 editors— are, like themselves, no friends of 

 the saloon — the greatest curse on earth ! 



Inside I^ot Owtsicle.— In the second 

 line of the second paragraph on page 631, 

 raad i7isid€ instead of " outside of the hive." 

 Mr. Smith had it all right in his copy. It 

 was our mistake. 



Eiglit ]^iiiiil>ers for lO Cents.— 



Yes, we will send the last eight numbers of 

 the " American Bee Journal " for 1894, to 

 any 9i.ew name, for only 10 cents (stamps or 

 silver). Now, here's a good chance to get 

 some of your bee-keeping friends started in 

 taking the " Bee Journal " regularly. You 

 just get them to read the eight numbers 

 mentioned, and more than likely they will 

 want to keep it up after that. If you have 

 three bee-friends that you want should have 

 the eight numbers, send us 25 cents with 

 their names and addresses, and we will 

 mail them to each. Remember this offer is 

 for the laxi eiqhtnumhn-s of 1894— dated, Nov. 

 8, 15, 22 and 29 ; and Dec. 6, 13, 20 and 27. 



If, then, at any time between now and 

 Feb. 1, 1895, you can secure the subscrip- 

 tions of these " short termers " for the year 

 1895, you can count them as new subscrib- 

 ers and get the premiums as per our offers 

 on page 702 of this issue. Eight "short 

 term" subscribers at 10 cents each, will 

 count the same as one new subscriber for a 

 year, in earning premiums. 



If you wish sample copies to use in secur- 

 ing the " short term " or other subscribers, 

 let us know, and we will be glad to mail 

 them to you free. 



We ought to add thousands of names to 

 our list on this very low offer— 8 numbers 

 for 10 cents ! Now in the lime for earnest work I 



