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$4,Ox> i* expended for the a ! beekeeper* in tbe control 



. i iufi ction* di*ca*e* amongst their bees. This nione\ [a n*ed in 

 *cnding Apiarx Inspectors to the different apiarie* xxlierc disease 

 i* *u*jKvtcd. and in addition to detecting disease thesr In*pector* 

 act as practical in*tructors and demo- . teaching beekeeper < 



improved method* of management of their apiaric*. In Connection 

 xxith this. Apiary Demonstrations are held in different com 

 \xhere they \vill do the most pood. Thc*e meetings are very nrieh 

 appreciated, and during KM 2 fifty -noli meeting xvere attended by 

 an a\ Vckceprr* earli. Another very import an 1 feature 



of the work of the Association i> the annual Cro|> and Price Kep-.rt. 

 It i* made on the crop taken hy correspondence from the member* 

 and considered by a Committee of expert* who for, the 



it of members the prices for honey which are likely to pi 

 during the coming fall and winter. This work has been in 

 at ion for about ten years and has been of great benefit in *tandard- 

 izing the price of honey throughout the Province. The future 

 development of the work of the Association will likely be al-mi; 

 co-operative lines. The Provincial Apiarist says there i- e-tii 

 to be about 10,000 beekeepers in Ontario keeping 300,000 hives of 

 bees and producing annually something like 5,000 tons of honey. 



The Ontario Plowmen's Association. 



The object of this Association is the advancement of agricultural 

 interests by encouraging its members to give greater attention to the 

 thorough cultivation of the soil, establishing branch as*ocia: 

 disseminating useful information regarding fertilization and cnlti- 

 xation. interesting farmers' sons in becoming first-class plowmen 

 that the yield and quality of field crops may be increased, encouraging 

 annual provincial, county and township plowing matches, awarding 

 premiums, and adopting any other means in the direction of pro 

 gress. 



The Ontario Fruit Growers' Association. 



The Ontario Kruit Grower-' A**oeialion as a hotly xvas incor- 

 porated oxer fifty- four \< by Act of the Canadian Parlia- 

 ment. Thi* \ oriation ha* a \er\ large membership among the 

 commercial fruit grower* of the Province, and ha* alxvay* ta' 

 Yearling part in fruit matter >ih Provincial and Dominion 

 ini|>ortance. Notable among the movements that it ha* inangi 

 are the Kruit Mark* Act. now known a* the Inspection and Sales 

 the fruit experiment stations of the Province, demonstration 



