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we want to give the medal, andij to your 

 good opinion we entrust its disposal. 



H. K. & F. B. Thurber & Co." 



The Committee examined thoroughly 

 every exhibit and weighed all the 

 points enumerated in their instruc- 

 tions, and the following gives their de- 

 cision: 



"We the judges appointed to award the 

 "Thurber Gold Medal" for "the best lioney in 

 the most marketable shape, " having 

 thoroughly examined every exhibit in the 

 fine display, and weighed the points enumer- 

 ated in our instructions, would report that 

 while we prefer ,the crate for shipment used 

 by Capt. ,T. E. Hetherington, it is our decision 

 that the "best honey" is that exhibited by G. 

 M. Doolittle; we also"prefer the box used by 

 the latter, and as;the medal cannot be divided, 

 we award it to G.M. Doolittle,on the merits^of 

 the two points out of the three enumerated." 

 WiLL,iAM Fletcher, 1 

 Thos. G. Newman, '-Judges. 

 A. .T.'KiNG, \ 



The medal was forwarded to Mr. 

 Doolittle. by express, by tlie Secretary 

 of the Association, and the following 

 acknowledgement has been received: 



"Borodino, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1877. 

 Frtend Newman :— Your letter and the 

 Gold Medal M'ere duly received. It was a 



United States of America. From the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific— from the lakes 

 to the Gulf— all apiarists owe them a 

 debt of gratitude for this, and in our 

 feeble way we will here give them the 

 first installment of the interest on that 

 debt, by stating a few facts. 



We_visited their immense establish- 

 ment' while in New York, and were 

 stirprised to see what a vast bee-hive it 

 was. Some idea may be gathered of 

 its magnitude from the following facts. 

 They do a business of $13,000,000 a 

 year~$50,000 a day; it takes some 300 

 clerks to run the several departments. 

 They own and occupy a whole block of 

 1)uildings, some 7 stories high, includ- 

 ing basements, and besides this they 

 have some 25 other warehouses for 

 storing goods, including a bonded 

 warehouse for imported goods presid- 

 ed over by a custom house officer; and 

 they keep 40 large trucks busy deliver- 

 ing goods. They have a bank, tele- 

 graph office, law department, and print- 

 ing office all for their own use. 



Their establishment is simply im- 

 mense. After being almost boiled 

 during one of the hot days in New 

 York, looking over the establishment, 



Cvrx. HETHERINGTON'. ■ CRATE. 



happyfsurprise Jindeed, asSI was not anticipa- 

 ting the award. To Messrs. Thurber & Co., the 

 donors, and to the judges who awarded this 

 magnificent medal, allow me to express my 

 sincere thanks. I shall ever cherish this 

 beautiful " souvenir " for its pleasant memor- 

 ies, and when I look upon it, it will not only 

 bring to mind the donors but also my "little 

 pets" who earned it for me. I am sorry I 

 could not attend the Convention, but pressing 

 duties at home detained me. Again I thank 

 you all. Yours respectfully. 



G. M. Doolittle." 



A Deserved Tribute. 



" Honor to whom honor is due," is 

 ancient but wise counsel. Lest we 

 should seem to do injustice to those 

 who have so nobly come to the rescue of 

 honey producers by creating a demand 

 *for honev, we must" not fail to speak of 

 the indefatigable exertions of Messrs. 

 H. 3v. & F. 13. Thurber & Co., of New 

 York, and the manager of their honey 

 department, Mr. W. M. Iloge. 



These gentlemen did all in their 

 power not only to make the late Con- 

 vention a sticcess, but also to have the 

 display of honey and apicultural inipli- 

 ments worthy of the apiarists of the 



friend^Hoge took us into " the cooler," 

 where they keep butter and other 

 articles needing a. cool place. As they 

 have 500 tons of ice there, it was much 

 too cool for us — nearly freezing up all 

 our ideas — so we left that cool retreat 

 for more a congenial clime. 



In the honey department we saw 

 150,000 lbs. of comb honey and 800 bar- 

 rels of extracted honey — but as they 

 were shipping and receiving so con- 

 tinuously its appearance had changed 

 considerably when we called the next 

 day. They do a yearly business of 

 $350,000 to $400,000 in honey, and are 

 without doubt the largest honey dealers 

 in the world. 



1^ Friend Bingham brought 3,000 

 pounds of excellent comb honey in 

 boxes to this city by freight; not a 

 comb was damaged, and but one small 

 glass cracked. He disposed of it dur- 

 ing a three-days' sojourn in the city — 

 some for cash and some left on com- 

 mission, but all at good: figures. 



