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Xhat Sugar-Honey article in 

 the Review has raised quite a rumpus, 

 as it should have done, for (as Friend 

 Hutchinson says in the Review for Feb- 

 ruary) it is " rankest kind of heresy." 



We have no desire to be unfair, and 

 did not intend to convey the idea that 

 either the Review or its correspondent 

 ad/vised the placing of such a manufac- 

 tured article upon the market in a 

 faudulent manner — but they came alto- 

 gether too close to it! The following, 

 which appears In the last issue of the 

 Review as an editorial explanation, will 

 reveal their true position : 



While 1 have not a particle of doubt 

 that a bee-keeper experienced in " feed- 

 ing back" could, with sugar and honey 

 at the present prices, produce comb- 

 honey at a profit by the feeding of 

 sugar, I am not yet ready to advise such 

 a course, even if customers were in- 

 formed in regard to the matter, as 

 mentioned by Mr. Hasty. 



Then what excuse *could possibly be 

 given for its publication ? We can see 

 none ! But the Revieiv continues : 



The publication of the Hasty article s- 

 has been compared to the Wiley pleas- 

 antry. What Wiley wrote was a LIE. 

 What Hasty has written is trite. No one 

 disputes that. The only questions is, 

 whether it was policy to tell the truth. 



I presume that the publication of that 

 article in the general newspapers of the 

 day might be prejudical to the interests 

 of bee-keepers, in the same way that the 

 "everlasting clack" in them, about 

 adulteration, prejudices the public 

 against honey ; but among ourselves, in 

 our own family, in our own class jour- 

 nals, it does seem that a man might 

 speak his mind freely. 



Of course, what Friend Hasty has 

 written is the rankest kind of heresy, 

 and I may be equally guilty in giving it 

 publicity, yet it must be remembered 

 that we little know what may come in 

 the future. Heretical ideas are usually 

 advanced ideas, shocking as they some- 

 times are, and as editor of the Review I 

 feel like allowing free speech, so long as 

 it is said decently and in order. 



Wiiile we do not, for a moment, im- 

 agine that harm was Inteudcd (dther by 

 the Review or its correspondent, yet we 

 believe that they have inadvertently done 



more damage to the pursuit than they 

 can repair in a life-time. 



This thing cannot be kept sub rosa — it 

 will get into " the general newspapers 

 of the day" in spite of all our endeavors 

 to prevent it; and like " the Wiley lie," 

 it will have its run " the world over " — 

 to our detriment and disgust ! It is a 



pity — A GKEAT PITY ! 



Rules to govern judges in awarding 

 premiums at Fairs, on bees, honey, wax, 

 and apiarian supplies are an absolute 

 necessity. We are glad to state that Mr. 

 Robbins has presented a "code of rules" 

 on page 283. This will serve to intro- 

 duce the subject and excite comment. 

 Mr. Robbins wrote us as follows, con- 

 cerning the matter : 



In preparation of these Rules, I have 

 not consulted the rest of the committee 

 because I feel certain that they would 

 like help as well as myself. I dare not 

 offer it as a perfect code. I want criti- 

 cisms and suggestions that will help us 

 to get at a perfect one. Now, others 

 may not think as I do, but I regard it as 

 an important matter. Necessarily such 

 a code can in the main be advisory only, 

 but standards s'ettled upon by the bee- 

 keepers interested will be a help to both 

 exhibitors and judges, and enhance the 

 value of apiarian exhibits. Now let us 

 have a free interchang<! of all opinions. 



T-wo Olass Cases, 4 feet wide, 

 5 feet high, and 300 or 400 feet long 

 are to be built for the American Honey 

 Exhibit. Aisles are to be between them, 

 and the "Implement" Exhibit will run 

 parallel with these cases, 3 by 400 feet. 

 So the Apiarian Exhibit is to be in one 

 body in the Agricultural Building, as 

 shown on the next page. 



"Wood Brothers, Chicago Live 

 Stock Commission Merchants, have 

 issued their third bi-cnnial number of 

 their excellent pamphlet, " Facts and 

 Figures." It gives a vast amount of 

 statistical information about prices, 

 l)roduction and marketing of live stock 

 nowhere else obtainable. Parties in- 

 ti^rested in the trade can obtain a copy 

 free by addressing Wood Brothers, Union 

 Stock Yards, Chicago, Ills. 



