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footing with the other journals. If we 

 ever had a doubt regarding the success 

 of our undertaliing, it was dispelled by 

 the genuine encouragement that was 

 tendered us while at Kochester. 



It was certainly interesting to listen 

 to the touching remarks of the Rev. 

 W. F. Clark of Speedside, Ontario, 

 relative to the memory of the lamented 

 Moses Quinby, and these remarks are 

 but the pattering raindrops of the com- 

 ing shower of credit which has been so 

 long delayed and give evidence of the 

 reform which shall place American 

 apiculture, as a sister to agriculture, 

 in a position to demand the attention 

 of the people and our government. 

 Further, it bears us out in the position 

 we have taken that the names of Moses 

 Quinby and the Rev. L. L. Langstroth 

 should stand side by side in the history 

 of apiculture in America, — the one 

 (Moses Quinby) as the father of prac- 

 tical apiculture in this country; the 

 other (our Langstroth) as the inventor 

 of tlie movable-frame hive. 



We can only hope and Urge that the 

 eflbrts made at Rochester to make our 

 North American Association an asso- 

 ciation of delegates and representative 

 in its character be endorsed and sec- 

 onded by our western friends, to whom 

 we have intrusted the completing of 

 the work. 



We take great pleasure in thanking 

 our Canadian friends for the genuine 

 sympathy and encouragement that they 

 extended to the " Apiculturist," — all 

 the more valuable, coming as it did from 

 those who are known to be among 

 the most prominent and successful 

 apiarists in Canada. We shall en- 

 deavor, in conducting our journal, to 

 show our appreciation of such conil- 

 dence on their part, so that they may 

 never have just cause to regret the 

 position they have taken in endorsing 

 and supporting it. 



We shall be unable to give more than 

 a portion of the reports this month. 

 Tiie election of officers resulted as 

 follows : 



President — L. C. Root, Mohawk. 



First vice-president — H. D. Cutting, 

 Clinton, Mich. 



Vermont, A. E. Manum ; Massachu- 

 setts, J. E. Pond ; New York, W. E. 

 Clark; Pennsylvania, Arthur Todd; 

 New Jersey, A. J. King; Delaware, 

 W. J. Gibbons; Virginia, J. W. Por- 

 ter; Georgia, J. P. H. Brown; Florida, 

 W. S. Hart; Mississippi, Dr. O. M. 

 Blanton ; Louisiana, Paul L. Viallon ; 

 Texas, Judge Andrews; Kentucky, W. 



C. Pelham; Tennessee, W. P. Hender- 

 son; Ohio, A. I. Root; Illinois, Dr. C. 

 C. Miller; Iowa, O. O. Poppleton; 

 Missouri, C. M. Crandall; Wisconsin, 

 Geo. Grimm ; Kansas, Jerome Twich- 

 ell ; Nebraska, M. L. Trestor; Ontario, 

 S. T. Pettit; Manitoba, Chief Justice 

 Wallbridge; Quebec, H. F. Hunt; Da- 

 kota, A. AV. Edwards. 



Treasurer— C. F. Muth, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



Secretary— W. Z. Hutchinson, Rog- 

 ersville, Mich. 



Executive Committee — L. C. Root, 

 H. D. Clinton, C. F. Muth, W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, ex officio, and Miss Lucy 

 A. Wilkins and A. B. Weed. 



The Committee of Arrangements 

 for the next association meeting was 

 named as follows: A. B. We«d, De- 

 troit; H. D. Cutting, Clinton, Mich.; 

 A. J. Cook, Lansing, Michigan; W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, Flint, Michigan; and Jas. 

 lleddon, Dowagiac, Michigan. 



The following parties were enrolled 

 as members : 



Thomas Pierce, Gansevort, N. Y. ; 

 S. B. Wheeler, Union City, Pa. ; U. E. 

 Dodge, Fredonia, N. Y. ;' L. C. Root, 

 Mohawk, N. Y. ; G. H. Ashby, Albion, 

 N. Y. ; W. Bacon, Delta, N. Y. ; C. J. 

 Densmore, Livonia Station, N. Y. ; E. 

 C. Campbell, Cayuga, Ontario; G. W. 

 Patting, Scipioville, N. Y. ; R. Bacon, 

 Verona, N. Y. ; 0. G. Russell, Albion, 

 N. Y. ; M. M. Wright, Castile, N. Y. ; 

 J. Van Deusen, Springbrook, N. Y. ; 

 Geo. K. Wright, Cambria, N. Y. ; W. 



E. Moulton, Alexander, N. Y. ; Miles 

 Morton, Groton, N. Y. ; Jesse Mekeel, 

 Poplar Ridge, N. Y. ; Arthur Todd, 

 Germantown, Pa. ; Geo. M. Lawrence, 

 Warsaw, N. Y. ; Theo. 0. Peet; Brook- 

 lyn, N.Y. ; J. A.Andrews, Phila.,Pa. ; E. 

 W. Thompson, Hinsdale, N. Y. ; Chas. 

 S. Hurlbut, West Bethany. N. Y. ; W. 

 L. Cosgshall, West Groton, N. Y. ; E. 

 AV. Landon, Brockton, N. Y. ; W. G. 

 Fish, Ithaca, N. Y. ; Charles Faville, 

 South AVales, N. Y. ; O. G. Smith, Sen- 

 eca Falls, N. Y. ; 0. H. Sage, Church- 

 ville. N. Y. ; William Bray, Gainesville, 

 N. Y. ; Ed. Hutchinson, East Avon, 

 N. Y. ; Elias Mott, Norwich, Ontario. 



F. C. Burmaster. Irvine, N. Y. ; Dr. J. 

 P. H. Brown, Augusta, Ga. ; L. S. 

 Newman, Peoria, N. Y. ; S. M. Puhl, 

 South Toledo, Ohio; N. N. Betsinaer, 

 Marcellus, N. Y. ; Ira Barber, De Kalb 

 Junction, N. Y. ; Sidney C. Sleeper, 

 Holland, N. Y. ; J. Vandervort, Lacey- 

 ville, Pa.; C. C. Van Deusen, Sprout 

 Brook, N. Y. ; J. L. Schofield, Chenango 



