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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



J. H. Martin presented statistics 

 to prove tliat there was not honey 

 enough produced, within several 

 tliousand tons, to malce it a staple 

 article, and that with proper eftort 

 at county fairs and in the home 

 market, "there would not be an 

 ounce of honey to go to the city 

 markets. 



Mr. Smith compared our exhib- 

 its at the New York state fair 

 Avhere there was only about twenty 

 pounds on exhibition, to the To- 

 ronto fair where twenty tons were 

 displayed. This very interesting 

 discussion was finally wound up 

 by Mr. Porter of Virginia, giving 

 us a financial lecture on the rela- 

 tive value of gold and silver. 

 Beekeepers evidently need punch- 

 ing up into a greater degree of 

 entei'prise on this question. 



On the last day, Jan. 13, the 

 first question for discussion was 

 an invitation from Jas. Heddon to 

 pitch into him in relation to his 

 views in opposition to conventions. 

 After an animated discussion it 

 was unanimously decided by a ris- 

 ing vote that Heddon was wrong. 



Separators were discussed by N. 

 N. Betsinger. He advocated his 

 patent wire cloth separator and 

 tried to impress the convention 

 that he had no axe to grind. Mr. 

 Smith had tried the wire-cloth ar- 

 rangement and found it good. 



Mr. Benedict thought the ex- 

 pense too great to warrant bee- 

 keepers in adopting them, his fig- 

 ures showing $22.50 difference 

 in the cost of wire vs. wood per 

 1,000. 



There were several exhibits : H. 

 D. Davis of Bradford, Vt., gave a 

 large exhibit of fancy sections, 

 hives, etc. ; Aspinwall & Tiead- 

 well, hives, extractors and smok- 

 ers ; Mr. Newcomer, chafl' and sim- 

 plicity hives ; Dadant's foundation 

 and si full line of supplies. 



Stanley exhibited his automatic 

 extractor and seemed to be sur- 



rounded by an interested group. 

 W. E. Clark, smokers and supplies. 

 Betsinger, wire cloth separators ; 

 while many other useful articles 

 were upon exhibition. The com- 

 mittee upon exhibits wore: Ira 

 Barber, R. Bacon, and J. L. Scho- 

 field. Some of the exliibits were 

 commented upon favorably and 

 some sarcastically, and evoked a 

 storm of criticism ; and a motion 

 to refer the report back for revi- 

 sion was unanimously adopted. 



A happy feeling pervaded tlie 

 convention during the entire ses- 

 sion, and it was a sort of a love 

 feast all through. Several visitors 

 were with us from other states : 

 from Vermont, H. D. Davis, J. E. 

 Crane, A. E. Manura and E. O. 

 Tuttle ; Mrs. Thomas from Penn- 

 sylvania : Mr. Porter from Vir- 

 ginia ; T. T. Bingham from Mich- 

 igan ; A. I. Root from Ohio ; Mr. 

 Abbott from England. 



Hartford, N. Y. 



THE SHEBOYGAN COUNTY 



{MICH.) BEEKEEPERS' 



SOCIETY. 



jReported for the /imerican Aiyicultiirist. 

 Mrs. H. Hill. 



The Sheboygan Co. Beekeepers' 

 Association met at Hinghara, yes- 

 terday, the loth, at 10 a. m. 



Nothing daunted by the forbid- 

 ding aspect of the weather and 

 roads, three sleighloads of merry 

 beekeepers left Sheboygan Falls at 

 8 A. M., and in due season arrived 

 at the hospitable home of Mr. L. 

 H. Baldwin, where roaring fires and 

 kindly greetings soon dispelled all 

 thought of any trifling discomforts 

 of the ride. 



Meanwhile, through the windows, 

 the long rows of comfortable and 

 beautiful chaff-hives, and, in the 



