The International Food Exhibition. 



On Oct. 13th, the great " Interna- 

 tional Food Exhibition " was opened in 

 Agricultural Hall, London, England. 

 In the report given by the London 

 Grocer, we notice the following : 



"One of the most prominent and 

 conspicuous spaces occupied in the Hall 

 is the large central stand, which is de- 

 voted to the exhibits of Messrs. Thur- 

 ber & Co., of New York. The show 

 made by this firm is an excellent and 

 interesting one. Its chief feature is a 

 large obelisk, 30 ft. high and 6 ft. at the 

 base, and consisting of twelve different 

 kinds of American canned fruits and 

 vegetables. The obelisk is surmounted 

 by a lamp containing a brilliant electric 

 light. On the lamp is conspicuously 

 painted the name of lt Thurber." Sam- 

 ples of American cheese are placed at 

 each corner of the obelisk, and there are 

 smaller structures of a similiar kind 

 surmounted by bronze figures. The 

 design of Messrs. Thurbers' stand was 

 the work of Mr. W. M. Hoge, their 

 representative, and it certainly does 

 him much credit, being striking and 

 effective. ' : 



We are glad to see that the ingenuity 

 and skill of Mr. Hoge is wining for him 

 a reputation in England. He is an 

 energetic worker, and will make himself 

 felt, even in that great metropolis of the 

 world. He gave an address at the Ex- 

 hibition upon the rise and progress of 

 the now enormous trade of canned 

 meats. In the Grocers' 1 report of which 

 we find the following relative to this 

 industry in Chicago : 



"The history of the compressed 

 corned beef trade has been almost like 

 a romance. The Wilson Brothers started 

 this in Chicago just afterthe great fire ; 

 and to show you how young this now 

 important trade is, I will mention, en 

 passant, that I bought the first case of 

 these goods ever packed. The two Wil- 

 sons were then located in a small one- 

 story wooden house on State street; 

 now their factories are one of the won- 

 ders of the Garden City. Eighteen 

 months after the business was started 

 they were packing 960,000 2-lb. tins a 

 month, and I doubt whether there is to- 

 day an army, a city, or a vessel unpro- 

 vided with American compressed corned 

 beef.' 



To Mr, Hoge more than to any other 

 man living, is America indebted for 



developing the great demand for Ameri- 

 can honey in Europe, as well as greatly 

 enlarging the call for it at home. This 

 must be admitted on all hands, botli by 

 friend and foe. In saying this, we but 

 accord to him that credit which is his 

 honest due. 



A Christinas Present.— Now that the 

 volume of the Bee Journal, for 1880 is 

 complete, we find that we have a few 

 complete sets of numbers, and shall 

 immediately have them bound. As a 

 volume of reference it will be' very 

 valuable to the beginner or the more 

 advanced bee-keeper, and will be an 

 excellent Christinas Present for a bee- 

 keeping friend. Price bound in paper 

 covers, $1.50, postage paid; in nice 

 leather and cloth binding, $2.00. Those 

 who wish one, should order early as 

 there are but a few of them to dispose 

 of. 



iH" B. I. Barber asks : " Is it cus- 

 tomary for commission men to return 

 honey crates, after the honey is sold ?" 

 Certainly not ; they usually sell it to re- 

 tailers and the crate goes with it. 

 When the producer sells directly to the 

 retailer, they are sometimes returned, if 

 it is so stipulated. 



Ijgl Prof. Cook and family passed 

 through the city on Nov. 10th, and gave 

 the Bee Journal a very pleasant call. 

 He is much pleased with the Peet queen 

 shipping and introducing cage. In the 

 Bee Journal for May, page 214, we 

 stated that as improved, it was a good 

 cage, and we are glad to hear that Prof. 

 Cook is so well pleased with it. 



Errata.— On page 527 of last month's 

 Journal several errors occurred, and 

 were not discovered until too late for 

 correction : 29th line from the bottom 

 of the fist column read " form " instead 

 of forming ; 27th line for produced read 

 " producer, which if protected." Sec- 

 ond column, 23d line from the top, 

 should read " Buffalo Grape Sugar Co.' 1 



