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gratefully appreciate their kindness and 

 thoughtfulness. 



We expect soon to give our readers a 

 picture of Ontario's magnificent honey ex- 

 hibit at the Fair, with full description of 

 the same. 



Xlie IViscoiisiii Honey Exliibit. 



— At the annual meeting of the Wisconsin 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association, in Feb- 

 ruary, 1893, Mr. Franklin Wilcox, of Maus- 

 ton, Wis., was chosen to collect, prepare 

 and arrange an exhibit of honey and wax 

 at the World's Columbian Exposition. The 

 sum of $500 was allotted by the State Board 

 with which to make tlie exhibit. 



The months of February and March did 

 not prove to be the most favorable time for 

 collecting comb honey that should fairly 

 represent the State. After considerable 

 correspondence, and some travel, Mr. Wil- 

 cox succeeded in obtaining about 800 

 pounds of comb honey, 500 pounds of ex- 

 tracted, and 200 pounds of beeswax, of the 

 crop of 1892. Damages from freezing and 

 rough handling reduced the quantity some- 

 what before it was finally installed at 

 Chicago. 



The rules of the Exposition Company sent 

 out at that time limited the amount from 

 each exhibitor to 50 pounds of extracted, 

 and 100 pounds of comb honey, which pre- 

 vented filling up the exhibit with a large 

 quantity of fancy honey from two or three 

 exhibitors, as might have been done with 

 less cost. 



Among those who furnished honey from 

 the crop of 1893, were J. J. Ochsner, of 

 Prairie du Sac, who sent some of the finest 

 comb and extracted honey, also some choice 

 beeswax ; but the most attractive exhibit 

 by Mr. O. was his name and post-office ad- 

 dress built of comb honey by the bees in 

 letters formed for them as a guide. 



Mr. C. A. Hatch, of Ithaca, and E. C 

 Priest, of Henrietta, furnished exti'acted 

 honey and beeswax. Messrs. Frank McNay, 

 Franklin Wilcox, and A. E. Wilcox, of 

 Mauston, each furnished comb and ex- 

 tracted honey and beeswax. Messrs. Gustav 

 Gross, of Milford, and Adolph Vandereicke, 

 of Lake Mills, contributed their best. 



The extracted honey was nicely put up in 

 glass jars, of different sizes and styles, 

 designed to show those commonly used in 

 the retail trade. It nearly all appeared on 

 exhibition in the granulated form. This 



was partly because Mr. Wilcox believed 

 that people should learn to know that pure 

 extracted honey will granulate, and partly 

 because he could not give it time enough to 

 melt it so often as necessary to keep it in 

 the liquid form. 



After completing the installation of the 

 crop of 1892, Mr. Wilcox applied to the 

 State Board for funds to replace the old 

 crop with the new, when it should be ready. 

 This was promptly refused, and Mr. W. 

 abandoned the exhibit for a time. About 

 the middle of August, finding a good crop 

 of choice honey, and that other States had 

 greatly improved their exhibits, he again 



Wisconsin Exhibit at the WorlcVs Fair. 



appealed to the Board for funds with which 

 to pay transportation and installation 

 charges on the new crop, and succeeded in 

 getting^the promise of $100 for that purpose. 



As the time was short, he called for im- 

 mediate contributions, and obtained over 

 50 pounds from J. W. Kleeber, of Reeds- 

 burg. 1300 pounds from J. J. Ochsner, and 

 200 pounds from himself and son, with 

 which he replaced a portion of the old crop 

 of comb honey. 



This was arranged on five large arches, 

 as shown in the illustration herewith, with 

 pyramids of honey underneath. Those 



