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VOL XXXIII. CHICAGO. ILL, MAR. 8, 1894. 



NO. 10. 



Foul ISrood. — On page 310 will be 

 found an interesting report on the subject 

 of foul brood, by Hon. R. L. Taylor, of the 

 Michigan Experiment Apiary. Bro. Root, 

 in speaking of Bro. Taylor's report, said 

 this in Gleanings for Feb. 15th : 



After having read it over carefully, we 

 do not hesitate to endorse every line of it. 

 It is surprising how closely it agrees with 

 the statements we made last year, respect- 

 ing this disease, and yet Mr. Taylor's con- 

 clusions were reached over a different 

 route. We feel now more than ever, as 

 touching this disease, that what we know 

 we know. 



The "statements"' referred to by Bro. 

 Root, as having been made by him last 

 year, will be found on page 374 of the Bee 

 Journal for Sept. 21, 1893. 



Soiitliwest. XexJis. — On page 300, 

 Mrs. Atchley pays her compliments to a 

 certain writer who has given unfavorable 

 reports about Southwest Texas, and es- 

 pecially Presidio county. Upon referring 

 to the map of Texas It will be seen that 

 Presidio is one of the extreme western 

 counties of the State, and over 450 miles 

 west of Beeville and the county in which 

 Mrs. Atchley lives. Beeville is almost in 

 the southeastern part of the State, and 

 near the Gulf of Mexico, so that its climate 



and general productiveness of soil is quite 

 different from the barren, deserted county 

 of Presidio. 



We give the foregoing explanation in 

 justice to Mrs. Atchley and the T. J. 

 Skaggs R. E. Co., both of whom are en- 

 deavoring to find good homes for those who 

 are seeking them. We understand that the 

 firm mentioned is composed of honest, up- 

 right men, who wish to help their fellow- 

 men in a praiseworthy and straight-forward 

 way. Their advertisement will be found 

 on another page of this number of the Bee 

 Journal.- 



While on this subject, let us say that we 

 think that no one should rush off to a 

 strange part of the country, intending to 

 locate permanently, without first having 

 thoroughly and personally investigated the 

 advantages and disadvantages of the new 

 place. We believe in people trying to bet- 

 ter themselves if possible, but we also feel 

 that every right-minded person will agree 

 with us in urging deliberation upon those 

 who expect to make a permanent move. 



Ontario Honey at tlie Faia*. — Bro. 

 R. McKnight, whom we felt it a duty to 

 •'take to task " a little on page 201, sends 

 the following explanation of his position in 

 the matter, which we think in fairness to 

 him should appear in the Bee Journal: 



Owen Sound, Ont., Feb. 22, 1804. 



Friend York: —In your issue of the 15th 

 inst. (which has just come into my hands), 

 I find you gently take me to task, because 

 of what I wrote in the Canadian Bee Journal 

 for February about the prizes taken by the 

 Canadian exhibitors of honey at the 

 World's Fair. 



In your comment you say: "With the 

 slight exception that Ontario honey did not 

 compete with United States honey at all," 



