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brances of our coming together, and 

 thus inspire him with a new zeal for the 

 welfare of the association. 



Every one expressed a desire to possess 

 such a memento, and Dr. Marshall ex- 

 pressed a wish that he might have had 

 one with the signature of our first Presi- 

 dent, Judge Andrews, upon it. 



The question of the expense was dis- 

 cussed, that the funds might be raised 

 at once. The Secretary did not know 

 exactly, but it would be only a trifle, 

 and if they elected to have it, he would 

 attend to that by collecting from each 

 one the amount which would not exceed 

 25 cents. 



The question was asked, what the 

 membership fee was, as several wished 

 to join the association. The Secretary 

 replied, that at the time of organization 

 the sura of 25 cents was charged, but of 

 late it had been changed — so now to be- 

 come a member he must attend the con- 

 vention, take a part in it, and receive 

 the hospitality of Bro. Graham, and re- 

 member the password — "No Hotel 

 Bills." 



The Secretary was appointed to pro- 

 vide the membership certificates. 



The Treasurer, Mr. A. M. Tuttle, in 

 response to a call for a speech, thanked 

 the association for the honor, and that 

 jtidging from the remarks of the Secre- 

 tary, his duties, as well as his funds, 

 would be light. 



W. R. Graham, N. R. Parchman, and 

 J. H. Roderick, were appointed delegates 

 to the National convention to be held at 

 St. Joseph, Mo., (time not set). G. A. 

 Wilson, F. J.R.Davenport, A. M. Tuttle, 

 and F. S. Brantigam were appointed al- 

 ternates. Any other members who might 

 wish to go, could, by corresponding with 

 the Secretary, receive the necessary cer- 

 tificate of appointment as delegates. 



W. R. Graham brought up the subject 

 of a honey exhibit at the State Fair at 

 Dallas. He had made a proposition to 

 the directory, that if they would pre- 

 pare the room for the exhibit, pay the 

 transportation of the exhibit to the Pair 

 and return to the owner, and pay the 

 expenses of a man, whom our association 

 might select, that we would make the 

 grandest exhibit ever made by our State. 

 While he had received some encourage- 

 ment toward it, yet he had nothing defi- 

 nite, but felt sure that if a committee 

 were appointed from our association to 

 confer with the directory, that our object 

 might be gained. He said we were 

 asleep to our interests in this industry; 

 we could open the eyes of the people of 

 Texas, and those visiting the State Fair; 

 we could make such an exhibit as would 



do credit to our State, be a happy sur- 

 prise to all, and be a source of revenue 

 to the Fair, as well as to each one who 

 sent an exhibit. It was his desire that 

 each one present, in fact every bee- 

 keeper in Texas, should take a part, and 

 send something to the exhibit. Make 

 up your minds now, and work to that 

 end, so that when the time comes you 

 will have something to contribute. 



He mentioned the many methods of 

 securing fancy honey, fancy shapes, 

 fancy designs, and fancy packages of 

 both comb and extracted honey. To 

 make it more interesting, bees in hives, 

 queens and bees in observatory hives, 

 bee-fixtures, supplies, and in fact every- 

 thing pertaining to the apiary should be 

 on exhibition ; such an exhibit would in- 

 crease the number of honey-producers 

 an hundred fold, increase the demand 

 for the pure product of the apiary, and 

 satisfy the uninitiated that as a honey- 

 producing State Texas is the equal of 

 any in the world. It would be the great- 

 est advertisement our State could re- 

 ceive, as the visitors from abroad would 

 go home convinced of the excellence of 

 our honey resources. 



Dr. W. K. Marshall, the President, 

 encouraged every member present to 

 make an effort to have something to 

 contribute, and each one to see his 

 neighbor bee-keepers, and interest them 

 in the work. Let every one be workers, 

 and an exhibit would be displayed that 

 would be a surprise to themselves. He 

 appointed W. R. Graham and Dr. Wm. 

 R. Howard a committee to confer with 

 the directory of the State Fair in secur- 

 ing the exhibit, and superintending its 

 arrangement. 



The advantages of an apicultural de- 

 partment in connection with the agricul- 

 tural and mechanical college at Bryan, 

 was warmly discussed, and N. R. Parch- 

 man, W. H. White, and J. H. Roderick 

 were appointed a committee to confer 

 with the Board of Regents to that end. 

 By motion the President was made chair- 

 man of the committee. 



W. R. Graham read a letter from the 

 superintendent of Buckner's Orphans' 

 Home, in the interest of establishing an 

 apiary at the Home, stating that they 

 had a competent man to superintend it. 

 After much discussion, in which a gen- 

 eral willingness was expressed to assist 

 in the matter, if it could be ascertained 

 that a thoroughly competent man was 

 on the ground to manage it, no specific 

 action was taken. 



A rising vote of thanks was tendered 

 to W. R. Graham and family for the 

 kind and hospitable manner in which he 



