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sion and that is that a set of Uniform Grading Rules is possible, the 

 opposition to the contrary notwithstanding-. 



Please note what Director Townsend has to say regarding this 

 in this issue. 



Crop Report Blanks. 



A great many have not filled out and sent me their crop report 

 blank published in the last Review, so I am inserting the blanks 

 again in the August number wnth the request that every reader who 

 has not already done so, fill out and send me the blank at once. 

 This will give me an opportunity to give you a much better report 

 of crop conditions in the September number. 



Producing, Preparing, Exhibiting, Judging Bee-Produce. 



Recently there came to my desk a little book of 168 pages, ex- 

 clusive of the advertising pages, and bound in a heavy paper cover, 

 bearing the above title. It was written by Wm. Herrod, F. E. S., 

 Jr., Editor of the British Bee Journal, and Apiacultural Advisor to 

 the Colonial office. I can without hesitation pronounce it a complete 

 treatise on the subjects named, and it is well worth securing by any 

 one at all interested in bee and honey exhibits. 



The book contains 15 chapters as follows : 1. Introduction. 2. 

 The Judge. The Exhibitor. Duties of Secretaries and Stewards. 

 3. Advice to Exhibitors. Advantages and Inducements of Exhibit- 

 ing. 4. Points to be Observed and Methods of Judging. 5. Judging 

 by Points. 6. Producing and Preparing Extracted Honey. 7. Pro- 

 ducing and Preparing Comb Honey. 8. Producing and Preparing 

 Wax. 9. Producing and Preparing By-Products with Recipes. 10. 

 Observatory Hives, Appliances, Trophies, and Scientific Exhibits. 

 11. Packing Exhibits. 12. Despatching Exhibits. 13. Showing as a 

 Means of Disposing of Honey. 14. Rules, Regulations and Sched- 

 ules. 15. Attractive and Educational Work. 



The large number of illustrations which the book contains makes 

 the descriptive matter very clear by showing in picture what is told 

 in print. As an illustration, a description is given, together with 

 illustrations, showing how to produce special designs in comb honey, 

 something which is found on many of our state premium lists, but 

 which practically no bee-keeper knows how to produce. The price 

 of the book is not given, but it can be purchased from the British 

 Bee Journal, 23 Bedford St., Strand, W. C. 



How to Reach Those Who Don't Take Bee Journals. 



In Gleanings for July the loth, Mr. P. C. Chadwick, of Redlands, 

 Cal., wonders how to reach the bee-keepers who don't take the 

 bee journals. This is a problem that has been discussed by many 



