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ments and timely information. A letter received recently from Prof. 

 C. H. Hinman, Superintendent of Extension, tells me that articles in 

 the "News Notes" have been copied and published during the month 

 of December in journals having a combined circulation of more 

 than one million. This is a method of reaching many bee-keepers 

 who do not take a bee journal. — W. F. 



What Do You Think of Eight Grades of Comb Honey? 



^Ir. E. G. Brown tells very concisely in the November Rp> 

 viEw of his method of packing and grading honey. First he makes 

 three grades by weight. Then he makes three grades by color and 

 filling of these, except the lightest grade in weight. Of this light 

 weight honey he makes but two grades, No. 1 and No. 2. Mr. 

 Brown does not put any unsealed honey in No. 2, except the out- 

 side row, next to the wood. This method of grading gives him 

 eight grades. What do you think of eight grades? What do you 

 think of eight grades of comb honey any way? It did not appeal 

 to me at first, but it looks better to me now. Perhaps it will look 

 better the longer I think of it? — W. F. 



Look Out for the Reporter. 



A subscriber's protest. 

 Elias Fox, of Union City, Wisconsin, sends me the following: 

 "I enclose herewith a clipping from the St. Paul JJ'cckly Dispatch, 

 which looks to me radically wrong to allow such reports to be cir- 

 culated broadcast throughout the country, as no man or convention 

 can at this time foretell what the honey crop will or may be lor the 

 season of 1913, no matter how flattering the prospects may be now: 



HONEY TO BE CHEAPER. 

 Bigger Crop Next Year, Say Bee-Keepers. 



Chicago, Dec. 25. — Hone\- will be cheaper next year 

 owing to better crops and conditions of bees, according to 

 reports by members of the Northwestern Bee Keepers' 

 Association which met here last week. 



Officers chosen for 1913 are : President, Joseph Hoff- 

 man, Monroe, Wis. ; vice president, C. F. Cannanberg, 

 Oak Park, 111. ; secretary and treasurer, L. C. Dadant, 

 Hamilton, 111. 



"For a convention to allow such forecasts to be circulated 



through the press of the country certainly has. a depressing effect on 



the honey market, and for that reason I say it is radically wrong, 



and it injures the bee-keeping fraternity. We have enough to do 



now to fight the glucose manufacturers and others who are trying 



to hold the price of honey down, and it would seem that conventions 



should be more discreet." 



