458 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Comb vs. Extracted Honey Production. 



N. E. Miller, of Logan, Utah, who has handled more than 1,000 

 colonies of bees in seven counties, in three states, during the past 

 five years, sounds a note of warning against the wholesale rush 

 from comb to extracted honey production. 



In a private letter he says that he has had experience in pro- 

 ducing both, and states that if the tendency towards extracted 

 honey production continues, he will turn more of his attention to 

 comb honey production. After all, isn't this a thing which will 

 regulate itself? 



The Finances of The Review. 



The National Bee-Keepers' Association bought the Review of 

 Mr. E. B. Tyrrell, June 1st, 1912. It was bought on a contract, the 

 National having no money to pay with, the price agreed upon that 

 we are to pay being $1,000. The time we have to pay for it is five 

 years, with interest at 6% per annum. January 1st, 1914, there will 

 be still unpaid principal amounting to $700.00 and oneVear's interest, 

 $42.00. 



Some may think the price paid for the Review too much, but 

 after investigating we find that newspapers and magazines sell for 

 about 50c per subscriber on their list, and as the Review had some- 

 thing like 2,300 to 2,400 subscribers, it will be seen that the Re\iew 

 did not cost us more than market price. 



What I propose to do with the Review debt is to pay it off by 

 public subscription. Hundreds of public institutions are paid for by 

 public subscription, why not the Review? Are not bee-keepers as 

 liberal as others who do much more than we are asked to do? I 

 think they are, and I will be disappointed if there is not a liberal re- 

 sponse to this appeal. When we take in consideration that we are 

 not paying for a "dead horse," but a very live bee journal that is well 

 worth the money it will cost us, there ought not to be the least trouble 

 in raising the amount in the time specified. Remember, the debt 

 will not have to be paid at once, but let us have it off our hands at 

 the first opportunity. 



A list of these donations to the Review debt, with amount 

 donated, will be published in the Review from month to month. We 

 have so much confidence in this scheme to pay off our debt that E. 

 D. Townsend & Sons are heading the list with a donation of $10.00. 

 Who will be the next? Let's roll up a nice lump of money during 

 this winter towards paying the Review debt. A person always feels 

 good when helping a good cause. 



Donations for the Review debt can be handed to your local Sec- 

 retary or mailed to Secretary E. B. Tyrrell, 214 Hammond Building, 

 Detroit, Mich., or The Bee-Keepers' Review, Northstar, Mich. 



