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fully occupied, and the south wall almost to the doorway be- 

 sides. We thus succeeded in getting the exhibits groupt much 

 better than the previous year. 



The actual space occupied was about 83 per cent, greater 

 at the Fair of 1896 than at that of 1895. Theexhibits were 

 greatly increast In every department, and there were exhibi- 

 tors from Indiana, Michigan, and Iowa, besides those from 

 our own State. 



For a verdict as to the success of the apiarian show, we 

 need only to refer to the free and unsolicited testimonials of 

 the officials of the Board themselves. They not only ex- 

 prest themselves as being very well pleased with the exhibits, 

 but offered to increase the offerings for premiums, and give us 

 a more desirable location for our exhibits at the next Fair. 



Mr. Cater, Superintendent of the Apiarian Department, 

 had encouraged us to ask for two separate premium schedules 

 — one to be limited to exhibitors within the State, the other to 

 be open to the world. The committee met on Jan. 12 (the 

 day the Board of Agriculture held its regular meeting), and in 

 obedience to that idea formed the two schedules, amounting 

 in the aggregate to $464, and submitted to the Board, which 

 were duly adopted. The committee found it devolved upon 

 them to do this rather than postpone the matter until after 

 this convention, as the Board proposed to get to work upon 

 their premium list at once, and such postponement would 

 make it too late to get our new list schedule in. 



One feature of the last two years' work has been to try 

 the merits of the rules for judging the exhibits, and we can 

 safely say they have past the experimental stage, and have 

 proven a decided success. They furnish at the same time 

 standards toward which exhibitors may work, and by which 

 the judge may award the premiums. They bring order out of 

 chaos, and make judgments more just. We trust experience 

 has Indicated whatever imperfections there may be in the 

 rules themselves. With a view to correcting these Imperfec- 

 tions, the committee lately undertook their revision, and the 

 result of their labor is herewith submitted. 



Geo. F. Robbins, \ 



C. Beckek, \ Committee. 



W. J. Finch, ) 



RULES FOB AWARDING ALL PREMIUMS RELATING TO APICULTURE 



Rule I. — Each entry shall be scored upon its merits in 

 each and every respect In which it can be scored, according to 

 the formulas given below. 



Rule II. — The entry which is best in any respect shall be 

 taken as the standard and be scored the highest number of 

 points allowed in that respect, and all other entries competing 

 for the same premium shall be markt in proportion to their 

 merits when compared with the standard. 



Rule III. — Entries ranking equally in any respect shall 

 be scored equally in that respect. 



Rule IV. — The entries scoring the highest aggregated 

 number of points shall receive the premiums in their respec- 

 tive order. 



Rule V. — The awarding judge shall mark all scores on 

 the score cards f urnisht for the purpose, and shall leave the 

 said score cards with the said scores markt upon them, with 

 the Secretary of the State Fair Association. 



Rule VI. — The standard package for comb honey shall 

 be sections holding about one pound. 



Rule VII. — The standard color for beeswax shall be a 

 pale yellow. 



Rule VIII. — Every exhibitor who enters honey-plants 

 shall furnish a correct list of their common names to the 

 awarding judge. 



Rule IX. — All nuclei which do not contain queens shall 

 be barred. 



Rule X. — All plants that are not recognized honey-plants 

 shall be barred from the exhibit. 



Rule XI. — All bees and queens shall be on public exhibi- 

 tion from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day of the Fair, and failure 

 to comply with this rule shall bar the exhibit from competi- 

 tion, or shall cause the exhibitor to forfeit the premium. 



Rule XII. — Upon the affidavit of two or more exhibitors 

 the Superintendent of this department shall order the with- 

 holding of any premium which has been forfeited according to 

 these rules. 



Rule XII. — The standard marking for bees shall be as 

 follows : 



1. Dark Italian bees shall show three distinct yellow 



bands. 



2. 

 bands. 



3. 



Golden Italian bees shall show four or more yellow 



abdomen. 



CarDiolaD bees shall show rings of gray hairs on the 



4. Cyprian bees shall show at least three yellow bands, 

 and an orange-colored spot on the thorax. 



5. Albino bees shall show at least three light yellow 

 bands and a ring of white hair on the abdomen. 



6. Black bees shall show plain black abdomens. 



fCOHE CARD. 



Class Lot Bees and Honey 



Premium No. Entry No. 



COMB HONEY. 



Quantity [pounds] 40 



Display [arrangement and attractiveness] 20 



Flavor 10 



Condition of the capping [free from travel-stain and 



water-soakt arpearance] 15 



Completeness of the capping- 5 



lllllDg 5 



Uniformity of the comb 5 



EXTRACTED H0NE7, 



Quantity [pounds] 40 



Display [arrangement and attractiveness] 20 



Flavor 10 



Variety of kinds of honey 5 



Clearness of color 5 



Body 5 



Style of package 5 



Variety " 5 



Finish " 5 



GRANULATED HOKET. 



Quantity [pounds] 40 



Display [arrangement and attractiveness] 20 



Flavor 10 



Solidity 5 



Variety of kinds of honey 5 



Fineness of grain 5 



Style of package 5 



Variety " 5 



Finish " 5 



BEESWAX. 



Quantity [pounds] 40 



Display [arrangement and attractiveness] 20 



Purity 20 



Color [pale yellow] 20 



NUCLEI OF BEES. 



Color and markings 60 



Condition 10 



Brood, all stages 10 



Neatness of hive 10 



•' comb 10 



QUEEN-BEES. 



Quantity [number] 40 



M arklngs 30 



Condition - • 10 



Variety of strains 10 



Display [arrangement and attractiveness] — 10 



HONEY-PLANTS. 



Quantity — number 60 



Display —arrangement and attractiveness 20 



Mounting 20 



A motion prevailed to continue the Sate Fair Committee. 

 Mr. Finch, having moved away so far, resigned from the com- 

 mittee, and the President, with the approval of the Associa- 

 tion, appointed in his stead the Secretary. 



A motion prevailed that the committee on State Fair 

 petition the State Board of Agriculture for a space on the 

 lower floor of the Dome Building, as the committee may 

 arrange. 



Mr. Becker was called In the discussion on Dr. Miller's 

 paper. He did not understand why it was that sweet clover 

 should be so much spoken against, when so many weeds that 

 were of no use were allowed to grow along the highways with- 

 out interruption. We might just as well have all the waste 

 places along the lanes and branches sown with something 

 that would be of value to us, as for useless weeds to grow 

 there, that will scatter their seeds in the wind and otherwise 

 all over the country. He advocated the sowing of sweet 

 clover in all the places that were vacant. 



A motion that our Association, through the Executive 

 Committee, ask for an appropriation of SoOO from the State, 

 was carried. 



A motion was carried that the Secretary request the mem- 

 bers and bee-keepers of the State, through the American Bee 

 Journal, to help get through the Legislature the Pure Food 

 Bill (House Bill No. 192), believing that It will All all the re- 

 quirements of a Bill to prevent the adulteration of honey. 



Next came a paper by Mr. C. P. Dadant, on 



WHAT CAN THE GENERAL BEE-KEEPER DO TO IMPROVE HIS 

 STOCK ? 



In the first place he must Italianize. The superiority of 

 the Italian bees has been conceded long ago, and the Italian!- 



