Aug. 1. 1911 



6. Question-box. 



Buslnes.s session begins at 8:30 a.m., Aug. 31, and 

 is subdivided into the following topics: 



1. President's address. 



2. General manager's report. 



3. Secretary's report. 



4. Shall the National be one separate association, 

 or an aggregation of smaller ones? 



5. The new constitution and by-laws. 



6. Publication of annual convention report; is 

 any change desirable ? 



7. National A.ssociation bulletins; what have they 

 accomplished? 



8. Nomination of officers. 



Miscellaneous .session begins at 1:30 p.m., Aug. 31, 

 and is subdivided into the following topics: 



1. Mating-statiwus conducted by the government; 

 would they be ijractical ? 



2. Uncapping-melters; are they being used exten- 

 sivel.v ? 



3. Steam-heated uncapping-knives; are they prac- 

 tical ? 



4. Uncapping-machines; are they a success ? 



5. Adulteration of honey: to what extent is it 

 Ijracticed? What can be done to stop it ? 



6. Uniform shipping-cases; if adopted, what size 

 should they be ? Why ? 



7. Question-box. 



Cooperation session begins at 7 p.m., Aug. 31, and 

 is subdivided into the following topics: 



1. What the Colorado Honey-producers' Associa- 

 tion is doing. 



2. Cooperative efforts in California. 



3. The Michigan plan, or what the Michigan Asso- 

 ciation is doing. 



4. What can the National do along cooperative 

 lines? 



5. Obstacles to be met in cooperative efforts, and 

 how to overcome them. 



6. Question-box. 



You will notice that in the above program the 

 names of those to take part are not given. There 

 is a two-fold object in this. First, we want the per- 

 sons who are to lead in the handling of the topics 

 to be present. Second, we want every member to 

 come prepared to take part in the discussions, as 

 we want this to be a convention of live members, 

 and not have the majority sit still while a few do 

 the talking. Kemember, you may be called on to 

 take part. 



In conclusion let me say that there will be some 

 competent person there to handle each one of the 

 above subjects. Prominent bee-keepers from all 

 over the country will be there, and these topics will 

 be assigned to some of them before the session 

 starts. But it is expected that every member will 

 plan to take part. E. B. Tyrrell, Sec. 



By Our Business Manager 



We have just received a car, and have others on 

 the way, of fine water-white honey. If your crop is 

 short this year and you do not have enough for 

 home trade, write us for prices and samples. 



BUCKWHEAT SEED. 



The season is now rather late for sowing buck- 

 wheat, and our stock of seed is exhausted at Me- 

 dina. If any is wanted we can furnish silverhuU 

 from Toledo, O., and Japanese from Dexter, Mo., at 

 81.50 per bushel; 15 cts. each extra for bags. After 

 the new crop is harvested we expect to have seed to 

 offer at much lower prices. 



CHANGE CAUSED BY DEATH IN THE RANKS OF OUR 

 AGENTS. 



After several months of suffering, our loyal friend 

 Geo. E. Hilton, of Fremont, Mich., died July 12, at 

 his home, from what proved to be cancer of the 

 stomach. He worked up to the last, taking prompt 

 care of his orders, and at his request his bee-supply 

 business and stock of supplies is turned over to M. 

 H. Hunt & Son, at Lansing, Mich., by whom all or- 

 ders will be filled. Mr. Hunt has a stock of Hilton 

 chaff hives and Hilton T supers and separators, 

 and will take good care of the wants of Mr. Hilton's 

 customers. 



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SECOND-HAND FIVE-GALLON CANS. 



We still have a good supply of good second-hand 

 cans, bright inside, packed two in a case, at 83.00 for 

 10 boxes; .P25.00 per 100 boxes. A limited number 

 can also be furnished from our Chicago warehouse 

 at the same i)rices. We have saved only the best 

 of tlie cans out of those emptied; and if you can iise 

 any thing poorer than new cans you will be well 

 pleased with these. They will, of course, need clean- 

 ing out before filling, as we leave the honey adher- 

 ing so as to prevent rusting. 



YELLOW-SWEET-CLOVER SEED. 



If any of our readers know of any biennial yellow 

 sweet clover, Meli/otiis officinidix. from which seed 

 may be harvested, we would appreciate it very 

 much if you would put us in touch with the proper 

 parties by sending their address. We want to se- 

 cure a supply of seed. We have contracted for our 

 supply of unhulled white, and have an abundant 

 supply of the annual yellow: but we want to con- 

 tract for hulled white and the kind first mentioned, 

 either hulled or unhulled. 



BARGAINS IN SHIPPING-CASES. 



We have some special bargains to offer in ship- 

 ping-cases for 4K sections, which are first class, but 

 of styles which we no longer catalog— chiefly two- 

 row cases for 12 or 16 sections. If any one has hon- 

 ey to pack, and wants a cheap case, we are prepar- 

 ed to make attractive prices to those who write, 

 naming about the quantity needed. State also 

 whether your honey is for sale, and what kind it is. 

 We are in the market for choice comb and extract- 

 ed honey in almost any quantity. 



(iUEENS. 



We are caught up on our orders for untested 

 queens, and from now on expect to be able to send 

 out queens in reasonable quantities, by return mail. 

 Quantity prices for August delivery are as follows; 



6 for 85.00: 12 for 89.00; 25 for S17.50: 50 for 830.00; 100 

 for 850.00; 200 for 890.00. 



Our stock Is up to the usual high standard, and we 

 think it will pay our friends to take advantage of 

 these special prices. 



By A. I. Root 



E. G. LEWIS, THE WOMAN'S NATIONAL DAILY, ETC. 



From the St. ]L,ouis I'oisi-Dispatch we clip the fol- 

 lowing: 



RECEIVER NAMED FOR ALL LEWIS CONCERNS. 



This lengthy bill of complaint recites a marvelous 

 story. If it recites the truth, or if a small per cent 

 of the recitals are the truth, then we have for con- 

 sideration one of the most gigantic frauds that has 

 been perpetrated in many a day. — Frohi the Receiv- 

 ersfiip Order made by Judges Dyer and McPherson. 



We also learn from the above paper that the total 

 capital of his various enterprises Involved about 

 six million dollars. We are told also that he pro- 

 moted or was interested in something like 19 differ- 

 ent speculations first and last. 



THE BEST POULTRY-BOOK. 



Every few days the friends write me, asking what 

 poultry-book they had better purchase — whicli one 

 I would recommend above all others, etc. Well, to 

 get right down to it there is no best poultry-book. 

 There are many good ones, but no one book con- 

 tains all this good. The one that is most emphatic 

 against humbugs and frauds, especially expensive 

 medicines for dosing chickens, etc., is one I have 

 frequently referred to — " The Dollar Hen." Now, 

 while this is an excellent book — one of the very 

 best ever published, perhaps — there are very many 

 valuable things to be found in other books that 

 this book hardly touches o.n As we have been of- 

 fering it at a low price, clubbed with Gleanings, 

 we have been several times out of stock, and at one 

 time we thought we could not get any more, and 

 so it was taken out of our book-list. We have now 

 a good supply, however, and can furnish you the 

 book for 81.00 postpaid. But if you renew your sub- 

 scription to Gleanings at the same time, we will 

 furnish the book and Gleanings for 81.50. 



