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Bee-keepers' Directory 



Nutmeg Italian queens, after June 1, Sl.OO. Circu- 

 lar. A. W. Yates, 3 Chapman St., Hartford, Ct. 



Bees, queens, supplies, and export; free school. 

 W. C. Morris, 74 Cortlandt St., New York. 



Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 

 J. H. M. COOK, 70 Cortlandt St., New York. 



For bee-smoker and honey-knife circular send a 

 card to T. F. Bingham, Alma, Mich. 



Improved golden-yellow Italian queens for 1911: 

 beautiful, hustling, gentle workers. Send for price 

 list to E. E. Lawrence, Doniphan, Mo. 



Queens. — Improved red-clover Italians, bred for 

 business; June 1 to Nov. 15, untested queens, 60 cts.; 

 select, 75 c; tested, Sl.OO each. Safe arrival and sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. H. C. Clemons, Boyd, Ky. 



Qulrin's famous improved Italian queens ready 

 in April; nuclei and colonies about May 1. My stock 

 is northern-bred and hardy. Five yards wintered 

 on summer stands in 1908 and 1909 without a single 

 loss. For prices see large advertisement. 



Quirin-the-Queen-breedek, Bellevue, O. 



RAY PRINTING GO, Fostoria, o. 



Make ENGRAVINGS /or GLEANINGS 



Convention Notices, 



The semi-annual meeting of the Connecticut Bee- 

 keepers' Association will take place at Bridgeport, 

 Friday, Dec. 1. There will be a regular experience 

 meeting, with the question-box the chief issue. 

 For particulars address James A. Smith, Sec, 

 Box 38, Hartford, Ct. 



The annual meeting of the Kansas State Bee- 

 keepers" Association will be held at the State Ag- 

 ricultural College, Manhattan. Nov. 27 and 28. All 

 persons, whether members or not, are cordially in- 

 vited to attend. Several matters of vital interest to 

 bee-keepers will be discussed. This convention 

 promises to be the most successful one ever held 

 by the association. O. A. Keene, Sec. 



The Colorado State Bee-keepers' Association will 

 hold its annual convention Dec. 12 and 13. at the 

 Auditorium Hotel, Hth and Stout Streets, Denver. 

 There will be a rate of one fare for the round trip, 

 good from Dec. 8 to 15. The American National 

 Live-stock Association meets at the same time, so 

 those interested may attend both conventions. 

 There will be sessions devoted to freight rates, foul 

 brood, grading honey, selling, etc. This conven- 

 tion will be one of discussion rather than of set 

 speeches or papers prepared in advance. The Au- 

 ditorium Hotel has jjlaced its convention hall, 

 seating 175, at our disposal. 



Wesley Foster. Secretary. 



The following is the program of the eighth annu- 

 al convention of the Pennsylvania State Bee-keep- 

 ers' Association, to be held in the court-house in 

 Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 1 and 2, 1911. 



FRIDAY, 10 A.M. 



Invocation, Rev. Calvin Fassold, Williarastown. 

 Roll-call. 



Reading of minutes. 



Address of welcome, L. B. Huber, Landis Valley. 

 Report of Legislative Committee, W. A. Selser, 

 Philadelphia. 

 Story Management, Geo. M. Steele, Philadelphia. 

 Regular business. 



1 : 30 P.M. 

 Report of Secretary-Treasurer. 

 Wintering Colonies, F. Hahman, Philadelphia. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



Bee-keeping for the Professional Man, Rev. Cal- 

 vin Fassold. 



Selection and Breeding, Penn G. Snyder, Swarth- 

 more. 



The New National Constitution. Wra. A. Selser. 

 7 : 15 P.M. 



Bee Diseases and Apiary Inspection, Dr. H. A. 

 Surface, Harrisburg. 



Election of officers. 



City Bee-keeping, Dr. L. M. Weaver, Philadelphia. 



Relation of the Queen to a Large Crop of Honey, 

 Geo. M. Steele. 



SATURDAY, 8 A.M. 



Examination for volunteer apiary inspection. 



10 A.M. 



Honey Conditions of 1911 and 1912, J. R. Rambo, 

 Collingdale. 



Sweet Clover, E. S. Hacker, Ephrata. 



Extracted or Comb Honey, W. S. KilheflFer, Li- 

 titz. 



Swarm Control, C. N. Greene, Troy. 



1 P.M. 



Stimulative Feeding, G. H. Rhea, Reynoldsville. 



Marketing the Crop, Elmer J. Weaver, Ronks. 



Bees and Fruit on a Small Place, Dr. Surface. 



Improving the Apiary, Franklin S. Fox, Erwinna. 



This program is subject to change. 



Bee-keepers and supply-dealers are requested to 

 make exhibits of honey and supplies. 



Good hotel accommodations may be had for 81.50 

 per day and up. The headquarters of the associa- 

 tion will be at Hotel Weber— rates 82.00 per day. 



This promises to be one of the most important 

 and interesting meetings ever held. Some impor- 

 tant questions will come up for discussion, and no 

 bee-keeper should miss this meeting. Come pre- 

 pared to take part in discussing the topics. Do not 

 expect only to receive information, but also to 

 give. " It is more blessed to give than to receive." 



Persons desiring to take the examination for api- 

 ary inspector can obtain information as to require- 

 ments by addressing the president. 



Dr. H. a. Surface, President, Harrisburg, Pa. 



H. C. Klinger, Secretary, Liverpool, Pa. 



Books and Magazines. 



DRY FARMING AS A RESOURCE OF THE SOUTHWEST. 



While in the Gulf coast country there is more 

 need of drainage than of more moisture, the high 

 plains labor under the disadvantage of a small 

 annual rainfall. How to overcome this has been 

 one of the problems of the farmer. The Govern- 

 ment experiment stations and the State agricul- 

 tural colleges have given It much careful investi- 

 gation. As a result they have found means for 

 conserving the rainfall so that crops get a greater 

 benefit than when nature was allowed to take its 

 course and every shower ran off into the canyons 

 and draws. 



Dry farming, in its last analysis, means only such 

 tillage as will hold the moisture and lessen the 

 rate of evaporation. This has been brought to a 

 practical stage, and many farmers have harvested 

 good crops from a minimum amount of moisture. 

 To be sure, it has been necessary to have some 

 rain — dry farming will not produce showers, 

 though general cultivation may in time, according 

 to some authorities. Increase the annual average. 



Down in New Mexico, which is a part of the 

 southwest range, it is frankly admitted that dry 

 farming has not proved successful generally. But 

 with a rainfall of from 12 to 20 inches a year, in- 

 telligent cultivation can produce crops profitably, 

 and this is being done by those who have gone to 

 the new territory. Hundreds of farms are show- 

 ing progress, and their owners are happy and pros- 

 perous with a fair promise for their future.— From 

 "The New Era of the Ranch Lands," by Charles 

 Moreau Harger, in the American Reciew of Reviews 

 for November. 



In "Interesting People," in the November 

 American Magasine, E. I. Farrington writes of J. 

 H. Hale, the "Peach King." When Mr. Hale was a 

 small boy, there was a mortgage on his mother's 

 house. Young Hale bought some peach-trees and 

 just as the mortgage was to be foreclosed he sold 

 his first crop and paid it off. Mr. Farrington 

 writes: 



