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THE NATIONAL BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION CONVEN- 

 TION, HOTEL SHERMAN, RANDOLPH AND CLARK 

 STS., CHICAGO, ILL., FEB. 22, 23, 24, 1916. 



PROGRAM 



MORNING SESSION, 9 O'CLOCK, FEB. 22. 



Delegates to the National Beekeepers' Association 

 convention will present their credentials to the secre- 

 tary at the Hotel Sherman before 9 A. M., Feb. 22. 

 Opening of convention, 



by Dr. Burton N. Gates, President 

 Appointment of committees 

 Reports of officers and committees 

 Discussion, "The Work of the National Association" 

 Paper, State Organization, 



by Benjamin P. Sands, Boston, Mass. 



AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:45. 



Address, Extending the Use of Honey in Cooking, 



by E. H. Bruner, Chicago 

 Address, Teaching the Value of Honey in Our Pub- 

 lic Schools, by Geo. W. Williams, Redkey, Ind. 

 Paper, Advertising and Selling Ripe Honey, 



by R. M. Spencer, Ventura, Cal. 

 Paper, Use and Misuse of Prime Swarms, 



by Grant Anderson, San Benito, Texas 



EVENING SESSION, 7:30. 



Address, Possibilities and Limitations of Inspection, 

 by Frank C. Pellett, Atlantic, la. 

 Address, Beekeeping in Canada (illustrated), 



by Prof. Morley Pettit, Guelph, Ontario 



MORNING SESSION, 10:00, FEB. 23. 



Address, Out-apiaries, 



by C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 

 Address, Insuring Honest Queen Values, 



by Kennith Hawkins, Plainfield, 111. 



Paper, Importance of Bees in Pollinating Economic 



Plants, by L. H. Pammel, Ames, la. 



AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:45 



Address, Establishing a Trade Name, 



by E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio 

 Address, The Comb-honey Market, 



by R. A. Burnett, Chicago 

 Address, Shipping Honey, by F. G. Snook, Akron, O. 

 The Depressed Honey Markets, 



by J. B. Pleasants, Orange, Cal. 

 Paper, The Qualities of Western Honey, 



by J. H. Stoneman, Blackfoot, Ida. 



NATIONAL BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION BANQUET, 



7:00 P. M. 

 Evening session immediately following the banquet. 

 Address, Beekeeping Improvement thru Agricultural 

 School Work, 



by Prof. Francis Jager, St. Paul, Minn. 



Paper, Varying Characteristics of European Foul 



Brood, by Grover Matthews, Filer, Ida. 



MORNING SESSION, 10:00 A.M., FEBRUARY 24. 



Paper, The National Honey Dav and Its Possibil- 

 ities, by Floyd E. Smith, Dallas, Oregon 



Discussion and demonstration. 

 Shipping Honey by Parcel Post, 



led by E. D. Townsend, Northstar, Mich. 



AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:45. 



General discussion 



Election of officers and directors 



Adjournment 



It will be seen that the last day's program is not 

 very full. This program will be extended when the 

 plans not completed at this writing are finished. 

 Wesley Foster, Sec. 



TRADE NOTES 



early CASH ORDERS. 



The discount for early cash orders is two per cent 

 for the month of February. This is worth saving. 

 If you know what your needs are, send in your 

 orders. There are two added reasons for being 

 forehanded this season. In many cases there is an 

 increasing delay in delivery of shipments because 

 many railroad lines have more business than they 

 are able to handle promptly. In some instances, 

 especially in the East, conditions are so bad that 

 there is an embargo on all shipments of freight ex- 

 cept perishable goods. Then, too, the effect of the 

 great war on the prices of many things is raising 

 prices of materials to such an extent that we shall 

 be compelled to increase selling prices on numerous 

 articles into which these materials enter when our 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



present stocks are used up and we have to buy 

 further supplies. For all three reasons, therefore, 

 you will be wise in placing your orders early for 

 such goods as you need. 



HOTBED SASH. 



The time is here for starting early-vegetable plants 

 in a cold frame. If you are not provided with 

 sash, remember we can supply them as usual, made 

 of cypress, 3 feet 4 inches by 6 feet, 1% inches 

 thick, for 4 rows of 8-inch glass, shipped KD, $1.00 

 each; $4.75 for 5, or $9.00 for 10; 8x10 glass 

 for same at $2.80 per box of 90 lights. Three boxes 

 will fit up 10 sash. 



ALSIKE-CLOVBE SEED. 



We have secured a fair lot of alsike-clover seed 

 which we offer, while it lasts, at $22.00 per bag of 

 2 bushels; $11.50 per bushel; $6.00 per half -bushel ; 

 $3.25 per peck; 25 cts. per pound, bags included, 

 not prepaid. Alsike seed is so fine that four to six 

 pounds to the acre is sufficient for a good stand. 

 The market is quite firm on medium and mammoth 

 clover seed, and it is worth, as a rule, 50 cts. to 

 $1.00 per bushel more than the price here named for 

 alsike. We do not carry it in stock, but can get it 

 for those who cannot conveniently obtain it near 

 home. 



SWEET-CLOVER SEED. 



Having now secured a good stock of choice west- 

 ern hulled white-sweet-clover seed, we are prepared 

 to offer much lower prices than have ruled for some 

 Time pastu There has been a larger crop of seed 

 harvested, and we believe there is also an increased 

 demand. The scarifying process, insuring very high 

 germination of the seed, makes ten pounds per acre 

 sufficient where twenty to twenty-five has been rec- 

 ommended. This fact makes the same quantity of 

 seed reach twice as far ; or, to put it another way, 

 to seed the same number of acres, only half the 

 amount of seed is required. This fact, together 

 with the increased production of seed, has prevented 

 this year the usual advance in price. Some produc- 

 ers who have been holding their seed for the high 

 prices which have prevailed the past two seasons 

 are, we fear, going to be disappointed. 



The hulled seed, which we offer for shipment from 

 Medina, is scarified. The unhulled is not, because 

 the hulls must first be removed before the hard shell 

 of the seed kernel can be scratched. It does not 

 pay to use unhulled seed, even at half the price of 

 hulled and scarified seed, because, as a rule, the 

 per cent of germination in unhulled seed is usually 

 quite low. Too often a poorer stand will be se- 

 cured with two or three times the number of pounds 

 per acre of unhulled seed than of hulled and scari- 

 fied seed. Nevertheless, we can still furnish the 

 unhulled seed to those who want it. 



Until further notice we quote the followinjg 

 prices : 



In lots of 1 10 25 100 

 lb. -lbs. Iba lbs. 

 Hulled white sweet clover, 



Melilotus alba, 24c 22c 21c 20c 



Hulled yellow sweet clover, 



Melilotus officinalis 20c 18c 17c 16c 



Hulled yellow annual, 



Meliotus Indica 8c 6c 5c 4c , 



Unhulled white or yellow at 6 cts. per pound less 

 than the hulled for the same quantity. Those who 

 can use large quantities should write us. We may 

 be able to supply the hulled and scarified seed from 

 western Iowa or Kansas in good-sized lots at attrac- 

 tive prices. 



The a. I. Root Co., Medina, O. 



I am Anxious to Serve-You 



L. W. Crovalt, ^^^ Savannah, Ga. 



Root's Goods Exclusively 



Warehouse, River and Abercom Streets 

 1916 Catalog sent on request 



