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Au exhibit of many kinds of fruit and berries canned and preserved in honej'. 

 shown on the table in front belonged to another exhibit. 



Note. — The app'es 



EXHIBITING HONEY PRESERVES OF MANY KINDS 



BY G. A. KOGER 



The picture above shows my exhibit of 

 honey and fruit canned with honey at the 

 Gem State fair, Oct. 5 to 8, at Boise, Idaho. 

 I had tlie following fruits and preserves put 

 up with honey only — no sugar: 



Peaches, pears, blackberries, black and 

 red raspberries, logan berries, gooseberries, 

 tomatoes, cherries, strawberries, peach and 

 pear preserves, and jonathan-apple jelly. 

 Every one was much interested in this part 

 of the exhibit. 



The list of awards in the bee and honey 

 department is as follows: 



Best five eases comb honey: John Bliss, 

 Ustick, 1, $15.00; E. F. Atwater Co., Merid- 

 ian, 2, $10.00. 



Best twelve jars extracted honey: G. A. 

 Koger, Meridian, 1, $15.00; E. F. Atwater 

 Co., 2, $10.00. 



Best displav extracted honev: G. A. Koger, 

 1, $10.00; E. F. Atwater Co., 2, $5.00. 



Best cake beeswax, G. A. Koger, 1, $6.00; 

 E. F. Atwater Co., 2, $3.00. 



Best displav apiary products: G. A. Koger, 

 1, $15.00; E. F. Atwater Co., 2, $10.00. 



Best single-comb nucleus three-banded 

 Italian bees; G. A. Koger, 1, $10.00; E. F. 

 Atwater Co., 1, $10.00. 



Best sing'.e-comb nucleus Carniolan bees: 

 E. F. Atwater Co., 1, $10.00. 



Best single-cumb nucleus Caucasian bees, 

 E. F. Atwater Co., $10.00. 



AN EXHIBIT SHOULD SHOW MORE THAN HONEY ALONE 



BY J. P. LUCAS 



Tf every beekeeper would try his best to 

 make a good exhibit at the fairs the atten- 

 tion of the people would be called to honey 

 in an effective way, and they would be more 

 ajDt to use it. Tt is necessary to go further 



than setting up a long row of jars of honey. 

 Next year I shall try to get a i^remium 

 offered for the best display of food cooked 

 with honey, and of canned fruit. I also 

 expect to have a collection of different kinds 



