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pearance of wilful misrepresentation, I 

 have used the term "about." It is my 

 opinion, however, that there is a trifle 

 less than 3,000 pounds of extracted 

 honey, and a trifle more than 5,000 

 pounds of comb honey in our exhibit. 

 We purchased enough glass to put up 

 3,000 pounds of last year's extracted 

 honey. We have given some away, suf- 

 fered some loss from breakage, and 

 some from thieves, thus reducing the 

 original amount of our extracted honey 

 exhibit. 



We have on exhibition 1,000 (and I 

 think a few over) cases containing comb 

 honey, which, if full, would contain 

 something over 12,000 pounds. The 

 cases are not all full — in fact, not half 

 of them are full— but to the best of my 

 calculation we have, and have had, 

 about 5,000 pounds of comb honey on 

 exhibition, with the chances of its being 

 more rather than less than that amount. 



You are right, Mr. Editor, when you 

 say, "This enormous exhibit of beauti- 

 ful honey occupies S}4 times the space 

 taken up by any other State or foreign 

 exhibit." (This statement was made 

 before the Illinois exhibit was here, and 

 before we knew how much space they 

 would occupy.) 



We have two cases each 25 feet long, 

 two cases each 10 feet long, and one 

 case 17 feet and 4 inches long, actual 

 inside measurement. The aggregate 

 length of our exhibition space is, there- 

 fore, 87 feet and 4 inches. The out- 

 side measurement would be something 

 over 89 Teet. The last-mentioned case 

 is used for the exhibition of bees, and 

 the average width of this case is a trifle 

 wider than the other exhibition cases. 

 The two 10-foot cases, and the case in 

 which bees are exhibited, are against 

 the wall. As no other State or country 

 had, at the time in question, occupied 

 more than one 25-foot case, the state- 

 ment that "New York occupied S}4 

 times the space occupied by any other 

 State or foreign exhibit " was correct. 

 We cannot avoid the conclusion that the 

 statement made on page 200, to the ef- 

 fect that our exhibit " occupies less than 

 2}4 times the space occupied by other 

 exhibits," is either intended for a joke, 

 or else evidence that the writer's early 

 education in the rudiments of arithmetic 

 is becoming impaired. 



The statement in the editorial, that 

 "New York had on exhibition more 

 than ten times as much comb honey of 

 the finest quality, as any other State or 

 foreign exhibit," was also correct when 

 published. (Illinois, as before stated, 



was not at that time here with her ex- 

 hibit, and some new honey has since 

 been added to other State exhibits.) 



Regarding the number of bee-keepers 

 represented in the New York honey ex- 

 hibit, I may say that at the time when 

 we began preparations for our exhibit, 

 nearly all bee-keepers had disposed of 

 their fine honey. Many of them wished 

 to make exhibits of the present season's 

 honey, if space could be reserved for 

 them. Not knowing as to whether the 

 rules regarding oar space would be 

 strictly enforced, I volunteered, and 

 took the liberty, to make entries for 100 

 pounds of comb and 50 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey for all bee-keepers who 

 desired to make exhibits this year, with 

 the understanding that they would fill 

 the space if they secured a good crop of 

 honey fit to exhibit. We had enough 

 honey so that each of these applicants 

 could be represented by the proper 

 amount in order to reserve the space. A 

 few of these had no honey here, some 

 only comb or extracted, and a few both 

 comb and extracted. The observation, 

 on page 201, to the effect that "the 

 following New York bee-keepers each 

 applied for space to be represented," 

 etc., is correct. 



The comb honey exhibit of actually 

 over 2,200 pounds in the 25 foot case, as 

 your critic observes, w&s nearly "all pur- 

 chased of one bee-keeper." There are 

 also a few other exhibits in this case. It 

 is a fine lot, and it would require vol- 

 umes of exclamation points to indicate 

 all the expressions of genuine admiration 

 it has received by visitors who pause to 

 gaze upon the beautiful sight. Mr. 

 Fargo, of Batavia, N. Y., who produced 

 this fine crop of honey, would blush with 

 modest pride could he but hear some of 

 these expressions of wonder and amaze- 

 ment. No bee-keeper need ever be 

 ashamed of such a crop of honey. It 

 needed no extra preparation for exhibi- 

 tion. 



Yes, we did purchase all of last year's 

 honey in our exhibit, and have paid for 

 it, and as a consequence our bee-keepers 

 are not out of the use of their property 

 for a year. Is it not quite as honorable 

 for the State to bear the burden in this 

 matter, as to have the bee-keeper loan 

 the honey to the State ? We are grati- 

 fied to have it known that the Empire 

 State is looking carefully after the in- 

 terests of her citizens. When the honey 

 is sold, the proceeds go to the State. 

 Nearly all the now honey exhibits are 

 loaned, and when sold the proceeds will 

 be sent to the owners. There is no in- 

 justice in this, as the new exhibits will 



