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furnished by Mr. "Bee-Keeper," is as 

 follows : 



The subject of this sketch was born in 

 Sherburne, N. Y., on June 7, 1848. In 

 1857, the family removed to Loyd, 

 Richland county, Wis., where they, 

 with other pioneers of that period, were 

 obliged to endure the hardships, de- 

 privations and annoyances incident to a 

 new country. With the exception of 

 four years spent in Kansas, Mr. Hatch 

 has continuously resided in Wisconsin. 



Since 1857, since his four years' so- 

 journ in Kansas, he had bought a farm 



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and intended to make his home there, 

 but returning to Wisconsin on a visit in 

 1874, and meeting old friends, father, 

 mother, brothers and sisters, the in- 

 fluence of home and kindred was strong 

 upon him, and the visit has lengthened 

 into years ; still he remains. 



In 1876 Mr. Hatch was united in 

 marriage to Arvilla Freeborn, and two 

 children bless their union. His wife 

 being the daughter of a bee-keeper, per- 

 haps has something to do with his en- 

 gaging in that pursuit. In 1878, Mr. 

 Hatch bought some wild land in the 

 town of Ithaca ; it is on the highlands 

 of Richland county. He at once com- 

 menced the improvement of his wild 



land, and about this time he also com- 

 menced the keeping of bees. He has 

 been successful with bees, but not wish- 

 ing to risk all in one venture, he has 

 added fruit-growing and sheep-farming 

 to his bee-keeping, and has made his 

 mark at all of them. He thinks the 

 three callings work well together. 



The sheep are good to turn into the 

 orchard to keep the sprouts and weeds 

 down, and to keep up the fertility of the 

 soil. The bees fulfill their mission by 

 pollenizing and cross fertilizing the blos- 

 soms. 



During his Wisconsin bee-keeping ex- 

 perience, Mr. Hatch has kept from 75 

 to 150 colonies, spring count; his crop 

 of extracted honey has run from 5,OuO 

 to 15,000 pounds per season. 



He has been President of the Wiscon- 

 sin Bee-Keepers' Association for nine 

 years, and has traveled with the Wis- 

 consin Institute force for several sea- 

 sons, and has repeatedly lectured on 

 bees and sheep. 



Though a busy man, and with many 

 items of business to attend to, Mr. Hatch 

 does not think this life is all we have to 

 consider, or live for, but finds time to 

 fulfill his obligations as deacon and 

 Sabbath-school superintendent in the 

 Congregational church, of which he has 

 been a member 16 years. 



Bee-Keeper. 



CONVENTION DIKEICTORV. 



Time and yUw.e of meeting. 



1893. 



Dec.l2, 13.— Illinois State, at Springfield, Ills. 

 Jas, A. Stone, Sec, Bradfordton, Ills. 



Dec. 13, 14.— Eastern Iowa, at Delmar, Iowa, 

 trank Coverdale, Sec, Walion, Iowa. 



Dec 19,20.— Northern Illinois, at Rockford.lU. 

 B. Kennedy, Sec. New Milford, 111. 



In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 eacb future meeting. — The Editor. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



Pres.— Emerson T. Abbott St. Joseph. Mo. 



Vice-Pres.— O. L. Hershiser Buffalo. N. V. 



Secretary— Frank Benton. Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. Yorfe... Chicago, Ills. 



ICatioiial Bee-Keepers' TTuiou. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor. .Lapeer, Mich, 

 Gen'l Manager— T. G. Newman. Chicago, 111. 

 147 South Western Avenue. 



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