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Southern Minnesota Fair.— 



The Premium List has been received of 

 the 13th Annual Fair of the Southern 

 Minnesota Fair Association in connec- 

 tion with the Olmstead County Agricul- 

 tural Society to be held at Rochester, 

 Minn., on Sept. 12 to 17, 1892. We 

 have examined the Premium List very 

 carefully, and can find only two apiarian 

 premiums, and those are offered under 

 " Sugar, Syrup and Honey," of which 

 department Mrs. F. R. Mosse is the 

 Superintendent. The two items read 

 thus : 



Best shipment of honey in 



boxes $4.00 $2.00 



Best bee-hive method of 



securing the honey and 



taking care of bees 2.00 1.00 



Just think of it, nine whole dollars 

 offered as premiums to bee-keepers ! 

 What a wonderful inducement for a fine 

 apicultural display ! Those Fair (or 

 unfair) managers ought to be labored 

 with until they give some adequate 

 recognition to bee-keeping. Some live 

 bee-keeper in that region should see to 

 it that another year something be done 

 for our industry. A copy of the Pre- 

 mium List may be secured by addressing 

 Mr. Geo. W. Granger, Assistant Secre- 

 tary, Rochester, Minn. 



"Wireworms are quite exhaus- 

 tively treated of by Prof. John O'B. 

 Scobey, in Bulletin No. 4, of the Experi- 

 ment Station at Pullman, State of 

 Washington. A copy may be had by 

 sending your name and address. 



Mr. R. D. Avery, formerly of In- 

 dependence, Mo., stopped at the Bee 

 Journal office one day last week. He 

 was on his way to London Bridge, Va., 

 where he expects to keep bees exten- 

 sively. We wish him success. 



The Iowa State Bee-Keepers' 

 Society will hold their next annual 

 meeting on the Fair Grounds at Des 

 Moines, beginning at 1:30 p.m., on Aug. 

 30, and continuing two days. It is 

 hoped that there may a large attend- 

 ance. The following is the programme, 

 which promises a "feast of good 

 things :" 



august 30 — 1:30 p.m. 



1. Usual Preliminary Business. 



2. Address by President. 



3. Benefits of Bees to Agriculture — 

 Frank Coverdale, of Welton. 



4. My System of Wintering Bees — M. 

 M. Hamilton, of Clearfield. 



5. The Columbian Exposition, and the 

 Duty of Iowa Bee-Keepers in Relation 

 Thereto— F. N. Chase, of Cedar Ealls, 

 Secretary of ihe Iowa Columbian Com- 

 mission. 



6. Questions by members. 



August 31—1:30 p.m. 



1. Is any Legislation Desirable for 

 Iowa Bee-Keepers ? — E. Kretchmer, of 

 Red Oak. 



2. Some of the Things I Don't Know 

 About Bee-Keeping — O. B. Barrows, of 

 Marshalltown. 



3. Bees and Farming — C. D. Levering, 

 of Wiota. 



4. How Can Beginners be Best Edu- 

 cated Not to Ruin a Market for those of 

 More Experience?— W. C. Frazier, of 

 Atlantic. 



5. What is the Best Way of Building 

 up Colonies in the Spring for the Honey 

 Crop ? — Joseph Nysewander, of Des 

 Moines. 



6. Report of Treasurer and Miscella- 

 neous Business. 



7. Election of Officers. 



Bees are often seen in the act of 

 sucking the juices of fruits, but as a 

 matter of fact, it is always wasps or 

 other insects or birds that cut the skin. 



Joseph Kirkland writes in the 

 August New England Magazine by far 

 the best account of the great Chicago 

 Fire that has found its way into print. 

 He gives a straight, connected story of 

 the progress of the tire, like a good 

 newspaper man who knows how to group 

 his facts into a telling, vivid, and con- 

 secutive story. The article is fully 

 illustrated from photographs furnished 

 by Major Kirkland's Western Publish- 

 ers, who possess the best collection of 

 the kind in the country. 



