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cold water, two cups of yeast, (common potato yeast used), 

 flour (St. Louis) to mold, raised over night, kneaded about 

 fifteen minutes in the morning, made into loaves, and allowed 

 to rise about one hour before baking. The bread exhibited is 

 twenty-four hours old. 



STATEMENT OF HENRY ALLEY. 



To Committee on Bees, Honey, etc.. 



The Honey I exhibit is a part of what one strong hive of 

 bees stored this season. It ^yas mostly gathered from white 

 clover, but is of rather a poor quality, as compared with that 

 gathered some seasons. The extracted honey was taken from 

 the body of the hive, and removed from the combs by the 

 extractor, and is a mixture of white clover and apple blossoms. 

 It is a fair quality of honey, considering the season. No fall 

 honey was gathered until the 18th, 19th, and 20th of Septem- 

 ber, as that was all stored in the brood combs in the main 

 hive or brood nest. I do not exhibit any of it as I do not 

 care to disturb my bees so late in the season. 



The hives I use are what are known as the " Langstroth 

 Movable Comb Hive." This style hive is considered the best 

 in use, and certainly is the best one for surplus honey. I had 

 in the spring 38 of these hives in use, but have reduced my 

 number of colonies to 28, by sale and otherwise. The hive 

 the comb honey was taken from stored about fifty pounds 

 surplus. This one hive (a strong colony of Cyprian bees) 

 was two and a half miles away from my home apiary and in a 

 favored locality, there being no other bees within two and a 

 half miles of them, and that is why they stored 50 pounds 

 more honey than my other stock. This one colony is the 

 only one that stores anything in boxes. Most of my bees are 

 used for rearing queen bees. Have raised and sold about 

 800 queen bees, at an average price of -$1.25 each. Most of 

 these queens are shipped by mail, and they go safely into 

 every state in the Union. I exhibit the cages, or boxes, that 

 they are sent in. 



