Oct. 12, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



649 



Geo. Poindexter, $4 ; 2nd, Mr. Shank, of Adams County, 

 $3 ; 3rd, J. O. Smith & Son, $2. 



One-frame observatory hive of golden Italian bees — 1st, 

 J. Q. Smith & Son, $4 ; 2nd, Geo. Poindexter, $3 ; 3rd, Mr. 

 Shank, $2. 



One-frame observatory hive of Carniolan bees — J. <J. 

 Smith & Son, 34: 2nd, Geo. Poindexter, $3; 3rd, Chas. 

 Becker, $2. 



Honey-vinegfar, one-half gallon, vrith recipe for mak- 

 ing- — 1st, W. Z. Hutchinson, $4 ; 2nd, Jas. A. Stone & Son. 

 $3 ; 3rd, Geo. Poindexter, $2. 



We feel that special mention should be made of the ex- 

 hibit put up by J. y. Smith & Son. In space occupied, in 

 quality and quantity, and in general attractiveness we have 

 rarely seen an exhibit of a similar nature to equal it. It 

 was a pleasure to the judge, when he had finisht his work, 

 to find that this exhibit had deservedly led in the race for 

 the premiums offered. 



The other apiarian exhibits were good, and were a 

 credit to those who went to the effort and expense to pre- 

 pare and place them. All must have served as a silent but 

 effective educator to those who knew little of the extent 

 and importance of the industry of bee-keeping in Illinois. 



We hope that next year even more of the bee-keepers 

 in this State will be found among the exhibitors, and thus 

 show their appreciation of the efforts of Mr. Cater and the 

 Fair managers to give apiculture an opportunity to place 

 its products before the people in a proper manner. 



Supt. Cater hopes, another year, to have the apiarian 

 exhibit on the first floor of the Dome Building instead of 

 the second floor. He wants the dairy and apiary tog-ether, 

 which is quite proper in "a land flowing with milk and 

 honey "—only in this case it would be butter and honey. 

 The corner of the building now occupied by the Culinary 

 department would be a splendid location for the Apiary 

 department, as the light all around it is all that could be 

 desired. It is to be hoped that Mr. Cater will succeed in 

 securing it for the bee-keepers. The best place is none too 

 good for them, you know ! 



A Qala Qerman Honey. flarket.— Mr. F. L. Thompson 

 tells, in the Bee-Keepers' Review, something- about a unique 

 way they have of marketing honey in Germany. Here is 

 his report of a certain affair : 



On Aug. 29, 1897, thru the efforts of the Kaerntner 

 Association, a honey-market was held in the city of 

 Friesach, in Kaernten. For weeks before, the occasion was 

 advertised in the local newspapers of the district. The city 

 was decorated on that day, and about SOO strangers, outside 

 of the townspeople, came to be entertained. The market 

 was held in the afternoon, in ten large tents, decorated with 

 branches of fir, containing long tables spread with white 

 cloth on which the honey was arranged, mostly in glass. In 

 some of the tents exhibitions were given by 16 boys and 

 girls of the public school, in uncapping and extracting 

 honey, making foundation, and nailing frames. The costs 

 were reimburst by the sale of souvenirs, such as scarf-pins 

 representing bees, etc., by young women in country cos- 

 tumes. The sale of honey was a success, altho the prices 

 were pretty stiff in comparison with the customary ones. 

 and many orders were taken to be filled later. 



The day was closed by a bee-keeper's convention, at 

 which it was resolved to hold another market the next year 

 at another town. 



Special Notice.- or Our Subscribers. — Returning a 

 copy of the Bee Journal to this office will not secure its dis- 

 continuance. If you want your copy stopt, be courteous 

 enough to write us, enclosing any back dues, and request 

 that it be discontinued. 



Foreign subscribers will please remember that all the 

 offers we make at any time are only for people living in the 

 United States, Canada and Mexico. To all other countries 

 postage is extra not only on the American Bee Journal it- 

 self, but on nearly everything else. It will thus easily be 



seen by any thinking person that any prices we quote are 

 not for people living in foreign countries. 



Again, when you wish us to change your Bee Journal 

 address on our list, don't fail to write us both j'our new and 

 old addresses. Otherwise we can't find your name so as to 

 change the address. 



Dk. A. B. M.\sox, Secretary of the United States Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, writing us Oct. 5, said : 



Friend York : — We got home late last Saturday night, 

 and I with a slight chill nearly all the way from Buffalo, 

 and have had quite a sufficiency at frequent intervals since. 

 In spite of the doctor, I sit up a few minutes and then lie 

 down for a few hours, perhaps, more or less, but am a little 

 better to-day. 



I'm as sorry as you about delayed report, and would not 

 have had it beg;un so soon if I had supposed we should be 

 kept from home so long, but it was impossible to do any 

 better. I enclose what I have, and am expecting more 

 every day, and I'll keep you supplied hereafter. 



When we got home we found our daughter Flora had 

 broken her right arm at the time Mr. Abbott was reading 

 his paper at the convention, but the children hadn't said a 

 word to us about it until we got home. It was well set, and 

 is doing well. 



Well, I must lie down again, but have a pile of unan- 

 swered mail on hand. If Flora had broken the left instead 

 of the right arm I would not have to write. 



Yours truly, A. B. Mason. 



We were very sorry indeed to hear of Dr. Mason's ill- 

 ness and Miss Flora's serious accident. The Doctor's many 

 friends will regfret to learn of his afflictions, and unite with 

 us in the hope that both he and his daughter may speedily 

 recover, and again be as strong as ever. 



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The Illinois Stock-Breeders' Association will hold 

 their annual meeting in the State House at Springfield, 

 Nov. 14, 15 and 16. This includes the associations devoted 

 to breeding horses, cattle, swine and sheep — four of them. 

 A splendid program has been issued, a copy of which may 

 be had by writing Secretary Fred H. Rankin, Athens, 111. 

 We notice that Jas. A. Stone, Secretary of the Illinois State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, is down to discuss " Sheep-Breed- 

 ing." Tho quite a sheepman, our good friend doesn't look 

 a bit sheepish ! 



Low rates on all the railroads to Springfield will be in 

 force at the time mentioned. Address Secretary Rankin 

 for any further information you may desire. 



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Mr. John W. Lyell, of Washoe Co., Nev., wrote us as 

 follows, Sept. 25 : 



" I cannot well do without the American Bee Journal. 

 It has come to be too regular an object of interest on our 

 center table to miss one now. The honey crop will be be- 

 low a three-fourths crop as far as heard from, but prices are 

 unusually low, according to quantity. Quality is excellent." 

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The PettiT Pictures shown in this number of the 

 American Bee Journal are the property of the Farmer's 

 Advocate, publisht at London, Ont., Canada, one of the 

 best agricultural periodicals on this continent. They very 

 kindly loaned us the two engravings. 

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Mr. E. R. Jones, president of the Central Texas Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, writing us Sept. 29, said : "Dry. 

 dry, DRY 1 Many bees are actually starving to death." 



The Premiums offered on page 655 are well worth work- 

 ing for. Look at them. 



