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"Maniifsifturcd Honey."— lu the 



report of the CoUiuibus Convention on page 

 695 (middle of tlie first cohnnn), Secretary 

 Hutchinson noticed tlie fact that the editor 

 of Otennings was " hauled over the coals " 

 for admittinj; to the market quotations In 

 the number for Oct. 1, the words, "manu- 

 factured stock." As we felt sure the matter 

 could be explained, and that it was an over- 

 sight in the type-setting, and would be fully 

 ventilated in the next issue of our valned 

 cotemporary, we did not refer to it edi- 

 torially. We now give from Olcanings of 

 Oct. 15, the following editorial, which fully 

 explains the whole matter : 



As the business for the second evening of 

 the convention at Columbus opened, Presi- 

 dent Mason gravely announced that some 

 heavy charges had been made against 

 broUier A. I. Root. He said he hoped that 

 brother K. would oe able to explain matters 

 satisfactorily, but the whole ihing looked 

 very dark and suspicious. Thereupon lie 

 produced Olcunings in Bce-Cidture for 

 Oct. 1. Turning to page 7-iS, he with great 

 gravity read the report from St. Louis, from 

 W. B. Westcott & Co., dwelling with much 

 emphasis on the sentence, "Extracted 

 TOimttfiictucetJ stock, 4 to 5 cents." your 

 humble servant asked to be shown where 

 on the pages of Olcanings such a sentence 

 occurred. The President handed him a 

 copy, and there was no getting around it. 

 Qleanings in Bee-Culture, tliat has been so 

 active in months past in contradicting slan- 

 derous reports of the newspapers, and in- 

 sisting that, at the present time, very little 

 spurious honey was to be found in any of 

 our markets, has actually been quoting 

 "manufactured honey at 4 to 5 cents a 

 pound," as if it were a regular and reput- 

 able article of merchandise. A good deal 

 of sport was indulged in at the expense of 

 the editor of Olcanings; but upon his 

 promise to investigate, and make ample 

 apology and correction, he was let off for 

 the time being, and the proceedings of the 

 convention went on. It seems there was a 

 good deal of hurry and rush in many direc- 

 tions just before John, Ernest, and myself 

 got away for three days at the Centennial 

 exhibit. As the market reports are usually 

 not mucli more thau a chunge of tiiiures 

 irom the preceding reports, I believe 1 

 skipped them. Ernest did the same, and 

 the compositors, perhaps, did not think why 

 " niaiiulactured stock " should not t)e all 

 right. 1 at once wrote to W. K. Westcott Jx, 

 Co. for an explanation, and here is what 

 they say about it : 



Z>ear.Sir.'— Your favor of ttie 6tli Inst, is at hand, 

 also our postal, Sept. 22. What we nieaut by loanu- 

 lacturers' stock was (lurk extracted honey that was 

 too dark f'lr tiihl« use, and that we add to njanufan* 

 turers of crackers, to tcbacconists and others, such 

 as nieail men, etc. We did not mean to convey the 

 Idea that the honey is manufactured oradulterated. 



W. B. WESTCOTT & Co. 

 St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 1888. 



It was my impression, as soon as I saw it, 

 that the report alluded to means the poor 

 honey usually sold for inanufacttirmy pur- 



f loses as above. In view of the damaije, 

 lowever, that has been done to our indus- 

 tury, I think it behooves us all to be care- 

 ful how we express ourselves. Had the 

 ahov» item read, "Second quality, dark ex- 

 tracted honey tor nianufaclnring purposes, 

 4 to 5 cents," all would have been well, and 

 perhaps no great harm has been done as it 

 is. The report was made on a postal card, 

 and the end of the word "manufacturers" 

 ran off the margin, so it was a very difficult 

 Blatter for the compositor or proof-reader to 



decide just what the word was intended to 

 be ; but it certainly looks more like " manu- 

 factured " ttian anything ele. By making 

 the word terminate with er« instead of ed, 

 the meaning would be quite different. 



Xlie Paris Exposition of 188!». 



—Below will be found a circular letter 

 issued by Hon. Norman J. Colman, United 

 States Commissioner of Agriculture, and a 

 supplemental directory note from N. W. 

 McLain, Apicultural Agent. 



Washington, D. C, Oct. 1, 18S8. 



The Congress of the United States having 

 accepted on the part of this Government, 

 the invitation of the French Republic to 

 take part in an International Exposition to 

 be held in Paris in 1889, has directed the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture, by joint reso- 

 lution approved May 10 last, to collect and 

 prepare suitable speciniens of the agricul- 

 tural productions of the several States and 

 Territories of the Union for exhibition at 

 said Exposition. 



A special division has been organized in 

 this Department for this purpose, and a 

 number of special agents liave been ap- 

 pointed by me to collect suitable specimens 

 for exhibition. 



Statistics support the assertion that agri- 

 culture furnishes tour-tifths of our exports, 

 and it is to tlie interest of all our States and 

 Territories that the United States should be 

 creditably represented by this Department 

 at the great exposition which the French 

 people liave organized at Paris, and which 

 will attract countless visitors from all coun- 

 tries of the world. It is therefore needless 

 to dwell upon the importance of the agricul- 

 tural section of the United States exhibit. 



In view of these facts, you are cordially 

 invited to co-operate by every means in 

 your power in the special work assigned to 

 the agents appointed by this Department in 



this important duty This Department 



would be pleased to hear from you, and to 

 get your views as to the most appropriate 

 products of your section of country, and 

 such as would be most desirable for the 

 purpose indicated. Very respectfully, 

 NoHMAN J. Coi.m.\'n, 

 U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture. 



ts~ Please address all communications 

 relating to bees, methods and devices used 

 in hee-keeping, bee-forage plants, facts and 

 statistics concerning bee products and meth- 

 ods of marketing, and methods of utilizing 

 honey and wax in the arts and in maiuifac- 

 turing, to N. W. McLain, Apl. Agt. Div. of 

 Eiit., Hinsdale, Ills. 



We hope that our readers will all feel 

 interested in the effort being made to give 

 to our chosen industry the prominence it 

 deserves among otlier agricultural pursuits. 

 Let each one determine what he can do to 

 contribute to the success of this undertak- 

 ing, and then act promptly. 



At tlip I^ennox Fair, lately held in 

 Ontario, Canada, Mr. Allen Pringle made 

 an exhibit, and this is what the Napanee 

 Express says concerning it : 



The exhibit of honey by Allen Pringle 

 was quite an attraction, and was excellent 

 for this year. It consisted of both granu- 

 lated and liquid clover, buckweat and bass- 

 wood honey, and was shown chiefly in a 

 dozen different styles ot glass holders of 

 various sizes ; also styles of crates of sec- 

 tions. These were arranged in tiers one 

 above the other, in square cone shape, being 

 "topped off" by a couple of tin cans of 

 honey. The exhibit was a surprise to many 

 of tliose who claim to be adepts at bee- 

 keeping. Mr. Pringle has made this indus- 

 try a special study, and has advanced won- 

 derfully Mr. Pringle also exhibited a 



honey-extractor and four hives of his own 

 get up. The latter were tested last and this 

 year, and Mr. Pringle was delighted with 

 the results. Tiiey promise to be quite an 

 aid to bee-keepers. 



The awards were as follows in the Honey 

 Department : 



Exhibit and quality of comb honey, Allen 

 Pringle, Robt. Metzler and L. Hartman. 



Exliihit and quality of extracted honey 

 Allen Pringle, Robt. Metzler and A. Knight. 



No Honey from Riieknlieat.— 



The Michigan Furmcr prints the following 

 concerning an experiment made by D. A. 

 Jones, of Beeton, Ont., in taking 75 colonies 

 of bees to 20 acres ot buckwheat : 



D. A. Jones, of Beeton, complains that 

 thouiih 75 colonies of bees were moved con- 

 tiguous to 20 acres of buckwheat, at the 

 opening of its liloom. the bees did not store 

 any honey from it, but rather were com- 

 pelled to lise the stores already In the hives. 

 The soil on vfhich the crop grew was very 

 poor, yet tlie buckwheat grew well and 

 bloomed abuudantly. The beesworkedon 

 it, but stored no honey. And he wants to 

 ' know what the matter was. 



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