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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



will readily be seen that the backward state 

 of the department is not altogether the fault 

 of the apiariau olficials or superiuteudeuts. 

 As for myself, although I have been here 

 some six weeks my exhibit is not yet in- 

 stalled. But, I have more inside or extra 

 work on my case than any of the others, for 

 the reason that no other exhibitor, so far, 

 has so much honey on hand to get into one 

 case. 



There are, I believe, three State exhibits 

 completely installed, viz., that from Wis- 

 consin, Nebraska, and Ohio. That from 

 Iowa is well under way as well as that from 

 New York. The Minnesota exhibit arrived 

 a day or two ago and is being installed by 

 Mr. Cooper, from that State, who is Secreta- 

 ry of the State Association. He was not pres- 

 ent it seems when the exhibit was unloaded 

 from the car and deposited in the Agricul- 

 tural Building and he found his exhibit great- 

 ly damaged. Nearly all the comb honey, 

 most unfortunately, is quite unfit for exhi- 

 bition, as it is badly broken and leaking. 



I have had the pleasure since coming here 

 of meeting and making the acquaintance of 

 several American apiarists with whom I had 

 never before had the pleasure of personal 

 acquaintance. Among these are Dr Miller 

 and Miss Wilson who have very tastefully 

 arranged Mr. A. I. Root's fine exhibit of 

 apiarian appliances; Dr. Mason, who has 

 charge of the ( )hio exhibit, accompanied by 

 Miss Mason; Mr. Whitcomb of Nebraska who 

 has charge of the exhibit from that State; 

 Mrs. Whitcomb; Messrs Hatch and Wilcox 

 who installed the Wisconsin exhibit; Mr. Hill 

 from Kretchmer of Iowa, who installed the 

 Iowa Exhibit and also an exhibit of appli- 

 ances; Mr. Hersheiser from New York Slate, 

 which sends a large exhibit of honey, occu- 

 pying 3 or 4 cases, and supplies also, I be- 

 lieve, and others whose names I am not able 

 to recall. I had also the pleasure of meet- 

 ing Mr. York the genial and industrious 

 editor of the old A. B. ./. and its former ed- 

 itor Mr. Newman, who, I was glad to hear, 

 as, no doubt, all will be, is rapidly recover- 

 ing his health and strength. 



As near as I can judge from the present 

 appearances, the apiarian and all other de- 

 partments of the great Exposition will be 

 completed about the middle of June. 



Chicago, 111. May 24, 18i«. 



[Mr. H. D. Cutting, of Tecumseh, Mich., 

 writes me that at a late day Michigan has ap- 

 propriated $500 for the purpose of making 



an apiarian exhibit at the great show at 

 Chicago. Mr Cutting is to have charge of 

 the exhibit, and would be glad to corres- 

 pond with bee-keepers who can furnish any- 

 thing for exhibition. Illinois bee-keepers 

 have also received recognition at a late day, 

 and those who can help in the matter should 

 write Hon. J. M. Hambaugh, Spring, 111. 

 — EdJ 



Some More Smoker Experiments. 



J. E. CEANE. 



_" One man's story is no story at all— hoar both 

 sides." 



mHERE seems 

 "T to be a good 

 J, ^^ deal of misunder- 



Ji w standing in regard 



9 .-"^^m i£)i^S ' to the relative 



merits of the Bing- 

 ham and Crane 

 smokers. I had 

 hoped that Mr. 

 Cornell's experi- 

 ments might throw 

 some light upon 

 the subject, but 

 his report is in some respects, so different 

 from my experiments and experience that I 

 fear the average reader will be more con- 

 fused than ever unless some explanation is 

 offered. 



Some time in February I received a letter 

 from Mr. Cornell saying that an experiment 

 was soon to be made to test with scientific 

 accuracy the relative strength of an enclosed 

 blast as in the Crane smoker, — a single cut 

 off as represented in the Bingham smoker, — 

 and a double cut off as represented in the 

 Cornell smoker. 



It was not to be a war of smokers, but 

 simply a test of principles. He wrote me 

 further that the Crane smoker he had re- 

 ceived was in bad shape owing to some ac- 

 cident and would not probably be used in 

 the trial. He also asked me for any sugges- 

 tions I might have to offer. 



In my reply I made no suggestions as I 

 remember further than to say that the trial 

 would be of more value if made with loaded 

 fire barrels. I also stated my entire confi- 

 dence in his fairness and ability to conduct 

 such an experiment. 



Now if these trials or this test of princi- 

 ples had been made with a single smoker, 



