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fact of how many are going into it. I 

 hope that soon the plans can be in shape 

 so that everybod)' that gets a copy will 

 take the pains and trouble to interest not 

 only his near neighbor but the whole 

 vicinity; as for me, I am going to try and 

 reach every convention of bee keepers 

 that it is possible forme to reach, and my 

 one theme will be the marketing of our 

 produce by the National Association. 



I trust that the other members of the 

 committee will do as much, but we must 

 first get out the plans, discuss them, and 

 have them accepted. 



One beautiful feature about the matter 

 is that it will work to the advantage of 

 the large producer as well as to the one 

 who produces less. When the large pro- 

 ducer has produced his car or cars of hon- 

 ey, and it is ready for the market, he is 

 dependent on the action of the smaller 

 holders, for the man that has little is, as 

 a rule, the one that is coiupelted to sell, 

 and that, too, at the price offered by the 

 purchaser, which is way below the value 

 of the goods, thus establishing the general 

 market for others, including the man that 

 has produced his car loads. 



Yours Respectfully, 



F. E. Brown. 



DAMP BEE CELLAR. 



liV E. E. NUSSLE. 



The Danger from Damp Cellars, and How to Make them 

 Dry. Success with a Cellar above Ground. 



the trade will all be directed to the main 

 office for all honey. The prices will be 

 uniform and maintained, so that the buy- 

 er can be assured that the market will 

 hold firm during the time he has the car 

 in his possession. The seal will protect 

 our goods against any adulteration. The 

 supply will be greatly lessened by the 

 stoppage of adulteration and we will not 

 be troubled by over production. It will 

 come to pass that when the man in the 

 far off East hears of the train loads of 

 honey produced in the West, he will be 

 glad and not have to fear for the market; 

 and the man who cannot wait for his 

 money until a car of honey is made up 

 and sold, but must have it as soon as his 

 honey is in the case, can take the ware- 

 house receipt that he gets when liis honey 

 is delivered, and the money will be ad- 

 vanced to him, and the interest upon same 

 can come from the cost of marketing, 

 which will be very little; and the man 

 thus receiving the benefit can stand the 

 interest, which is better than to sacrifice 

 a fraction of a cent per pound upon the 

 general market. 



The more simple and less complicated 

 the plans the better it will be, as it is go- 

 ing to be quite a task to reach and inter- 

 est all, and our success depends upon the 



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OW that the time will soon be at hand 

 when ever\- beekeeper in the north- 

 ern part of this country must house his 

 bees, in a suitable, or perhaps, more often, 

 unsuitable place, to keep them from be- 

 ing decimated, or even exterminated, by 

 the rigors of the winter, I thought I 

 would give a few pointers to some of the 

 tyros that are confronted with the difficul- 

 ties of a damp cellar. 



A good dry cellar, warm enough, and 

 free from any great quantities of decaying 

 vegetables, is perhaps as ideal a place as 

 anybody needs, e.specially if he does not 

 forget the ventilation and the mice. 

 But not everybody has such a cellar at 

 his command; most of the dear brother 

 beekeepers have to contend with a damp 

 and therefore unsuitable cellar. Now, 

 how can such a cellar be improved? 



