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in advance, for wc have over three years yet to pay off the debt, and 

 all we would have to do would be to simply use the advertising fund 

 for current expenses and use the present subscription fee and pay oil 

 the debt. The fact of the case is, it takes all of both advertising and 

 subscription fees, also the small commission we get on the sale of tin 

 containers, etc., to pay current expenses. You will be gratified when 

 looking on the first page of this number to see that we have followed 

 your and about a dozen other suggestions, and have incorporated the 

 following: Founded in 1888 by the late W. Z. Hutchinson. 



This is but a small tribute to the founder of the Review, and we 

 take pleasure in incorporating it. — Ed.] 



New Superintendent of the Apiary, Mr. John L. Byard, Appointed at 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst. 



Mr. John L. Byard, who has since the enactment of the apiary 

 inspection law served as a deputy inspector, is now superintendent of 

 the apiary at the Massachusetts Agricultural College. The interest 

 in bee-keeping and the demands of the bee-keepers are increasing and 

 so insistent that it has become necessary to maintain a larger number 

 of colonies in order to meet the requirements. Mr. Byard comes to 

 the college as a man of long experience, having" begun his work with 

 bees as a boy in Vermont with his father, a veteran bee-keeper and 

 bee-hunter. He has a wide acquaintance through his inspection work 

 and as president of bee-keepers' societies in the state. Mr. Byard's 

 services will be confined largely to the maintenance of the apiary and 

 its equipment. He will also assist in laboratory and demonstrational 

 work with students and at conventions. 



Dr. Burton N. Gates, 

 Amherst, Mass., Sept. 6, 1913. Asst. Prof, of Bee-Keeping. 



Hamilton, 111., Nov. -th, 1913. 

 Editor Review — I returned home on the 21st, but have hardly 

 got the run of things yet, for a mass of correspondence has accumu- 

 lated in my absence. We had a fine time over there and a cool sum- 

 mer Avhile our people were suffering here from excessive heat. 



We were as glad to return home as we had been to make the trip, 

 and upon our arrival we found all our children and grandchildren at 

 the station. It was about as much of a treat as the banquets which 

 were off'ered to us across the sea by the bee-keepers who welcomed us. 

 I want to congratulate you on the appearance of the Review. It 

 is about as fine as it is possible to make it on as limited allowances as 

 are at your disposal. You are certainly devoted to the cause. 



Yours as ever, 



C. P. Da DA XT. 



