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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



reported through Dr. E. F. Phillips, 

 Chairman, no progress made as 

 yet and report delayed on account 

 of unforseen difficulties. 



Upon the termination of some 

 discussion on color of honey by 

 Dr. Bohrer and others the conven- 

 tion adjourned till the afternoon 

 session. 



Adjournment at 11:45 a. m. 

 Tuesday Afternoon Session 1 p. m. 

 February 17, 1914 



The convention was called to 

 order at 1 p m.. by President Gates, 

 Chairman C. P. Dadant of the Cre- 

 dentials committee made a further 

 report of delegates as follows: 



Member- 

 Delegate Ass'n Vote ship 



D. H. Morris, Ohio 2 59 



E. G. Carr, New Jersey.. 2 65 

 The report was received and for 



the benefit of bee-keepers coming- 

 in late the roll call of delegates 

 was again read, each delegate ris- 

 ing for recognition as his name 

 was called. 



Mr. Frank C. Pellett, Chairman of 

 Auditing Committee made the fol- 

 lowing report. 



We, your Auditing Committee re- 

 port that we have examined the 

 Treasurer's report and find it cor- 

 rect. We recommend that 6S 

 cents be charged to profit and 

 loss on the Editor's report to make 

 books balance. 



Signed, F^ank C. Pellett, 



Chairman. 



The report of the Auditing com- 

 mittee was received and filed. 



Prof. Morley Pettit of the On- 

 tario Agricultural College, Guelph, 

 Ontario, Canada, spoke on Apicul- 

 tural Education. 



A few points he emphasized were 

 these: 



European foul brood is a bless- 

 ing in disguise — It • makes bee- 

 keepers of those who have to 

 combat it. 



EJvery man should be his own in- 

 spector. 



The distribution and marketing 

 of honey very important now. 



Education for distribution is 

 necessary. 



Cooperative marketing must be- 

 gin locally. 



Advertising necessary. 



House to house canvassing is 

 effective. 



Displays in stores important. 



Advertising a branded product 



would aid distribution and sales. 



Mr. Frank C. Pellett spoke on 

 Developing The Bee-keeping In- 

 dustry of Iowa. Securing foul brood 

 legislation and the need for a 

 publicity campaign were emphasized 

 in his talk. In conclusion he ex- 

 tended the invitation of the Iowa 

 Bee-keepers' Ass'n and the Des 

 Moines Commercial club to the 

 National Bee-keepers' Association 

 to meet in Des Moines in 1915. 



In the general discussion which 

 followed Mr. Pellet's address Mr. 

 Geo. W. Williams of Indiana ex- 

 plained the working of the Indiana 

 honey day and how it stimulated 

 consumption. 



A motion was made and carried 

 to refer all papers read, dealing 

 Vv^ith policies of the National Asso- 

 ciation, to the Committee on Policy 

 and Extension. 



Mr. W. J. Lewis of St. Louis 

 spoke on Publicity. 



Mr. W. B. Moore read Mr. A. C. 

 Miller's article entitled "Why." 

 In the general discussion following 

 Mr. Moore suggested the per cap- 

 ita tax for publicity purposes. Prof. 

 Pettit said the government of Can- 

 ada aids cooperation in selling. 



In the discussion on honey crop 

 reports it was decided to have a 

 special committee on honey crop 

 reports to cooperate with the crop 

 reporting bureau of the Department 

 of Agriculture. 



President Gates appointed the 

 following special committee: 



HONEY CROP REPORTS: Frank 

 C. Pellet, Chairman; J. H. Stone- 

 man; Wesley Foster. 



Adjournment. 

 Kvening Session Febru.ary 17 1914 

 7 p. ni. 



President Gates called the con- 

 vention to order. 



The invitation of the Anheuser- 

 Busch Brewing Ass'n was dis- 

 cussed and the matter was carried 

 over for consideration later. 



The committee on Policy and Ex- 

 tension reported through Chairman 

 J. S. Ward as follows: 



Your committee on Policy and 

 Extension beg leave to submit the 

 following tentative report. First, 

 we find from the expressions al- 

 ready given during the morning 

 and afternoon sessions that a num- 

 ber of changes in the policy of the 

 Association is desired and we feel 

 sure we cannot give all these mat- 



