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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Committee. 



Signed, FRANK C. PELLETT, 



Chairman. 



Note — Resolution of Dr. Phillips 

 is attached to this original copy. 



The report of Committee on Pur- 

 chase and Sale was unanimously 

 voted to be laid on the table. 



The Committee on Publicity 

 through Mr, W. B. Moore, Chair- 

 man, reported as follows: We, your 

 Committee on Publicity recommend 

 that this Convention take action 

 authorizing the Directors to dispose 

 of the Review to the best advant- 

 age to the Association. 



Signed, W. B. MOORE, 



Chairman. 



The report of the Publicity Com- 

 mittee voted to be laid on the 

 table. 



The Committee on Policy and Ex- 

 tension reported through Chair- 

 man J. S. Ward as follows: 



Your committee on Policy and 

 Extension submit the following re- 

 port; on the question of the Re- 

 view officials acting as purchasing 

 agents for the members of the Na- 

 tional. 



1st. We recommend that the 

 policy of the National with the 

 Managers of the Review acting as 

 agents in the purchase of supplies 

 and sale of products for all bona 

 fide members of the National be 

 continued. 



2nd. The Board of Directors to 

 arrange for three or four purchas- 

 ing agents — said agents to be sub- 

 ject to the Board of Directors. 



3rd. Said agents to be selected 

 as far as possible from the Board 

 of Directors. 



Signed by Committee, 



J. S. Ward, Chairman. 

 Geo. W. Williams, 

 D. C. Polhemus. 



The report of the Committee 

 on Policy and Extension was voted 

 laid on the table. 



The motion was made and car- 

 ried to take up the election of of- 

 ficers as the next order of business. 



The motion was made and car- 

 ried that Dr. Burton N. Gates be 

 given the unanimous vote of the 

 delegates for President. 



Frank S. Pellett and D. C. Pol- 

 hemus were nominated for Vice- 

 President. Mr. Pellett was elected 

 Vice-President by a vote of 2 2. 



E. G. Carr and Geo. W. Wil- 



liams were nominated for secre- 

 tary. Mr. Williams was elected by 

 a vote of 2 0. 



The motion was made and car- 

 ried that the Secretary be in- 

 structed to cast one ballot for Mr. 

 Williams as Treasurer. 



The resignation of Mr. Wilmon 

 Newell as Director, who had one 

 more year to serve, was accepted. 



The report of the Standing Com- 

 mittee on Code and Policy was 

 given by E. J. Baxter Chairman, as 

 follows: 



Your Standing Committee on 

 Code and Policy would recommend 

 that for the current year we 

 continue our present policy in 

 regard to publication and sup- 

 plies, provided it is done so as 

 not to bind the members of the 

 Association in a financial way. We 

 would further recommend the adop- 

 tion of the resolution reported by 

 the Committee on Publicity to 

 take effect not later than the first 

 of January, 1915, and that the 

 Board of Directors be authorized to 

 take action to carry out these re- 

 commendations, if adopted 



Signed, E. J. BAXTER, 



Chairman. 



The motion made to divide the 

 report of the Code and Policy Com- 

 mittee and vote on the two pro- 

 positions separately was lost. 



The Code and Policy Committee's 

 report was voted to be laid on the 

 table. 



Adjournment. 

 Delegate Session — Afteniocii, Feb- 



ing, Februai-j' 18, 1914, 1 p. m. 



Mr. C. P. Dadant presided at 

 the general session for the discus- 

 sion of general bee-keeping topics. 



The paper by Prof. H. A. Surface, 

 on Soil Fertility and Honey Produc- 

 tion, was read. 



Paper, Sweet Clover for Bee Pas- 

 ture, by E. E. Barton, Falmouth, 

 Ky. 



Paper, Selective reading. by 

 Geo. B. Howe, Black River N. Y. 



Ben G. Davis, Mr. Darby, Mr. 

 Sladen, Mr. Pettit and others spoke 

 in the general discussion. 



Adjournment. 



Delegate Session — Afternoon, Feb- 

 ruary 18, 1914, 1 p. m. 



President Gates called the dele- 

 gate meeting to order and, after 

 roll call, fifteen delegates and vot- 

 ing strength of 39 being present. 



