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THE BBE-KEEPEJIS' REVIEW 



announce such items as a "Honey 

 Day" free of chai'ge. 



You can depend on us to aid in this 

 work in any way possible. 



We remain yours truly, 



GUS DITTMAR CO. 



Augusta, Wis. 



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George W. Williams, 



iRedkey, Ind., 

 Dear Sir: 



I may not be a crank on all things, 

 but on the marketing of honey I will 

 liave to plead guilty to the charge. You 

 will remember that I distributed 45,000 

 booklets, ''Uses of Honey in Cooking." 

 1 advised beekeepers to ha^'e their 

 wives make up several kinds of bak- 

 ings, candies, etc., and then invite 

 in likely honey customers for a social 

 evening, and to sample the baking. In 

 short, have a sort of '"Honey Evening." 

 Let me give you the result with one 

 family in Iowa. The wife had a good 

 supply of such delicacies ready, and when 

 the time came, she sat them down, at 

 the table loaded with these, telling 

 them how to make them, and giving 

 each a copy of the booklet. 



As a result, the company took home 

 with them five gallon cans of honey, 

 and she had contracted with the Sun- 

 day School superintendent to furnish the 

 children at Chri.stmas time. each a 

 liberal cube of candied honey, nicely 

 put up in fancy paper, in preference to 

 the cheap candy usually given. 



The advertising, resulting from this 

 gathering has sold all their honey, 

 and they have to buy honey J'rom oth- 

 ers (who do not advertise, likely) to 

 supply home trade. 



This is only a sample of what well di- 

 rected advertising does. Use any 

 way, Mr. Williams to get more 

 people to realize that Honey is indeed 

 the best and most wholesome sweet on 

 the market. I would think this "Honey 

 Day" would do much good if it was at 

 the opening of the consuming season, 

 with liberal advertising before. The 

 big trouble is that beekeepers simply 

 produce, and but few advertise their 

 product, or educate others to its value. 



Why not get every state Bee Inspec- 

 tor to work his state along this line, as 

 it will not interfere with his other 

 duties. Local effort all along the line 

 is what will count. I AM WITH YOU. 

 Yes, we must educate producers for 

 better honey also. 



Yours truly, 



N. K. FRANCE, 

 State Inspector, 

 Plattsville, Wis. 



George W. "Williams, 



Redkev, Ind., 

 Dear Friend Williams: 



Your letter to hand in regard to a 

 general ''Honey Day", I think all the 

 publicity we can give our products 

 will benefit us in the increased use of 

 honey, and am in sympathy with any 

 scheme that will produce that result 

 without too great cost of course. 



It would be better, probably, to con- 

 fine any certain date to single states 

 or groups of nearby states, as the honey 

 flow is not the same all over, for the 

 extreme south will be sold out before 

 the northern honey is nearly ready 

 for the market. And as to raising any 

 funds for expenses. It inight be easier 

 to raise it by subscription than bj^ as- 



sessment, I do not know. 

 With best wishes I remain. 

 Yours truly, 

 J. M. BUCHAXAX, 

 Franklin, Tenn. 



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George W. Williams, 



Reakey, Ind. 

 Dear Sir: 



Your leter in regard to boosting the 

 sale and price of lioney at hand. Yes 

 I think a ''Honey Day" would be a 

 good thing. I think any time in the 

 late summer or early fall would suit, 

 according to the latitude. I sell most 

 of my honey before winter. My cus- 

 tomers aim to buy enough to last until 

 new honey comes again. 



As there will necessarily be consid- 

 erable expense, I am in favor of an 

 assessment sufficient to meet this, 

 and it does not seem to me that 3 or 

 even 5c per colony would be excessive if 

 the campaign would stimulate the honey 

 market, ajid I do not see why it would 

 not. The producer should have more 

 information as to the selling price of 

 honey than^ he has been able to get. 

 Some of the quotations are purposely 

 misleading, and others are not up-to- 

 date. 



I am afraid some dealers purposely 

 make their quotations misleading to in- 

 duce the unwary to ship to their mar- 

 ket. A neighbor sent his surplus to a 

 dealer, who had quoted at a certain 

 price, and the returns were 6 or 7c less 

 than the quotations. That man will 

 .•-ell his honey at home at any old price, 

 and demoralize the local prices. How 

 are you going to '''boost" the price 

 of honey with these conditions exis- 

 inff? By all means get the jobbers in 

 line and get them to see that this 

 kind of business is bad for the honey 

 trade, clear down. 



I remain, 



Y'ours respectfully, 



BYRON S. HASTINGS, 

 Brookville, Ind. 



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George W. Wiliams, 



Redkey, Ind. 

 Dear Sir: 



I am certainly glad that some one 

 is making an effort to make the Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Association of some 

 benefit to its members. Before I an- 

 swer' your questions I want you to 

 know that I am somewhat of a crank 

 on this subject and I do not want you 

 to take offence at what I may tell you. 



In regard to setting apart a honey 

 day in each state, yes, I favor this 

 move, and as to the time of holding it, 

 I believe each state should have their 

 own honey day, in their own way, at 

 a time when they have their most 

 honey ready for the market. Our state 

 has had a ''honey day" at the opening 

 day of the state fair, the first day of 

 September, Labor Day. On that day 

 we gave to about 20,000 children at the 

 state fair a taste of biscuit and honey. 

 The sales of honey immediately after 

 showed a ■wonderful increase. During 

 the week of the fair there were ex- 

 tracted, bottled and labeled iz.uOO lbs. 

 of honey, taken from nice clean combs, 

 in plain sight of everybody. This year 

 we will have another "honey day" 

 but it will be different. It will be big- 

 ger. 



I believe every stale ought to or- 

 ganize a co-operative honey exhange, 



