THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



ter, and find out at what price they 

 could be procured, and if they could 

 be made with some distinguishing 

 mark, say a queen bee, or a hive, so 

 that when empty it would suggest to 

 the housewife to "Buy and eat a little 

 honey." A constant reminder, in fact 

 calling attention 365 days in the 

 year to "Honey." I immediately took 

 steps to have each one of my local 

 customers procure one, and I im- 

 pressed upon them that it was a 

 HONEY dish. 



Do you know that this is making 

 quite a perceptible increase in our 

 local honey trade? Quite a number 

 have recently purchased honey especi- 

 ally to put in the little dishes. 



This little dish is an imitation of 

 cut glass, and has a lid and is quite 

 ornamental. They come packed in 

 barrels, 3 dozen in the package, and 

 they cost $1.20 per doz., and 50c for 

 the packing and container. 



This is for the dishes as they now 

 are made. The manager of the factory 

 offered however to fill orders for even 

 $400, f. o. b. here, and if the beekeepers 

 wanted a sufficient amount of them 

 he would make a mould with a special 

 figure on it, but this will cost about 2c 

 per dish more, as the moulds are ex- 

 pensive. If every housewife owned 

 one of these handsome little dishes 

 she would have a "constant reminder" 

 especially dedicated to HONEY before 

 her every time she sets the table, and 

 it would induce her to order honey to 

 put in it many times when she other- 

 wise would not think of doing so. It 

 will pay the local beekeeper to place 

 them in the hands of his customers 

 at cost if necessary and get the bene- 

 fit of this "booster." 



These barrels would be shipped by 

 freight, and as the factory does no re- 

 tailing at all, they will not sell a less 

 number than 3 dozen, and then only to 



dealers. I explained the use I expec- 

 ted them to be put, and he offered to 

 fill any orders that may come in, if I 

 would take care of them. If any one 

 wishes a package or more, I will have 

 them sent to you, but be sure that you 

 send a stamp to mail the bill of lad- 

 ing as I am not in the business except 

 to help "boost" and I am usually shy 

 of postage stamps. 



The Indiana readers will remember 

 that our association meets on Nov. 16 

 and 17, at the State House. Dr. 

 Phillips and several others from 

 abroad will be with us, and we are ex- 

 pecting a general good time. 



Our managing editor is doing hir.:.. 

 self proud lately, and he is giving U3 

 a paper that is a credit to our associ- 

 ation, and getting better every issue. 

 He is so modest that he disclaims the 

 credit for it, but some of us know that 

 it takes much work, and hard work, 

 too, to make such a splendid paper as 

 the Review has been lately. The sec- 

 retaries of the aflaiiated branches can 

 assist him very much in extending the 

 circulation of the Review, and thereby 

 strengthen their own branches. There 

 has been and still is some opposition 

 to the Revieav, and it is not all from 

 supply dealers either. But the actual 

 producers of honey are realizing more 

 and more the value of organization, 

 and of an efficient organ devoted ex- 

 clusively to their interests. One can 

 understand the opposition of members 

 who do not depend on bee products for 

 their income, as they are not expected 

 to feel the need of an organ especially, 

 but it is difficult to understand how 

 any producer can fail to support such 

 a paper as our editor is giving us. The 

 more subscribers we have, the better 

 he can make the Review. "Boost, 

 brothers. Boost." 



De Moines and Delmar Field Meeting 



By FRANK O. PELLETT, Atlantic, Iowa 



The Iowa Field meetings contiue 

 to be interesting occasions. At 

 the Coverdale farm on July 7th 

 about seventy-five were in attend- 

 ance. When it is remembered that 

 Delmar is little more than a rail- 



road junction and that the Cover- 

 dale farm is four miles in the 

 country this we consider a very 

 good attendance. The Coverdale 

 farm has become famous for its 

 sweet clover, its owner being one 



