It is to be regretted that so many bee-keepers are 

 satisfied to produce year after year a very ordinary 

 grade of tioney as regards its appearance, when by 

 a little more care, and having more suitable 

 fixtures, and by tal<ing the honey from the hive at 

 just the ri^ht time, a much larger percentage of 

 "fancy" or 'extra fancy" honey could be produced, 

 which would sell at a much higher price. The ex- 

 perience of honey merchants generally is that there 

 is no difficulty in disposing of large stocl<s of fancy 

 or extra fancy, even when the market is dull. It is 

 the inferior grades that suffer most at these times. 

 We believe, too, that bee-keepers would be very 

 much satisfied with their season's work if their best 

 efforts were made to produce a really fine product. 

 To increase further the interest in extra fancy honey, 

 the following prizes are offered for honey produced 

 in Danzenbaker hives during the year 1907, under 

 the following conditions : 



FIRST.— As above stated the honey must be pro- 

 duced in a Danzenbaker hive, either the present 

 style or any Danzenbaker hive that has been put out 

 within the last few years. These hives may be had 

 of any dealer in bee-keepers' supplies in any part of 

 the country. 



SECOND— For Classes 1 and 2 we require a ship- 

 ment of approximately the amount stated, to be 

 made by the bee-keeper direct to us at Medina. 

 After the prizes have been awarded the honey en- 

 tered for competition in Class 1 or 2 will be held 

 subject to the instructions of the producer. We will 

 sell it at a five per cent, commission or we will ship 

 it to any point direct by freighter express. There 

 being good honey markets in our immediate vicinity 

 such as Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Buffalo 

 and Pittsburg, it can be disposed of without difficulty 

 at good market prices, and the shipper will not have 

 to lose a good market by shipping it here. Neither 

 the honey awarded a prize nor that which obtained 

 no prize is to be our property, but will be sold sub- 

 ject to the instructions of the producer who sends it 

 to us. We are interested only in inspecting it to 

 award the prizes. 



THIRD— For all honey submitted for prizes we 

 must have a definite statement from the producer 

 regarding the conditions under which it was pro- 

 duced, whether a light or heavy flow of honey, how 

 the colony was handled, how many colonies in the 

 yard, from what source produced, etc. 



FOURTH— For Classes 3, 4 and 5, we must, in 

 addition to the above report, have the signature of 

 two witnesses certifying to the correctness of the 



report. If the party who sends us the report for the 

 competition is well known to us we shall not require 

 these witnesses. References may be given instead 

 of the signature of witnesses if desired. All parties 

 intending to compete for these prizes should send 

 for blanks which we shall furnish, on which the 

 report may be made out. 



FIFTH— It will be noticed in the last three classes, 

 three to five inclusive, that it is not at all necessary 

 to send us the honey— all we require is a report. 



SIXTH We reserve the right to limit the number 

 of awards in each class, or to make no awards in a 

 class if their are no satisfactory entries for the same. 



SEVENTH— No contestant will be awarded more 

 than one prize in each class, but may make two 

 entries if desired— one in Class 1 or 2, and another 

 in Class 3, 4 or 5. 



The classifications for the prizes are as follows : 



Class 1 .—For best shipment of 200 lbs. of comb 

 honey in Danzenbaker sections. 



Class 2. — For best case of comb honey in Dan- 

 zenbaker sections. 



Class 3.— For best report of yield from single 

 colony in Danzenbaker hive. 



Class 4.— For best report of yield from five col- 

 onies in Danzenbaker hives. 



Class 5— For best report of general results from 

 use of Danzenbaker hive. 



For each class there will be ten prizes as follows • 



First.— SIO. 00. 

 Second.— S7. 00. 

 Third.— S5. 00. 

 Fourth.— S2. 00. 

 Fifth to Tenth. — 

 SI. 00 each. 



Five Classes. 



Ten Prizes for each 



Class. 

 Fifty"Prizes in'all. 



This is the time to decide to enter this competition. 

 No matter where you live, whether in the United 

 States or elsewhere, you can certainly find one 

 class in which you can make an entry; and as there 

 are ten prizes in each class we believe that no one 

 will be greatly disappointed in the results unless i 

 is ourselves, and we hope that we shall not be, but 

 see a large number of entries. Even if you fail to 

 get a prize, you will doubtless have increased the 

 value of your own product by your efforts to pro- 

 duce some big results or an extra quality of honey. 



The A. I. ROOT GO., Medina, Ohio. 



