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it. He was accordingly a year ago voted 

 off through means which 1 do not for a 

 moment hesitate to stigmatize as contempt- 

 ible. 



Another useful and worthy member of the 

 Board received somewhat similar, though 

 less flagrant, treatment at the last meeting 

 in Brantford, and from the same parly. I 

 refer to Mr. J. K. Darling of Almonte. Mr. 

 Darling occupied the position of Vice-Pres- 

 ident of the society last year, and ought, by 

 all fairness, honor and precedent, to have 

 succeeded to the Presidency, as he is an old 

 and useful member and has never, I believe, 

 occupied the presidential chair. His place, 

 however, was usurped by a more ambitious 

 hut less competent man, and Mr. Darling 

 was set aside. This last act, accomplished 

 by the same old contemptible mameuver- 

 iug, so disgusted a large section of the re- 

 spectable members of that society that a 

 revolt in the near future is inevitable un- 

 less there is a change for the better. As. 

 however, the members generally are begin- 

 ning to get their eyes open to the " true in- 

 wardness " of these things it is to be hoi)ed 

 the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 speedily set itself squarely down on such 

 disgraceful proceedings. Should it fail to 

 do so there will be at least one member less 

 in the society ere long. 



There were but three papers presented to 

 the meeting— one from C. W. Post on " over 

 stocking; " one from R.L. Taylor of Lipeer, 

 Mich., relating some experiments, and one 

 by myself reviewing the papers of the pre- 

 vious annual meeting. I shall not attempt 

 to give any summary of these papers espe- 

 cially as I was not able to prope i .\ 1 i m 

 the first two mentioned. 



The evening entertainment passed off 



pleasantly though very thinly attended. Ili 



cousi ted of music, singing, and addresses 



by the Mavor of Brantford, R. McKiiight of 



Owen Sound, and R. F. Holtermau of 



Branford. 

 The officers elect for the current year are 



as follows — 



President, R. F. Holterman. 



1st Vice President, J. K. Darling. 



2nd Vice President, W. J. Brown. 



Secretary, W. Couse. 



Treasurer. M. Emigh. 



Auditors, -T. D. Evans and D. M. Heise. 



Foul Brood Inspector, W. McEvoy, Deputy, 



F. A. Gemmill. 



Directors, W. B. Holmes ; Allen Pringle : 

 J. W. Sparling ; A. Pickett ; J. Armstrong : 

 A. E. Sherrington ;F. A. Gemmill; W. A. 

 Chrysler andN. H. Hughes. 



Delegates to Fair Boards, R. H. Smith to 

 Toronto Industrial, and John Newton to 

 Western at London. 



Selley, Oat. Mar. 4, 1896. 



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Glucose in California — Mr. Dayton Explains 



his Position — Changing the Heading 



of an Article. 



C. W. DAYTON. 



T NOTICE the re- 

 1 marks of Mr- 

 Hasty relative to 

 that adulteration 

 matter. He terms 

 it flying reports. 

 The fact is that I 

 have spent several 

 months each year 

 looking up this 

 glucose matter. 

 Whole days and 

 weeks at nothing 

 else. Why should 

 I not discover something 'i Gleanings asked 

 for" honest expressions" from Californians. 

 Now I ask where is there one individual who 

 has devoted one week to the matter ? Some 

 are disposed to call2}.2 cts. a low figure for 

 glucose. It is my opinion honestly ex- 

 pressed that glucose can be manufactured 

 at }4 cent a pound or less and shii>ped here 

 for ^ cent. To associate glucose and the 

 price of corn is the worst old chestnut with 

 which bee keepers can be fed. One editor 

 wished me to get sworn affidavits attached 

 tjthe quotations furnished by those who 

 ofter glucose on sale. I inaugurated a 

 piece of strategy in order to get their names. 

 I obtained their written quotations but when 

 I pressed then for a signature they sarcasti- 

 cally smiled and asked me what I took them 

 for ? I reassured them is was all right. 

 " Very well, " said they, " we do not put our 

 name to glucose quotations for our best 

 known customers. " 



No sir, it is not necessary to send ship- 

 loads in order to insure the named rate. 

 Nor is it to use the glucose in adulterating 

 alone. Yet I believe a shipload is consumed 

 in Los Angeles in a comparatively short space 



