136 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 



Dr. Miller convulsed the audience by a reading showing how 

 a certan German was cured of rheumatism by the bee-stings. 



ADVERTISING HONEY AS A HEALTH FOOD. 



'"What can this Association do in the line of advertising 

 that will show the value of honey as a health food in the 

 newspaper press?" 



Dr. Miller — I think perhaps the Association will do 

 about as much as it can be expected to do in that direction 

 by the publication of this report, in getting in the things 

 that were said here to-day and encouraging the publication 

 of items in the local press. 



'v BREAKING DOWN PRICES OF HONEY. 



"What can this Association do along the lines of pre- 

 venting bee-keepers themselves from breaking down the 

 prices of honey early in the marketing season?" 



Mr. Wilcox — That is the most important question we 

 have to consider ; at least it has been with me all my life. 

 We have never found a solution, and I don't believe we 

 ever will. I believe that the best advice we ever had on 

 that subject was that given by our late friend, Thomas G. 

 Newman, when he advised us to work the home market, to 

 see it was always supplied with all the honey it could take. 

 The aim should be to increase the consumption. It is quite 

 certain that there is not as much honey consumed as there 

 can be, and should be, and would be if it were propeily 

 presented to all people. It involves an extensive system of 

 advertising, and that has been told over and over again by 

 Mr. Abbott and others, and yourself, Mr. President, and I 

 believe that it is in the right direction. I can't think of 

 anything better to get the world to know it is good, and 

 use it. I propose to try a little scheme of m^ own of honey 

 and buckwheat cakes, simply because they are two com- 

 modities in which I feel interested. I believe the two will 

 work well together, and the consumption of one will help 

 the consumption of the other, for anything that will tend 

 to increase the consumption of one will help the other. 



Pres. York — I think the price of honey is lowered by 

 some bee-keepers not knowing what honey is worth starting 

 out with the price too low. 



Mr. Wilcox — The remedy for that, so far as my own 

 locality is concerned, has been by some one who does know 

 the value of honey, or can learn it, in the seasofi buying 

 up all the cheaper lots and putting them upon the market 

 at the proper price. 



Mr. Whitney — It seems to me that the way to furnish 

 a good market for honey is to produce the very best article 

 you can, and make people believe it. I have known honey 

 to be sold at 15, 16, 18 and 20 cents a section right in a 

 community where much honey was selling for 10 cents, 

 simply because they knew that the honey they were paying 



