ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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tendance is not because these meetings 

 are not well advertised, for we had 

 notices in every paper in the city and 

 notices are in both the morning papers 

 this morning. 



At our last meeting it was voted that 

 we have 500 copies- of our report pub- 

 lished and that was the number we had 

 printed. One hundred and fifty of 

 those were cloth bound and they have 

 all been consumed but five or six. We 

 still have some of the paper bound 

 copies. In having these reports printed 



Another matter which I wish to speak 

 of is the badges. We had so many of 

 the, old badges we hardly knew what 

 to do about new ones. The committee 

 had a meeting during the State Fair 

 and decided to get these 50 new ones. 

 There were badges left last year which 

 some members have suggested might 

 be us^d by cutting off the date and 

 attaching a ribbon. 



I want to suggest that we bear in 

 mind all important questions in the 

 question box and write up something 



J. Q. SMITH, Lincoln, 111., K- 



President Illinois State Association and State Foul Brood Inspector. 



we have to make allowance for parties 

 outside our own state and member- 

 ship. Our reports are sent for from 

 other states and for libraries like that 

 of the Department at Washington; also 

 the State of New York sends every 

 year for copies for their library and 

 other different libraries here in the 

 State House each must have a copy. 

 This takes a good many, but we want 

 them to go to these places — we do not 

 want to refuse them. We have also 

 sent several even to Australia, We 

 cannot therefore always tell how many 

 copies may be needed. 



on that subject which we will publish 

 in the report just as though you had 

 asked the question here. We probably 

 could get a better report that way and 

 each will have opportunity to say what 

 he waji'ts to say and will have the time 

 to put it into better shape and make his 

 point clearer than in the hurry of the 

 discussions here." 



Mr. York: "Mr. France told me that 

 Illinois had the -largest membership in 

 the National of any of the states; that 

 we were the highest and have been, f or- 

 some time, the highest in membership 

 in the National I hope we will keep up 

 this good record for membership." 



