ILLKCOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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Beeswax, Comb, and Extracted Honey. 

 Exhibit of Aaron Coppin, at Illiuois State Fair. 



Honey and Beeswax Exhibits at tiie 

 Last State Fair. 



Mr. Geo. W. York, of the "American 

 Bee Journal," who was judge of th^ 

 apiarian exhibit.^, .says; of them as fol- 

 lows: 



From the American Bee Journal. 

 Illinois State Fair Apiarian Exhibit. 



It was our privilege as well as honor 

 to be selected again as judge of the 

 bee and honey exhibits at the Illinois 

 State Fair, held at Springfield, Sept. 

 25 to Oct. 2, 1908. We have seen a 

 number of lapiarian exhibits at various 

 fairs, but witlx the exce])tion of those 

 at the World's Columbian Exposition- 

 here in 1893, we believe the exhibits 

 in the department of "Bee and Hon«'\"' 

 at the Illinois State Fair this year 

 were the best we ever saw. 



There were only •> exhiljitors in all, 

 and only 4 rt'ally comiieled in i^vi-ry- 

 thing ii?'the apiarian lini'. Tln-y were 

 Aaron Coppin,. of ^^'enfllla : ('has. Bci- 

 ker, of Pleasant Plains; Jas. .\. Stone 

 & Son, R. R. 4, Springfield; Geo. Rum- 

 Icr, of Indiana; I..ouis Wirner, of Ed- 

 wardsville: and the sixth person, wii'j 

 had only nne cxhiljit. .md that A\'as a 

 disi)la\' <ir (lcsi.:ins in litcswax. Tiie 



first 4 mentioned were very fine in- 

 deed. 



One of the beeswax designs that at- 

 tracted the attention of visitors was 

 tha^ exhibited by Jas. A. Stone & Son. 

 It represented Uncle Sam chained to 

 the saloon, the whole thing — saloon 

 building, chain links and Uncle Sam — 

 being made of beeswax. It certainly 

 was an impressive temperance lesson. 

 But some of these good days Uncle 

 Sam will be" freed from his cursed con- 

 nection with the whole infernal liquor 

 business. And bee-keepers will help 

 break the chain that binds them to- 

 gether. May the coming of the glad 

 day be hastened! 



We were indeed proud of the exhibits 

 made by bee-keepers at the Illinois 

 State Fair. Mr. H. J. Cater, the genial 

 an.d very capable sui)erintendent cif 

 that particular dcpartnient of the Fair, 

 feels greatly encouraged, lie al.-^o has 

 chai'.ge of the culinary deiiartment. and 

 is making a success, of his work in the 

 interest of bee-keeping and the 

 kitchen. 



We are glad to be able to nceoni|ian\- 

 this report ■with sijiiil' jiieini-es of the 

 a|.ial"ian exhibits ^\ilieh \\. re sn difh- 

 cult to judge, on account oi ih'ir g(.'n- 

 eral superior e.xcr'llence. 



