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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



by the thousand, they could be put on 

 the market for, possibly, $10.00 each, 

 but they are something that I realize 

 ■will not be sold very extensively 

 among bee-keepers. How many bee- 

 keepers . are there who •would operate 

 extensively enough to buy one of these 

 machines? 



Mr. Holtermann — At what figure? 

 Fifteen dollars? A great many. 



A Member — I would like to ask if 

 that machine can work on a closed- end 

 frame ? 



Mr. iFerguson — I don't know. My 

 machine will uncap any width, provid- 

 ing you can get tthe comb built beyond 

 the end-bars. 



Mr. Cavanagh — I think there may be 

 some in the convention that have a 

 wrong impression of that machine; 

 that is not the fault of the machine, 

 that the knives catch on tlhe end-bar; 

 the oomb is built, possibly, a quarter 

 of an inch beyond that end-bar; with 

 us there would be no objection to using 

 that style machine; the comb that he 

 has in the madhine, the surface is 

 even with the end-bar. 



Mr. Ferguson — I never did any work 

 with it since I re-adjusted it to bring 

 up here. My object was, that the 

 knives would be kept as close as pos- 

 sible toward the end-bar; Ihese combs 

 are cold, and will draw the knives in; 

 that is merely an item of construction 

 — nothing against the theory of the 

 machine. 



A Member — How does that work 

 w'hen the comb is half full of pollen? 



Mr. Ferguson — I don't know; I have 

 not tried it on anything but clean ex- 

 tracting frames. 



Joining the National in a Body. 



Mr. Thompson — I move that we join 

 the Naional in a body, as before. 



The motion was seconded. 



Li. C. Dadant — We have, just now, 47 

 paid members, and will not have nearly 

 enough, after we pay our hall rent, and 

 the $12.45 that we owe to our former 

 Secretary. We will not have enough 

 to pay Mr. France 50 centsi per mem- 

 ber. What are we going to do ? How 

 can we join the National if we haven't 

 got enough? We need $23.50 with tlhe 

 present membership in order to join 

 the National in a body; and that is 

 the only way to get in for 50 cents. 

 What is best to do? 



Mr. Kannenberg — The only thing to 

 be done is to raise the dues ; I think 



$1.50 dues would, perhaps, pay the 

 amount. 



,Mr. Baxter — It is impossible. You 

 cannot raise the dues; you can begin 

 to raise for next year. If the mem- 

 bers so far want, voluntarily, to pay 

 an extra 50 cents, all rigtht; it is not 

 right for a few of them to pay and 

 take, for the others, out of the treas- 

 ury. I think the wisest plan is not t« 

 join this year, but to wait until next 

 year. 



President York — The way to change 

 the Constitution is to order the Secre- 

 tary to give notice to the members 

 thirty days before the next meeting as 

 to what you want to do. If you wish 

 to make a motion to raise the dues to 

 $1.50, you had better make that motion 

 now; then you can talk about raising 

 the fifty cents afterward. 



Mr. Anderson — I make that motion. 



Mr. Baxter — I believe our first dues 

 are to this society, and we ought to 

 keep it alive; therefore, I am against 

 joining the National this year. I move 

 that we a.uthorize the Secretary to give 

 thirty days notice next year so that 

 the matter of changing the dues from 

 $1.00 to $1.50 will be brought up. 



Dr. Miller — How will that notifica- 

 tion be made? Would it not be well 

 to make the notification now? 



President York — The Constitution 

 requires thirty days notice must be 

 given in order to be legal. 



Dr. Miller — ^If you notify themi now, 

 would that not be more than thirty 

 days? 



iMr. Kannenberg — That means those 

 that want to join the National that 

 they have to pay their dollar to the 

 National; if a person here voluntarily 

 wants to join the National for fifty 

 cents can we do that? 



President York — Not until after we 

 join in a body. We must first take 

 action on joining in a body. 



IMr. Baxter — I don't believe that; 

 they won't accept it. 



President York — Yes, they are doing 

 it right along; we join in a body; then 

 as new members come in during the 

 year the Secretary sends fifty cents 

 and keeps fifty cents. 



President York — We are voting on 

 changing the Constitution next year, so 

 that the dues will be $1.50 instead of 

 $L00. 



iMr. Huffman — ^Is that the under- 

 standing that we will join the National 

 in a body? 



