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a new man in the business. He says he started out with 

 two colonies, and had 500 pounds of honey and 8 colonies in- 

 crease. He didn't hold up his hand. 



Rev, McCain — This is my first season, so I cannot say 

 whether it was comparatively good or not. 



Mr. Whitney — Pres. York asked for an average crop. 

 Now perhaps an average crop for some people would be bet- 

 ter than an extra good crop for somebody else. 



Pres. York — I had to ask the questions as they were 

 written, you see. 



Dr. Miller — I think that has nothing really to do with 

 the case. The question is. What has been the season, no mat- 

 ter whether I am in a good or bad locality? Has it been un- 

 usually good, or bad, or has it been an average season? I 

 think there has been quite a little light thrown on the sub- 

 ject by these answers. I think it is a remarkably good year 

 everywhere. The fact is that one man will have a good crop 

 and do such a lot of crowing over it that everybody thinks 

 they have it. It is nothing more than an ordinary year, tak- 

 ing all the angers that are given — fifteen, thirteen and five. 

 The fact comes out that there are quite a number here who 

 have not had as good a year as usual. 



Pres. York — I will ask Secretary Moore to bring forward 

 Mr. Huber H. Root, who is to speak to us on Wax-Presses 

 this afternoon. He is the youngest son of A. I. Root, whom 

 we all know so well. Last year we had Mr. Root on the 

 program and I promised him if we lived we would hear from 

 him this year, as last year in some way his address was over- 

 looked. I was very sorry indeed, and so offer this apology. 



Dr. Miller — Before you give him another chance, and be- 

 fore we are through with this Root business, I want to say 

 that there is another member of the family, Mr. Ernest Root, 

 who was scheduled to be here, and I know that he expected 

 and desired very much to be here, but he felt it his duty to 

 attend the Ohio State meeting. They are trying to get a 

 foul brood law there. He is very soon thereafter to attend a 

 meeting in Washington, making it really impracticable for 

 him to be here. As his name was publicly mentioned, I 

 thought it best to make this explanation. I beg pardon for 

 taking your time. 



WAX-PRESSES AND WAX-RENDERING. 



I will tell you how that was last year at the convention. 

 Mr. York was so interested and delighted, and I was so in- 

 terested that I forgot all about it until I got home and the 

 first thing I remembered* about it was his writing a letter to 

 me which made me feel badly. I felt badly because he seemed 

 to feel so badly. I hadn't felt badly, because I was so de- 

 lighted with what I had heard. 



As I look around here to-day, there is Mr. Hutchinson 

 and Dr. Miller, and others that I am aching to hear from, 

 that can speak from years of experience, and it occurred to 

 me that this subject of wax was rather common-place, that 



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