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THIRD AI^NUAL REPORt 



alfalfa field, and met the workmen so much that they 

 got stung and had to quit work. The teams would get stung 

 hauling the clay to the mixing. He applied to me to know 

 what to do. "We w^ould be good friends and are now," 

 he said, "but there ought to be something done so that I 

 could do my business without any trouble." 



I asked for drawings of the ground, a plat of it. After 

 looking the situation over I brought the two men together in 

 this way: That on account of this you furnish your clay 

 dump-cars, and the bee-keeper shall pay the expense, and 

 transfer that apiary from there to the other side of the brick- 

 yard. They will be nearer the pasture, and will not have to 

 cross the brickyard. They are both living happy neighbors 

 ever since. Save trouble and keep out of court. 



The growth of the Association has been one that per- 

 haps has not been equaled, and I do not see why it should 

 not continue until our ranks are doubled. 



Suggestions have come to me from members, and I con- 

 fess that I amalwaysglad to receive from any members sugges- 

 tions as to what they would like to have this Association take 

 up for its betterment. I, as your General Manager, am sim- 

 ply trying to do what is your bidding, and if you have any- 

 thing that you can suggest for the betterment of the Asso- 

 ciation, I wish you would give me your aid and help. 

 Through this we know better what to do to meet the re- 

 quirements of the various members. 



The National pin represents an order, not only a group oi 

 bee-keepers, but an organization, and this is a day when al- 

 most every line of industry is condensed into organization, 

 iiito union, into trusts. I do not know that we ought to go 

 into a trust, but we can help one another greatly, and this pin 

 means something. Now, then, to explain a point : At the 

 National Convention there were a great many who were 

 not enrolled as members, but wanted pins — wives, daughters, 

 and sons, who had not joined the Association, and they 

 wanted a pin; they wanted to wear it in honor of the Asso- 

 ciation. The question was, Should they have it? I had my 

 instructions, and, of course, had to abide by them, and this 

 style of a pin on my coat has cost us quite a little, too. The 

 Board instructed me that the family could have as many as 

 they saw fit, but as they cost quite a little it would be better 

 that they pay the cost of the pin, that is, lo cents each, which 

 includes the postage. I would like to see all members of 

 the families wearing the pin, but, of course, others look at it 

 in a different light. 



As to the literature that has been distributed, there is a 

 possibility that some members of the Association have not 

 r ceived all the various kinds of literature that have been 

 sent out. You will do me a favor if at any time there is any 

 of the literature that is a part of the Association that you ■ 

 have not received copies of, or need more of them, if you 

 will let me know it. 



I do not know that I have taken hold of any work that 

 has required almost night and day work as this has done tha 

 present year. I have sometimes felt as I did with my State 



