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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
August, 1919 
AMONG WISCONSIN BEEKEEPERS 
The Wisconsin BeeKeepers Page 
Prof. H. F. Wilson Editor 
The Bee and Honey Department 
at the State Fair Sept. 8-13 
1919 
The attention of all members of 
the Wisconsin State Bee-Keepers 
Association, and Wisconsin Bee- 
Keepers generally, is called to the 
approaching State Fair. 
$460.00 are offered in premiums, 
which is a large sum, considering 
the interest taken by the Bee-Keep- 
ers at large. The management of 
the State Fair is wdlling and anx- 
ious to revise the bee and honey de- 
miums, but cannot do so, unless 
justified by the active interest of 
the Wisconsin Bee-Keepers them- 
selves. 
The Department of Agriculture 
and the management of the state 
fair, are of the opinion, that the 
bee and honey industry of Wis,- 
consin, and the state association, 
representing it, should make a 
much larger showing than ever 
before, if the expect the univer- 
sity, department of agriculture, 
and the legislature to fully com- 
prehend the growing importance 
of bee-keeping in Wisconsin. 
We will have in addition to the 
premium entries, an educational 
display and demonstration by the 
College of Agriculture. We are 
promised the largest and best dis- 
play and demonstration of bee 
keepers' supplies., appliances, bees 
etc. by G. B. Lewis Co., the A. T. 
Root Co. and others. We must 
and will have a much larger display 
than ever before, and ask all who 
possibly can do so, to make one or 
more entries, and help making it 
the best the State Fair ever pre- 
sented. 
If you are disposed to partici- 
pate, write Gus Dittmer, Augusta, 
Wis., Superintendent of the Bee & 
Honey Department, for informa- 
tion, premium book and blanks, 
stating what you are able or wish 
to enter, and satisfactory arrange- 
ments will be made. 
All ar rangements must be made, 
so that the entries will be at the 
bee and honey building during the 
week preceding the Fair, so that 
everything may be properly ar- 
ranged before the opening of the 
Fair. The Superintendent will be 
on duty at the bee and honey build- 
ing, Monday September 1st, and 
every day during the week, pro- 
ceeding the Fair, to receive all en- 
tries and properly arrange and 
care for them. 
Write at once and we will have 
time for all necessary correspond- 
ence and arrangement. 
Gus Dittmer 
Disposing of the Honey Crop 
The bee-keepers of the United 
States now face the problem of 
honey prices for the present years 
crop. It is hardly to be expected 
that the high prices of last season 
can be secured but certainly the 
old prewar prices, inadequate for 
peace times will not do. Many 
bee-keepers are asking about the 
prices of honey and there seems to 
be no standard to go by. 
Wisconsin bee-keepers are get- 
ting a very generous crop and if 
any great part of it is thrown on 
to the market early in the season, 
prices may be seriously injured. 
Bee-keepers in general feel that 
25 cents per pound for extracted 
and 30 cents for comb will be about 
right. A few are even asking 
more. Certainly we ought not to 
have to sell for less. 
Let Us Meet at the Fair 
In this issue President Dittmer, 
Superintendent of the Bee and 
Honey Department at the State 
Fair gives us an idea of what is ex- 
pected of our Association this year. 
With a big crop at hand the mem- 
bers of the State Association ought 
to respond with many exhibits. 
Unless we can make a big show- 
ing we are in danger of losing our 
exhibit space. If we show that 
we need it and will use more space 
it will not be a hard job to get an 
addition onto the building we are 
now to use. A definite site has 
been decided upon for this depart- 
ment and a new section will be 
added to the old building when 
necessary. 
State Fair week is a good time 
for bee-keepers to get together and 
talk over the problems likely to be 
brought up at the winter meeting. 
Let everybody answer the call of 
Brother Dittmer and be at the fair 
with an exhibit. 
Id. F. Wilson 
Get some material such as vege- 
tables, fruits, or flowei-s ready to 
exhibit at the state and county 
fair. Yon will help the show and 
learn something yourself. 
Sow the seed of early ripening 
tress, such as elm and maple, as 
soon as the seeds are ripe. Strati- 
fy late ripening seeds in sands or 
sawdust so that they may not dry 
out. 
