fiuthfii service, and the great intei-est repre- 
sejited loses one o( Its most eminent and useful 
promoters. 
That the Association tender to the 
tamily ot their deceased associate their most sin- 
oere expressions of sympathy at the loss which 
they have sustained in the death of a parent 
1 fiend and counsellor. 1 ' 
^ooretary bo directed to en- 
toi this testimonial of our respect upon the re- 
" vow to 
EXTRACTING HONEY DO DRONES CON* 
DENSE HONEY? 
“ How long should honey stay in a hive be¬ 
fore extracting7” Extract it before capped 
•over, and wheu there is enough to pay for 
•emptying. All that is required, generally, 
to keep honey, is open crocks, in a dry, 
well ventilated room; some varieties of 
honey, in an uncommonly wet season, may 
require a steam bath. I claim the time 
taken by the bees evaporating their honey 
fit for capping, is so much loss to the keep¬ 
er; also the time and material in capping is 
a total loss. We endeavor to give the queen 
the largest number of empty'cells possible 
throughout the honey season, to tnakoup 
MEETINGS, ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS, &c. 
National Wool Growers’ Ass’n.—At the regu- 
lar meeting of the Executive Committee of this 
nr,, ‘ ,lin K «*'d Wool Growers’ 
A* n .-Al a meeting of the New York Sfjim 
hehf ,in fi ” Ool Growers’ Association, 
hedd at Syracuse, Dec. :*>, 1871, tho following 
gentlemen were elected nllloora for I ho 
ensuing year: f •‘ro*.—Hon. Henry 8 Ranh*!! 
of Cortland. Vic^Pres'l*. - W m .TRemeT v» 
limi" ; 11 c ReiW 
lau . s. N. Franklin, Cayuga; I. v, Lkiker ir 
m ; John P. Ray, Ontario; Peter Mm'! 
oni Ti° ' 'i ’ Kai ' 11 ’ Onondaga; W’m. Cham- 
bCi ltdn, Dutchess; A. G, IVreev, W’avnc* e 
T ownsend Goneece; J. C. Shell, Livffiw?: 
E.r. (mni.—tj'nn A. SheiwOod, Newark, Wuyno 
Co., C . C. Cottsoll, Washington ; Da\id Cosutt 
Onondaga; J. J. Brain uni, VVyohnrrg; Istac 
W F i H Hjhbard, Cortland ; d! 
}} • 1 cr i; c >> ItcnsBCluer. c»r. see. Emory Li 
Potter, Naples, Ontario Co. Trcm.-A sel F \Vll! 
eox, Fayetteville, Onondaga Co. lice. sec.—U 
D. L. Sweet, Syracuse. 
^Western IV. Y. Hort. Soc.-Officers elect for 
J resident-PATntetc Barry. Rochester. 
1 tu -l rex t<< - PH, Maxwell, Genova; J. La Rue 
Hmumon.lq.ort; «. If. Moody, Lockport. ’ 
IUwfiScrf ‘ ml T ™ mm ~waiuw J. Fowler, 
Ex.OmniUt.-c~ H E. Hooker.Rochester: J. j 
Thomas, Union Spring; S. 8. Graves, Geneva • E 
Moody, Lock port; Hrooka. l4ri ( 'n ok 
rhftl 'r&ZV 1 i- ^omas, Union Springs; 
Clam. Dowmng, Newl.urg; W. lirudle, iiochesior 
0. s. Conover, Geneva. ’ 
Nnmmdattne- Cha.s. Downing, Newburg ; J j 
Ihomaa, I nion Springs; P. Barry, Rochester: 
Co.mv.. JtUCi C ’ h * Catht * rin e»; a. D. W iJIaid, 
?’* T n A.u oks ’ *’enr) creek; Dr. 
* 11 # 1 J - ThoUUis, Ujlion SprinK«. 
Ornamental %’rm and Ellwutiger 
Rochester; E. Frost, Genova; T. c. Maxwell 
Geneva. Ul ' 
intnlen Vemtahks E. a Hayward, Rochester- 
John Crane, C<-deport; J. W. Gray, Albion 
Ig-tUt#- Geo.Ellwangta-,itochestoi-; w. 
D. Smith, Syracuse; E. A. Bronson, Geneva; E. 
M . Sylvester. Lyons; C. L. Hoag, Lockport. 
rr,n,"wf' :ln v , ’ 0 f- 1 Quantity of Emit Shipped 
V W W '' 1 '? Kqw\ ork-C. L, Hoag, Dockport 
LAV. Hcrondoon,Geneva; Dr. Sylvester, Evens! 
alVieneva 0 m ”' ' msr ,fl to bc hclfJ *>' I8W.and that 
l J®' va **■<• A «- * oc OHirers cloot for ItiTU: 
L ‘?A ~ 9? 1 • - b,UN Scott. t la - / ■!, s. EM w | n 
•Smith. Scc.—pv. J, M. Shuffer. Wow.—Wm. C. 
Leaeli. Directors— M. W. Robins.in of Polk t-n • 
an article of honey ns you ever saw, and 
have not hud a single drone bee in my hive 
this season — neither ** the honest stay-at- 
home, or that single rowdy off high in air 
with his queen in n capacity not to be men¬ 
tioned. YY ill Mr. Head show how some 
stocks carry a largo number of drones over 
winter, when bis stay-at-home drone has 
lapped that thin port ion always at the sur¬ 
face when the cells are filling,” and has 
been capped over for winter? And will he 
state whether any other old bee ever 
‘‘touches the pollen or bee bread” as food 
for themselves? After tho middle of Sep¬ 
tember, after Mr. Head lias had his “recti¬ 
fiers” of that thin substance in honey killed 
off, and wo have a rush of buokwheat or 
other honey, from one to two weeks, and 
extract from five hundred to a thousand 
pounds of good, thick honey; will ho please 
state what sucks up that thin substance? 
Now for the true method by which bees 
evaporate honey. No “rowdy or stay-at- 
home drones,” but, worker bees, expel the 
excess of moisture. At any time when 
there is a llow of honey, in the middle of 
the day, you will notice clusters of bees near 
the mouth of the hive. Watch tho move¬ 
ments of t heir tongues or probosciaes; you 
will notice the several parts of which it is 
composed expand like spreading your 
fingers, and honey between each opening; 
these they open, and exposing tho fresh 
Mahaska Co.; .Jiilni Grlntioll of Clayton Co!- 
. HewItt ol Wright Co. Ool. Jotin Keott! 
siV./f.' iL'S- 11 !!' A ' vv,itcb - l’w-.idenf of the 
m fi we, were appointed a committee 
fnram *, Q t the National Agrleid- 
tuial Society at Washington, D. (’., in February 
next, and at fit. Louis In May next. ' 
Nvwburs N. Y., Horne-Thief Delecting 80 - 
T'Vho Monte, Garden and Orchard -uys (he 
o d officeTN (who are they 7 ) Imvu been rc-cleeted, 
T foiL.wmw persons oppolnled riders lor 
urn : >tiKtrart. Daniel 11 . Vfen-ltf, Wilhan. 
\\ dson, 0. Gilbert bowler. John M. Hears, David 
Le<.n, Amzl Itenjnniln, John L. A.Iorton, Jm! 
Hasl.rouek, Waller Dmuvllle. Dm Id Jaggei- 
Gethorn J Appleton, Wm. l’hilfp Clark, Join, 
Moore, John 11 . Waters, ,Jr„ McCauley Dickson, 
Ayumr Van Huron, Alexander Leslie, Gilbert T 
< ulyor, Edward Halgh. Wo should like to know 
inoro about, this orgaul/ntlon. 
Maine Stale Ac. Soc. - Officers for 1872: Pres 
•Hon Ha si it ei. Wasson of EllbWort.li s<r ' 
hamuel L. Roardman of Augnsta. Tam. win 
E. Morris ot Portland. Trustees, h. e. HTamll- 
M»°V1 TMr* Rufus Prince of Tume. 
ion. \\ m. P. WIngato ot Danger and Samuel 
L. llnurdmnn of Auguste were appointed dek . 
K ?w S f- 'V National Agrlenltural flonvention 
at Washington, Eeb. 15th, 
i V. 1 *. Gomllrnn, IV, 1 ,, As, and Mech. Assii 
held its annual nioetlngat Poolvllle, Jan i and 
oleebkl the following ntlleern: Pra. /inow- 
NEcn, T/iV-Prof Is—?'. H. Aeklt-y, W r . Kecchnnd 
c' 9;. Directors—V. if. Ingalls and It. 
C. Acklu^. / m/s.—D. B. W'est. Cor, See.—O. It. 
Lord, dra See. -D. W. Usher. Next exhibition 
1 ft tn 1 -»A» Vi 4 * 1 i-l ir 1 u __I to WAMIWHIGH 
TRAVE EING IJTT 
What kind is used most in cotton factories? 
What is the general average price per pound ? 
>vliat standard treaties is thortv on potato 
starch manufacture, and where can I obtain 
(&oo. pM,£o R7",) 
Association at. Syracuse, N. y., on Dec.20th, 1871. 
not much business was transacted, beyond (ho 
election of officers and receiving tho ‘report of 
tho treasurer. The following officers were elect- 
ed. Pm,—H unuyS. Panda on. New York. Via- 
R ‘ Vermont; 8. Archer, 
V rgtrila; Bnrdctt Loomis, Connecticut 
a’ m el o y° l-k : J ; C. Stevens, Ohio; 
*Y- Garland, Illinois; Eh Stilson, Wisconsin 
Bonj. Fhnt, California-, K. Julios Lemoyne, 
Ponnsyivama. S'-c. A. M. Garland. Tram.- A 
r. w licox. 
A comrrilDcccom|...si-dot Messrs.Clai-k K. llv 
Stilson, Garland, W Ucox, Archer and Slocuiii! 
were appoint ed to draft resolutions of respect to 
the memory ot Hon. Edwin Ib.mmond, deceased 
since the last, meeting of tho Association, andre- 
•KlrpT j. follow, i‘ar, which were unanimously 
w hkrk • ', r,ic N itiotial Wool Growers’ Afso- 
TJSEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC N0TE8 
wood for Water Pipe.—I am an old 
man and have laid many rods of pipe of 
several kinds of wood, that being a part of 
my calling. The durability of pipe depends 
much on the ground. I was once called up¬ 
on to re-lay a line of pine logs, u part of 
which were laid through a swamp; they had 
been laid twenty- 
eight years. The logs 
in the swamp were all 
sound e x c c p t t h c 
Fire-Proof Fence,—Wo find in the 
Philadelphia Press this paragraph .— An ex¬ 
change says that a fire-proof fence can be 
made by following the se directions“ Make 
a wa^h of one part fine sand, aud ono part 
wood ashes, well sifted, and three parts 
HOT-w ATEii Tin, Open. - (See pane 87. 
lime ground up with oil, and mix them well 
together. Apply this to the feuce with a 
brush—the first coat thin, the second thick. 
This adheres to the boards or planks so 
strongly as to resist either an iron tool or 
fire, and is, besides, imp imetrable by wa- 
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