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Title: American bee journal
Identifier: americanbeejourn5657hami (find matches)
Year: 1861 (1860s)
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Subjects: Bee culture; Bees
Publisher: (Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons)
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1917 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 61 of food consumed on the farm, how much per family and per person, and how much of this food is produced at home, how much purchased. The survey covered a total of 1)50 families in 14 different States. The States were Vermont, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas, North Dakota and California. The four leading States in consump- tion per capita were North Dakota 3.2 pounds, Texas 2 8 pounds. New York 2.7 pounds, and Wisconsin 2 pounds. Those consuming the least were Ver- mont with .2 pound. New Jersey .3 pound, Pennsylvania .4 pound, and California .7 pound. About 57 percent of the honey used on these farms was home produced, the balance was bought. If these figures argue for anything,
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Mrs. Sexton's Apiarv in California it is for the development of home mar- kets by the average beekeeper. We have been, for years, expecting the big cities to use our surplus honey, when in fact many of us might profitably have exerted more effort in seeing that our farmer friends had enough honey to supply them. A little over three pounds as the annual consumption of a person is little enough, especially when com- pared to 80 pounds and more of sugar. Can we not quadruple this consumption by well directed efforts ? A Peculiar Accident The Nucla In- dependent (Colorado) records in one of its recent numbers a very sad and peculiar accident causing the death of Mr. F. W. Huntley, a large and well known beekeeper of that section. Mr. Huntley was accompanying sev- eral loads of honey to the railroad sta- tion of his nearest town. While going up a steep hill, both teams broke loose from their load, the wagon backing down and over Mr. Huntley, who was in the rear of the loaded wagon. Death was instantaneous. Southern Minnesota Meeting The annual convention of the Southeastern Minnesota and Western Wisconsin Beekeepers' Association will be held at Winona, Minn., in the Court House on Feb. 27 and 28. O. S. Holland, Sec. Pennsylvania Convention. — The an- nual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Beekeepers' .Association will be held in the Capitol Building, Harrisburg, March 2 and 3. An interesting pro- gram is in preparation. H. C. Klinger, Sec.-lreas. The National Meeting. ^ The annual meeting of the National Beekeepers' Association will be held at the State Capitol at Madison, Wis., on Feb. 6, 7, and 8. The address of welcome is to be given by N. E. France, for many years General Manager of the associa- tion. The following men have been invited to address the meeting, and a large majority of them will be in attendance: Dr. C. C. Miller, Dr. E. F. Phillips, E. R- Root, C. P. Dadant, Morley Pettit, Dr. S. A. Jones, Geo. W. Williams, Dr. L. C. Leonard, Dr. W. M. Copenhaver, Frank C. Pellett, Prof. F. Eric Millen, E. D. Townsend, Wesley Foster, E. S. Miller, Hamlin B. Miller, Louis H. Scholl, J. D. Bixby, E. J. Baxter, Rev. Francis Jager. The topics which will be touched upon by the speakers are such as are of especial importance to the beekeeping fraternity, and are such subjects as will have to be taken up by the National to make it of most value. They are as follows: State and government aid for bee- keeping industry. Educational, research, and extension work. Production and overproduction of honey. Comb and extracted honey. National bee census. State fairs and exhibits. Honey and commerce. Competitors and enemies of honey industry. Standards of grading, packing, ship- ping, and others. Advertising and increasing consump- tion of honey. Containers. Freight and express, imports and exports. Honey statistics, quotations, distri- bution of reports. Supply and demand, the " bear " and "bull" in the honey market. Efficient protective system for Ameri- can beekeepers. Necessity of a National central office. Plans and policies to make the Na- tional a powerful agency for success. A BETTER COMBINATION When one neighbor raises flowers, And another chickens. Oft they fight like irate powers. Daily raise the dickens. Neighbors ought to strive to please. Folks should not be scrappy. Better make it flowers and bees And be truly happy. —Louisville fournal. California Meeting.^California's State Beekeepers' Association will meet in the Exposition Hall of the State Expo- sition Park in Los Angeles Feb. 16 and 17. There should be a large attendance

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