. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. .. ^Ste^eSi^fk-j^- Ordering Oovernment Publications We have received the following relating to the ordering of publications issued by the Government at Washington, D. C.: A mistaken idea seems to have gained cur- rency amorg those making application for Government publications, namely: that the authors of publications should be addressed personally, whereas all requests for such pub- lications as are distributed free by the De- partment of Agriculture should be addressed to the Honorable Secretary of Agriculture; or, in case of special publication
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. .. ^Ste^eSi^fk-j^- Ordering Oovernment Publications We have received the following relating to the ordering of publications issued by the Government at Washington, D. C.: A mistaken idea seems to have gained cur- rency amorg those making application for Government publications, namely: that the authors of publications should be addressed personally, whereas all requests for such pub- lications as are distributed free by the De- partment of Agriculture should be addressed to the Honorable Secretary of Agriculture; or, in case of special publications, to the chief of the bureau under whose direction the publication was prepared. Those apicultural bulletins which may be distributed free can be obtained by addressing letters: Bureau of Efitomohfjy, adding the words Apiculture and also Cniled .'States Department vf Agriculture, Publications to which a price has beeo at- tached should be obtained directly from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing office, Washington, D. C. Frank Bbnton. Educating Consumers on Honey We have often urged our readers to write something on honey and its value as a food, for their local newspapers. Quite a number have done so, and have sent us copies after publication. Dr. F. D. Clum, of Columbia Co., N. Y., has done something in this line, and wrote us as follows concerning it, under dale of Jan. 4, I'JOT: Editor York:—It may interest you to learn that the largest and most successful apiarist in this county is Mr. James McNeill. He owns nearly .500 colonies of bees, nearly 200 of which he has in an out-apiary on my land. In supplying the local trade with honey it was found that the great majority of people knew so little about it that they raised "a great hue and cry" about the honey being Impure, because it granulated from effects of cold. To counteract this, I wrote a few sim- ple facts regarding honey, which the editor of our leading county paper gladly published, fre
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