. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. rae icMERicKP* mum jouMMmiL. 505. -^ > HY_ ti THO S. G. NKWMAN &. SON, rHICAtJO. [ ^ I XHOmAS G. WE^VIUAW, EDITOR. Vol. mi, Sept. 6,1890, No. 36, Dr. A. B. Mason is to award the Premiums at the Michigan State Fair in the Honey and Vegetable Department. He is an expert in these lines, and will do creditable work. Xlie Anard of the Premiums^ at the Detroit Exposition gave universal sat- i-sfaetion to all the exhibitors. It is a pleas- ure to act as " judge " for such an intelli- gent and agreeable body of exhibitors as w
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. rae icMERicKP* mum jouMMmiL. 505. -^ > HY_ ti THO S. G. NKWMAN &. SON, rHICAtJO. [ ^ I XHOmAS G. WE^VIUAW, EDITOR. Vol. mi, Sept. 6,1890, No. 36, Dr. A. B. Mason is to award the Premiums at the Michigan State Fair in the Honey and Vegetable Department. He is an expert in these lines, and will do creditable work. Xlie Anard of the Premiums^ at the Detroit Exposition gave universal sat- i-sfaetion to all the exhibitors. It is a pleas- ure to act as " judge " for such an intelli- gent and agreeable body of exhibitors as were there. !!$tate Fair will be held in Toledo, O., from Sept. 8 to 13, 1890. We regret to notice that the Premiums in the Apiarian Department have been cut down to *60. Last year, and, indeed, for several years quite liberal Premiums have been offered. This will necessarily cut down the exhibits very much. It is very poor policy to do this, but we understand that the "Management" has gone into other hands—and, we might add, into greener hands, in more ways than one. They will likely see their mistake as the years roll on. What a contrast is presented between the Premiums at Toledo and Detroit—the latter are over $500—nearly ten times the amount of the aggregate Premiums at Toledo. Dr. A. B. Mason is the Superin- tendent at Toledo, but is in no way respon- sible for the cut in Premiums. Xlie I'^ttiior having agreed to serve as judge at the Detroit Fair and Expostion, in the Apiary Department, concluded to go to Ohio and visit relatives for a few days, returning by the way of Detroit, and make a short visit to some beekeepers that might be on the route, as circumstances permitted. At Medina, Ohio, we stopped over a train to call on our friend and co laborer, Mr. A. I. Root. We found him busy, as usual, in the management of his larje manufacturing establishment and bee- keepers' suppjy bouse. His son-in-law, Mr. John Calvert, showed us all over the premises, and a
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