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this subject was to be found in the 
November issue of "Wisconsin Bee- 
keeping' 
   One of the most interesting talks on 
the program was presented by Mr. A. 
E. Wolkow, of Hartford, Wisconsin. 
Mr. Wolkow, after a great deal of 
work and experimentation, has suc- 
ceded in perfecting a new method of 
wiring frames. Mr. Wolkow has con- 
sented to write an article for "Wis- 
consin  Beekeeping", describing   this 
process. 
   Mr. Joseph M. Barr, then discussed 
 
the matter of County Honey Exhibits 
at the State Fair and expressed- the 
opinion that a small committee of the 
Association members should be ap- 
pointed to receive criticisms and sug- 
gestions for the improvement of pres- 
ent conditions.   It was Mr. Barr's 
opinion   that the  State Association 
should take charge of the county ex- 
hibits, but no member of the Asso- 
ciation exhibiting at the State Fair 
should be allowed to serve on this 
committee. Mr. Barr further expres- 
sed his belief that a number of changes 
needed to be made, but that they 
should be slowly and carefully ar- 
ranged so that the county exhibits .at 
the State Fair would become an act- 
ual part of the work of the State 
Association. 
    Mr. James Gwin, Superintendent 
 of the Bee and Honey Exhibits at the 
 State Fair, expressed a desire for the 
 opinions of the members present on 
 this matter.  In this connection, he 
 said, "I want to assure Mr. Barr and 
 the State Beekeepers' Association that 
 I am not going to make any radical 
 -changes in this matter, because there 
 is too much room for it. I propose 
 to go at the change slowly. I know 
 that those county exhibits the past 
 year were not all germane and legal, 
 but rather than to disrupt the thing, 
 we let them slide through,. I have ap- 
 pealed to the State Association, and 
 asked members to work through the 
 
 
State Asso.a#ion.    Let's have real 
county exhibits, so that we can have 
a fair representation at the Fair. There 
needs to be several changes in the 
.wording of premiums.    Some of the 
regulations really contradict each other, 
and I don't want to go ahead and 
make all the changes on my own in- 
itiative. I want to make some changes 
at the request of the exhibitors and 
the State Association. I have two sets 
of people with different ideas to con- 
tend with, and I hope you will bear 
with me in this matter, for I am sure 
that within the course of two or three 
years, we are going to have the prem- 
ium list arranged so that we will know 
where we are going. I appreciate hav- 
ing Mr. Barr enter this criticism". 
   Mr. Barr then made the following 
 motion,   which   was   seconded-"I 
 move that Mr. Seefeldt appoint a com- 
 mittee of three, this committee to make 
 recommendations to the next annual 
 meeting for the improvement of the 
 county exhibits at the State Fair." 
 This motion was lost, but on a mo- 
 tion to reconsider it, was passed. 
    The meeting adjourned    at 4:30, 
 with an attendance during the after- 
 noon of 70. 
    A meeting of the Board of Man- 
 agers was called at 4:45 P.M.    The 
 nine delegates who attended Wednes- 
 day   evening's session were present, 
 with Mr. Wilson and Miss Weiden- 
 kopf. There being no further business 
 for the Board of Managers to transact, 
 the Secretary was excused, and the 
 Board of Managers acted as the Nom- 
 inating Comrmittee, with Mr. Win. 
 Sass as Chairman of the Committee 
 and Miss Weidenkopf as Secretary. A 
 report of this committee will be in- 
 cluded in the minutes of the regular 
 business session on Friday. 
 THURSDAY EVENING--THE BANQUET 
    This year's banquet was as fine as 
  any that we have ever had, although 
  the attendance was quite small. Three 
  of our largest continents were brought 
 
 
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