Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-31

A ranxss Who Got Queen I.
Taste American w...ape

= xanxes Who Got Queen
taste American xscts.-
N. x. Sun. -while oaGio,,,.
greatest bee-ranching or housv..9
region in the world, owing &
cellence OF its climate and N.
varic.yo Of its honey yielding A..
quality Of its honey does not =. \
If it equals. that Of the honss
New York State" said a larsa ~
sale dealer. s0 "
"One of the most extensive II
turists in this or any othey
he continued, "is captain Hstba.a
whose apiaries along the Cbssss
Greek, in Schohariie Comfy
turn out over 100, 900 ponnd. aa
choicest honey. II takes nina
two steam saw mills 6ya
prepare the lumber for the h'a
which the honey is made Nv S's
Nearly l6e 900 panes Of glass
inches square, are used IN TIA
Captain Hetherington has Il ro.'.
season nearly $500 swarms
These are not all on his own 49,.
but are scattered among tia
and fields of farmers alongthe .,sI
whom me pays q rent for the ss;,s
OF his bees working in the eloss, i
wheat, or whatever blossoms Ara
son on the farms. The care
bees does not fall ON the owns, y
land. Captain Hetherington issos
and teams constantly employed Iras
out for them. He has received Z
as $4,000 for one seasons cron-
Another large York State ~
or rs o. ID. Isham, OF Peoria ~
1879 there was no market in Falj
for American honey. The EnQlish ~
ers would not handle il, and M -
icals devoted to the interests
keepers in that country cried ii a0.s
every possible way. The reason Il,
was that they knew the superjor,s
American honey, both in flavor an
pearance, over the British artiels
lei aware that il 1t was once 4.
duced in London it would be 4 =.
blow to the trade in the home su,s,
There; was asmart Yankee NAMED
working for a grocery in this city NJ
he assured his employers that Il NJ
would give him the commissioa n
would manage to place American 49,
on the English market. A large n ;
Isham's honey, which the firm was n
handling, was packed Just as il ~
from the hives, and Hoge was sent \
London with il. He found he red
all his Yankee ingenuity and acusDm|
for he met with universal oppO7
among the dealers. He labord "
them for weeks, 10 40 purpose. In csl
versation one day with the proprs,
Of the hotel at which he stopped. {
latter told Hoge that il he could mars
to have his honey introduced on &
table Of Queen Yictora it would ID
the problem at once, for il she \
pleased with it she would eommunirs
to Hogo through the Lord stesaA
This communication once made pals
would make American honey the iashn
in England.
GA former Lord Steward was a ina
of the hotel keeper, and was at thss5s
engaged largely in the manufacture 4
sale Of pickles. This man the landa
introduced TO Hoge. They diDed /
gether. Hoge gave the pickle man
immense order for his goods, to be "a
to the American grocer. Mors vi
followed. and before the ex-Lord Ste
ard went away he promised to use /
influence to have the American hcs
introduced on the royal table. He \
ceeded in inducing the then Lord 81
ard, Sir John Coweli, to accept ID
Of the honey for the Queen, and
serve it on her table. The Queen i
so delighted with the honey that
directed the Lord Steward to pres
her thanks to the donor, to orderas
ply of ten eases at once, and 10 h
American honey constantly on the !
al table.
"Hoge lost n % time in making
communication public. The con
quence was that the opinion Of Aml
can honey changed at once, and y
came back to New York-secretly Ian
ing at the Britishers, but rejoicing .
ali order for half q million pound
Americans honey for tho English ma
cts, which hecarrica in his pockes
demand for 10 has increased ever 81
and the tradethat was started IN
York state honey is now largely ss
in by the California groduct."