The Republican journal., 1886-02-11
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
rHE BEE kEErENs' ASSOCIATION.


llutchin> Treasurer, W. II. Norton; Vice
Presidents, AndrOscoggin county, l.. +. Abbott;
ArooStook. [. F. BlaisCell; Cumberland, A. j.
Chase; Hancock, A. b. Herrick kenncbec, |.
+. Plumncr; Lincoln, ). X. &. Troycros>;
oxford. Julius Fuller; Pi>cataquiS Lucen
French: Pcnobscot. ". Chapman: Somerset,
Wm. Hoyt; Waldo, Benz. Ames
Jonathan Pike, of LiScrmOre Falls, John
Reynolds. of Clinton, and F. +. Graves, of Wa
teryille, Were appointeda> Il committee to make
arrangements with the officers of the State Az
ricultural Society for an exhibit of bees, honey
and apiarian implements at the next State
Fair
J. b. Mason, Isaac Hutchins and L. f. Alb
bot Were chosen a committee TO make ar
engagements for the next meeting to be held at
Mechanic Falls i'll January. 1881. +. Q. Addi-
ton. W. ii. Norton and +. +. Graves We're al-
pointed a committee 10 use and decide upon the
merits OF The different reversible frame attach
mynt>.
From the report of the secretary the follow
Ing statistics We're taken:
Number Of persons engaged in Bookkeeping
in The state. TWO thousand three hundred and
sixty: number Of colonies of bees in the spring
OF lSSj. thirteen hundred and nimetN-thrre:
number in The tall of 1856, II, enty-tWo thous-
and five hundred and ninety number of
pounds of honey taken during the season of
lSSl. three hundred and eighIN-four thousand
five hundrodau three. or one hundred and nine
ty-tWo and omp-fourth tons: number of pounds
of WAN taken. three thousand three hundredAnd
four; value OF bees IN the state at the present
tlme. lntiudlnE hlNe> ana llNiure>. Two hundred
and twenty-five thousand nine hundred and
seventy dollars: value of the honey crop of
1880 at fifteen cents per pound, tifty-scyen
thousand six hundred and >cvcnty-ive dollars
and forty cents value OF WAY at thirty cents
per pound. mne hundred and nntt\-one dol
lars and twenty cents; making the total value
of the product Of the busy bee IN the state dur
me the past year. fifty-elght thousand siN hun
dred and siXty-tyc cents.
There are about two hundred towns IN the
State in which no bees are kept. There are
twenty-five persons engaged III hee-keeping IN
tht town OF Dexter; seventeen III oxford Az!
colonies of bee, in rbr Town Of caribou. two
huhHrfd IN fQEihd' ana one huhlr't 'n' >IAll
III 'Iuil'''',i WHY ' 'ii1,>,t ; Io''.i,t
money l''t w iii' w .! ~ l'"u' IVY
liIpu>dild Two i'.tii,li Iu 49, my IN l'"h' ana
ui"e Ino"Nalu ~ "laiu tifi i't>t NeASoh'
ne interest," Of he'-he'lll7 II VIII
V"vh Nu''tt'''i- SLI 4i>9 'it "a NV III
gilllns 'o NO" l,,l-r ~ ,lig
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md SIIIAL ITEMS.
Tb. ArooStooL Herald >ay,. With FREIGHT
in not,tor, N u III r,.ut. a'luI,bel from hUrl
+o Roo-on. if costs = cent, 81 barrel for FIRMS
iol1ation. If r.,1.tor, are worth 80 cent, h
iu,hI Ia Ro.t,, .,ti,i Former. ,t II b ba,r,i
here if leaves ~ cent. or "a ittI. more than
" - cent, i bIl>hrl far commissions. rxn.n>r,
and Irntit>
M. Krnucbnc Tournal ,avs. one of the most
successful ncultry kr,prI.> in town i, Mrs. :.
W Lane She h3, flock of 50 hens at fine
urcSrut time and bull,c, of m arnroyed pattrrn
fnr th,ir o.cIusncy The fowl, excel i'm eos,
production. Mrs. Edward t,ritfn Of this ctV
al.n rhoru,Isl,Iv understands hon rulture *
result. show Dnring thr mouth of January
her tIork Of a hens Ind 1.012 COS. for which
She foun1 a GOOD marLrt
Thr phiiIin. phnnn.er.,,,b mention. thos,.
heavy wool eroypr. in Franklin count, John
Oliver l055 noupd> II Bradbr,~- Inj-- p.1IudS
Unvry Iiilktnnrv sea nnuni. Ho.rot Dyar,
1000 6ounds. ToIji. pyar. 1N35uoind,. Of Frre-
1non Dennis I, CIarl. 40,a nnu,,d. lame. T
Skillin~s 400 nounds Sila. Rurhamk so
nnmnI Z !; IJitrbro,t -o0 ,,o1,nI nf
Stron%: :, Look. Jr. g6s pounds. : ". Look.
IAN monnd. / N.,1aiu -no ,n,m'I. nf Nv
VineL.rJ
Iit b'Nl"N bANV' hi'
The banquet rendered the Executive Com
mttce of the Legislative Reunion. by j. W.
johnson Co.. Of the Quincy House, WedneS-
day evening FEB. j was most magnificent
affair. The banquet room was a bower Of
he .jnf pt hq, Ida no