The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-01-11
HONfYMEN CLOSE A
SUCCESSFUL MEET
Many Interesting Talks are Made
Cooperation of Farmers Against
GrasshOppers is Urged.

The largest and most successful
meeting in the history OF the Honey
Producers association of Idaho closed
Tuesday night with banquet served
by the Model cafe at the Masonic hall,
at which a number of complimentary
and felicitous speeches were made.
DR.. D. P. Albee was postmaster and
responses were made by Messrs. Bow
man, Harper, Stinson. Lee. Beach,
Redfield and last. but not least, by
Mesdames Beach and Stinson.
The probram published in THE
TIMES Tuesday was carried out TO
a letter, except in the case of two
papers where substitutiOns were
made. Instead of the paper "Sweet
Glover as a Profitable Product" by
Elof Nelson of Sunnydell, an inter
esting paper was presented on "Ju-
dicious Increase and Honey the Same
year." by j. c. Mathews of Hansen. II
place of H. B. Weber's paper on
"Technic of Apairy," there was given
a talk on Developing the Market"
by L. A. Coblentz, of Rigby.
OAAlCtio tltNlCu WClC. iCnAQtnl -.
II. Harper, Filler; vice president, J. H.
Stone of Blackfoot; secretary-trea-
surer, f. c. Bowman, Idaho Falls, as
sistant secretary, c. H. Stinson, Twin
Falls; directors. Frank Beach, Bur-
ley, H. o. Newberry, Filler, w. e.
Krupp, Lorenzo L. A. Coblentz. Rig
by, E. E. Logsder, Twin Falls.
Twin Falls generally ships out from
twelve to fifteen cars of comb honey
which is pronounced by the largest
buyers on earth to be the best in the
world. Idaho Falls ships from fif
teen to twenty cars of strained honey
of the finest grade.
The defense of the bee from the
charge of responsibility for fire
blight, by Professor A. C. Brill, state
entomologist, was a feature of the
program, as he avoided the use %
technical expressions and made his
meaning so plain that everyone un-
derstool it. The Investigations OF
Professor Pickett of Illinois with q
pre- e-blosson spray furnished evidence
acquitting the profitable little insec
of the blame
The resolutions specifically men
toned with approval the elucidatioI
of this subject. The discussion O.
the effect of grasshopper spray on thu
health Of the honey bee was treated
by County Agriculturalist W. N
Birch and the discussion proved prof
table to all The bee keepers agreed
that while the use Of the spray fol
the hOppers would necessarily xii
some bees, yet even as bee raisers
they would profit more than they
would lose by the elimination of tkt
pests. The question of reducing tht
use of poisonous spray after bios
soming was discussed. The county
agriculturist suggested the elimina-
ton of the grasshopper by intensive
cultivation in the fall and early spring
with a tooth harrow to tear up The
ground and expose the eggs. He sug-
gested that everyone cooperate in
this so that there would be no fOul
fields in which the insects could
breed and invade the property of 9th
ers. He also suggested spraying be-
fore the blossoming season in clover
and alfalfa so as to kill the youne
| insects.
The resolutions strongly endorsed
the work of the state university in its
experiments and urged the creation
of an extension department for ex-
perimental and educational purposes
and to cooperate in the elimination oi
disease.
The next meeting will be held al
Idaho Falls.