New York State Bee Inspector
Was Injured at Hicks 

While Wheeler D. Wright of Altamont and a party of bee inspectors were making an examination of an apiary at Hicks, Chemung county, they were set upon by the owner of the yard, who inflicted serious injuries on them. Mr. Wright sustained a broken arm, which will incapacitate him from work for several weeks.
The following letter from Mr. Wright is self-explanatory: 

Editor Altamont Enterprise:
Dear Sir - 

In reply to your request for information in regard to my injury, will say that on Oct. 22nd, several special bee inspectors in company with me visited the apiary of Abner Westbrook, located at Hicks, in Northern Eastern Chemung County, for the purpose of fulfilling the provisions of the Farms and Markets law pertaining to bee diseases. We had just finished our work of cleaning up the apiary, when the owner, who had been absent until this time, appeared on the scene and releasing a volley of oaths, grabbed a pole and flourishing same behind us ordered us to get off his premises, then, as this appeared to be too tame for the brute, he followed it up and applied the pole to our persons as we were leaving, striking Mr. Will H. Wolford of Schoharie, on his left arm, breaking same; then gave me a wallop on my left arm, breaking it above the elbow. No resistance was offered. We drove two miles over hilly dirt roads to a physician residing at Van Etten, to have the wounded member set. 

W. D. WRIGHT 

State Bee Inspector. 

VILLAGE NOTES 

Officials of the State Department of Health were here this week taking samples of Altamont’s water supply, and of the water discharged from the village sewage disposal plant. The samples were taken to the department’s laboratories, where tests will be made, the results of which should be interesting to our residents. The Altamont water supply has been very muddy for several weeks. 

DAIRY TRAIN TO BE AT 

GUILDERLAND CTR. 

A Dairy demonstration train demonstrating the economical production of milk and dairy products will make an all day stop at Guilderland Center on November 5. This demonstration train is conducted by the Agricultural Relations Department of the New York Central Railroad cooperating with half a dozen farmers’ organizations, among which are the Dairymen’s League and the Albany County Farm Bureau. 

On this train in addition to other cars there will be carried two cars of animals including three representative cows with official records. These three animals are similar in appearance, age, and period of lactation, and all appear to be good, but one is decidedly a “boarder,” the 2nd an average producer and the 3rd distinctly better than the average. Audiences will be asked to examine and place these cows, after which their actual record in amount of milk will be announced. Farmers will be interested in this guessing contest. If past experience may be used as a guide, a great many people will guess wrong, showing the need of using milk scales. 

The train will be open from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. 

The exhibits do not seek to encourage the spending of money for fancy equipment and the like, but rather to eliminate the poor cow and handle feeding and breeding economically.