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Mrs. Kennedy. We make from eighty-five to a hundred gal- 

 lons a day. We don't run it in the evening. By getting up 

 early we can make a hundred gallons in a day, easily. » 



Mr. Wilcox. It is perhaps a proper time to make a comparison. 

 I would like to call upon Mr. Danforth to tell us the results of 

 " cultivating " and caring for his bees. 



Mrs. Kennedy. I would like to make one further remark. 

 I heard a gentleman say that he didn't think Amber cane and 

 horticulture would run very smooth together. But I want to tell 

 you that a mulching made from the cane is the nicest mulch in 

 the world, and I think it just fits in nicely. (Laughter.) 



Mr. Kenney. I remember that I set out some Wealthy apple 

 trees and mulched them thoroughly with the Amber cane and I 

 got a bushel of apples from some of those trees, without any fur- 

 ther attention. 



Col. Stevens. Do you mean by using the begasse as a mulch- 

 ing? 



Mr. Kenney. Yes; when I set out the young trees. The be- 

 gasse from the Amber cane was put around the trees to mulch 

 the ground. I guess the trees bore themselves to death for I 

 haven't had any apples since. (Laughter.) 



REMARKS OF ME. DANFORTH. 



Mr. Danforth. I am sorry to be called upon to speak upon 

 the bee question because I am an amateur. I am not entirely in 

 the bee business ; I am in the civil engineering ; for since I came 

 to Minnesota I see so many chances for people to make money 

 that I like to dabble in everything. I have too many other 

 things perhaps. I spoke here last year but I haven' t been at home 

 but six days to call it being at home since. I depend upon my 

 wife to take care of the bees and some Swede help. 



Last spring we took out 35 or 36 colonies of bees. I said if 

 anybody wanted them at $6 a swarm they should have them as I 

 wanted to reduce my stock to 15 or 20 swarms. We sold some 

 and put the rest to work. 



To make a long story short I will give you some of the results; 

 that is what everybody wants to know. I have tried a little 

 sorghum. We have tried to raise a few raspberries; we have 

 some dewberries too. But they are not very profitable any of 

 them except these thirty-six colonies of bees. I have different 

 hives; I have the Simplicity, the Langstroth, and a good many 



