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THE BHE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



from the apiary, one cart being loaded in 

 the apiary while the other is extracted in 

 the honey-house. 



The capping box should be large enough 

 to hold all the cappings from one extract- 

 ing, to give time for the cappings to 

 drain dry before the apiary is ready to ex- 

 tract again. Bingham honev-knives, 

 kept clean in cold water, are the best to 

 uncap the honey until vse get a power- 

 driven machine that will uncap both sides 

 at one operation. 



I use smokers with a 4 inch fire tube. 



Plenty of tank room is neceFsary to 

 give the honey time to settle and become 

 clear and sparkling before it is put into 

 cans and barrels, and to prevent delay in 

 extracting, by having to \\ait for cans or 

 barrels to put the honev in. 



Having a field and apiaries, with ma- 

 chinery to run them, and a good system 

 of management, we will now consider the 

 marketing of the crop. 



If the cost of producing a pound of 

 honey is 4 cents, it is easy to see that the 

 man who is obliged to sell all of his 

 honey at 4 cents will soon conclude that 

 bees don't pay and get out of the busi- 

 ness. To make money, he must be able 

 to hold his honey until the market price 

 rises, for every cent he makes is in the 

 difference between the cost of production 

 and the price at which he sells. Organi- 

 zation undoubtedly helps to hold up 

 prices The organ izntion of the California 

 National Honey-Producers' Association, 

 together with a medium crop instead of a 

 full crop, as was expected earlv in the 

 season, has kept the honey market from 

 going to pieces in California this year; 

 but organized weakness is not strength — 

 it is only a bluflf. The Steel Trust has 

 been considered a pretty strong organi- 

 zation, and yet it has not been able to 

 prevent a depreciation of its stock to the 

 extent of over 1:300,000,000 in the last 

 few months. Why has this thing hap- 

 pened? Too many of its members had to 

 have money, and steel stock had to be 

 sacrificed to get it. 



When the holders of any stock or com- 

 modity are financially weak, the price of 

 that stock or commodity is bound to fall; 

 but when they aro all strong the price is 

 equally sure to rise. 



When a large crop of honey is harvest- 

 ed, the bee-keepers, or a large majority of 

 them, are financially weak, and while 

 they are making sacrifices of their honey 

 to get money the price is bound to rule 

 lov/; but their honey, when sold, goes 

 into the hands of strong men, and soon 

 the price begins to rise. If you have 

 money to live on, and no debts to pay, 



just wait until it gets to the highest price, 

 then sell. 



You see how it is: Get a good location, 

 with good working facilities, secure the 

 best of stock, keep enough bees, have the 

 best of hives and implements, and pay 

 attention to the marketings — ^to the busi- 

 ness features. Simple, isn't it? Then 

 why don't you do it that way? 



MASTERING MOODS. 



Thousands of People, who Never Amount to 



Much, Could Do the Work of Giants if 



They Could Only Conquer Their Moods. 



There is no magazine published in this 

 count! y that I take more pleasure in 

 recommending than I do "Success." I 

 wish every reader of the Review was a 

 subscriber to that journal. One of the 

 greatest factors in a man's success is the 

 condition of his mind. If he can keep 

 himself cheerful, happv, hopeful, cour- 

 ageous, success is almost surely his. 

 "Success" teaches how this may be done; 

 shows how a man can master those fits of 

 "blues" or anger, or despondency, and 

 become master of himself. The October 

 issue contains such an excellent article 

 on this very subject that I take pleasure 

 in copying it. I am sure that its perusal 

 will help my readers, and, at the same 

 time, give them a little insight into the 

 character of "Success." Here is the 

 article: 



Pascal says that "the whole dignity of 

 man is in thought," and that "his whole 

 duty is to think correctly." This is a 

 sweeping statement, and yet every word 

 or act of ours is simply the expression of 

 a thought. Unless we learn to think cor- 

 rectly, therefore, life nmst be a failure. 

 Instead of being the dignified, happy and 

 beautiful thing that the Creator meant it 

 to be, it will be mean, unhappy, unlovely 

 and unsuccessful. 



The very first condition necessary to 

 make life yield all its possibilities is 

 health — that abounding vitalit)' and vigor 

 of mind and body which make living joy- 

 ous — and health is dependent upon cor- 

 rect thought. Every function, every 

 nerve cell, every organ in the body is 



