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n(?<'irer Nature's lu-art. Tlio peace, tiie 

 joj', the reverence, that came over my 

 soul, is beyond m_v power to express. 

 Yes, I yot my coveted photographs, and 

 some day I ma_v use them in a maj.,'-a- 

 ziiie article on '"The Passinj;" of the 

 Pine. "■ 



SOIL AND CROPS ('.INSKNO CUI/IURK. 

 But, to return: A larjjfe portion of 



cut u]> into furnace-\Vfx>d. Some two 

 j'ears ag-o, or thereabouts, Mr. Chap- 

 man's s(m bought a tract of wild land 

 just across the road from iiis father's, 

 paying: S4.00 an acre for it. The tim- 

 ber fit for lumber liad been cut. Last 

 winter he was cutting- up what was 

 left into furnace-wcxiil. After paying- 

 for the cutting- and hauling, tiie timber 



HOME-APIAKV OF S. D. CHAPMAN, Manceiona, Mich. 



Mr. Chapman winters his bees in the cellar, and this view was taken in March soon after they 

 were set out. There were still patches of snow in the edges of the woods. From 150 colonies in 1902, 

 Mr. Chapman secured Ji.ooo worth of raspberry honey. In 1903, from 190 colonies, in two apiaries, 

 he secured 23,000 pounds of extracted honey. 



Northern ^lichig-an. that j^ijrtion I am 

 describing-, from Traverse City north 

 to Petoskej', is hard-timber land — the 

 g-randest beeches and maples that I 

 have ever seen — and the g-reater portion 

 of the land is still uncleared. The best 

 of the timber is being- cut for lumber, 

 hen the small and crooked trees are 



was netting- him Slb.OO an acre. Sucli 

 land is now worth about $10.00 an acre. 

 The soil is a sandy loam, which, aided 

 by the cool, moist climate, produces the 

 finest potatoes in the world. No other 

 portion of the country is better adapted 

 to the production of winter apples; and 

 while I am about it, I may as well de- 



