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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



and grow so rank as when the brush, 

 tree tops, log's, etc., acted as a sort of 

 mulch. After the saw logs have been 

 cut on a tract, there is more or less of 

 small timber left, and this shades the 

 ground to a great extent, and greatly 

 improves the raspberry pasturage — 

 promotes a more rank growth, and 

 prolongs the time of bloom. In some 

 sections the small and crooked trees 



the undergrowth will come up and run 

 out the berries. 



RASPBERRIES NOT A PERMANENT 

 PASTURE. 



It will be seen that raspberries are 

 not a permanent source of supply, like 

 white clover. A large share of this 

 part of the State is still covered with 

 hard timber, but it is being lumbered 



Poor Raspberry Pasturage. 



Been burned over, and no shade. 



are cut off for wood to use in making 

 wood alcohol and charcoal, and the 

 berry bushes here are of less vigorous 

 growth, but they bloom earlier. In 

 such localities, the June grass is more 

 likely to come in and choke out the 

 berries. Let the location be what it 

 may, it is only a question of time when 



off at a great rate, and a man located 

 here would be able, by shifting about, 

 to have apiaries in just the right kind 

 of locations. We saw locations that 

 had passed their prime, others that 

 were right in their "glory," so to 

 speak, and still others were lumbered 

 off only last winter. 



