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a drive I At one place- the road passed 

 throuf^h several acres of willow herb 

 that was just beg^iniiing to show its 

 first purple blossoms, and Elmer said 

 he should bring- a few colonies here to 

 see what would be the result. Then I 

 must not forj^et the dinner eaten under 

 the shade of the hemlock, and washed 

 down with water from a spring- brook 

 that rushed iind tumbled within sound 

 of our ears. I have heard of grand- 

 mothers making^ stocking-s for their 

 grandchildren, and knitting- /ove into 

 every stitch, and I wish that those who 

 eat the honey that we are producing' 



TKANSFOKMINO A ].OC, SHANTY INTO A 

 NKAT, RUSTIC HON ICY HOUSK. 



We worked in this yard one day, 

 extracting- from the colonies that were 

 the worst crowded for room, then 

 Elmer went to Lake City after cans 

 and three pairs of platform scales— one 

 for each apiary — while two of his boys 

 and myself went to work to rig^ up an 

 old log- shanty for a honey house at the 

 home yard — Pioneer. It was a log- 

 shanty, the roof leaked, and the floor 

 was partly g-one, and the planks 

 broken, and it had no door hung-, nor 



A Glimpse of the Manistee River. 



This is the most famous trout stream in th. workl. and «c drive alonff its hig^h banks in troing to the 



Sout I Boardman yard. 



could also see the blue sky and fleecy 

 clouds that were overhead, hear the 

 song- of the brook and the birds, and 

 inhale the sweet wi/d aroma that loaded 

 the air; I wish that all of these delights 

 that thrilled me through and through 

 could be stored up in the honey. 



any windows in the window holes. 

 First we covered the roof with tarred 

 felt. Then we took everything- out, 

 and pulled up the floor and carried 

 that out, and smoothed ofl" the surface 

 with a hoe, then wheeled in several 

 loads of clean, white sand, and covered 



