THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



profit even from this standpoint. The 

 possibilities are not generally understood. 



Let us look for a moment at the pro- 

 duce of one good doe. She will produce 

 from four to six litters a yea-; say five, 

 average 8 at a litter; this makes 40. Now, 

 say that one-half of these are does. Four 

 of the first litter will breed at six months 

 of age, or twice during the )-ear, making 

 64. Then the second litter will be old 

 enough to breed once, making 32 more, 

 or 136 in all, the product of one doe. 

 The average weight will be 8 pounds. Is 

 there an}' other food producing animal 

 on earth that can and does multiply its 

 own weight like this? The prices for 

 meat is from 15 to 25 cents per pound, 

 and can be produced at i-6 of that price. 

 Hov.-ever, far more money can be made 

 for a few j-ears in raising fancy imported 

 and pedigreed stock. Take, for instance, 

 this example: We now have an order 

 for ten bred does for December delivery 

 at |2o each, or |2oo. The does to pro- 

 duce these in six months will not cost us 

 over ^75 to 1 100. In two or three months 

 more tliej- will produce a like amount, 

 and so on, and we have the original 

 stock on hand and a lot of bucks that 

 have not entered into the problem. 



Belgian hare culture, compared with 

 that of poultry, is considered much more 

 interesting as well as profitable. They 

 are easier cared for, require smaller runs, 

 there are no vermin to fight, and but 

 little disease if properly cared for. If 

 every farmer would raise them, as they 

 do chickens, for their own use and profit, 

 they would never regret it. Bee-keepers 

 certainly will do well to combine the 

 Belgian hare with their bee industry' for 

 reasons well set forth in your June num- 

 ber by Prof. Cook. 



Realizing that the industry was bound 

 to sweep over the whole country, and 

 that our section and state, as well as sur- 

 rounding states, had not as yet been 

 touched, we concluded to embark in the 

 business and be a pioneer. So we had 

 the Flint Belgian Hare Association or- 

 ganized, composed of five good business 



men, with brains and ample capital to 

 make this the head center of the industry 

 in this section of our great country. To 

 this end we went to Los Angeles, the hub 

 of the industrj' on the coast, procured 

 the services of an expert breeder, who 

 helped me select our foundation stock. I 

 also had the assistance of the president of 

 the Los Angeles Belgian Hare Association, 

 and these gentlemen assure me that our 

 stock is A No. i; nmch belter than the 

 breeders there started with originally. 

 Flint, Mich., July 11, 19:10. 



EDITORIAL 



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The Western Bee-Keeper has been 

 resuscitated and is being published by 

 the Labor Publishing Company, at 2015 

 Twelfth street, Boulder, Colo. Who is 

 the editor is not told. 



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Brace Combs are sometimes attached 

 to the separators, and when the sections 

 are taken out a piece of comb is pulled 

 out. To avoid this trouble, set the super 

 up on end, look through the spaces, and 

 if any brace-combs are seen, cut through 

 them with a sharp, thin knife; giving 

 the knife a sawing motion. This is an- 

 other of those things that I supposed 

 everybody knew, but Mr. J. T. Hairstou 

 writes as though it was ciuite a discovery 

 to him, and, if so, it may be to some 

 others. 



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Michigan seems to be having a good 

 honey flow this year. The western states, 

 like Colorado and Arizona, and those that 

 depend upon alfalfa, are having their 

 usual crop. California is having a very 

 small crop. New York not much. Mis- 

 souri, Wisconsin and Minnesota are not 

 getting much honey. Taking it all in all, 

 the supply of white clover and basswood 

 will be very light this year. I learn this 

 from my own correspondence and from 

 the reports in Gleanings. 



