Nf \ V 1 , 1915 



371 



tif the nectar; aiul, while I lie seasons nmsl 

 be somewhat short or tlian those further 

 south, the (lays are hiiiger and warmer than 

 one would think for this latitude. It does 

 not get dark until 9:30 or 10 o'clock here 

 in tlie summer season, 1 am told, and that 

 makes for a long growing season. 



jMontana is a rapidly developing state, 

 and is destined to liave a bright future. 

 Kvery one seems to be doing well. Wages 

 are high, and living also. Shaves are 25 

 cts. ileals at the i-estaurants and hotels are 

 generally 50 cts. Nothing less than 10-cent 

 cigars are sold, and pennies are not used in 

 this slate. 1 have not seen any except those 

 I carried into Montaiui in my pocket. 



Honey production is only in its infancy 

 in tins state, and it is bound to increase. 

 Cattle and sheep are raised by the thousands, 

 and the alfalfa grown finds a ready market 

 for feeding purposes. Alfalfa will for a 

 long time be the principal farm crop. Su- 

 gar beets, potatoes, grain, etc., are grown, 

 Ijut alfalfa is king. The river bottoms 

 sliuw that sweet clover is taking them with 

 •gratifying speed. 



I mentioned tliat alfalfa and sweet clover 

 turnish tlie surplus in Montana. Since 

 writing this I have learned that alsike and 

 white clover also furnish considerable hon- 

 ey in some of the valleys. While in Boze- 

 man, I'rof. K. A. Cooley, State Entomolo- 

 gist, gave me an opportunity to sample 

 some of his comb honey which had a very 

 pronounced flavor of alsike. Prof. Cooley 

 is a beekeeper, and has a son he intends to 

 train for a beeman. 



BEEKEEPING IN WYOMING. 



Four main districts in Wyoming produce 

 honey. Since the develo])ment has not as 

 vet been cari-ied verv far, the total honev- 



Street scene in Worland, Wyominer, one of the towns 

 in the Big Hum Uasrn. 



'>r, KiiinMihafer, pn'siJeiit of tlie Montana 

 Beeket'peis' Association. 



producing possibilities can hardly be esti- 

 mated. Most beekeepers are probably to be 

 found under the Shoshone project in north- 

 western Wyoming in the lower Big Horn 

 Basin. Ralston and Powell are the centers. 

 Several cars of honey are now shipped from 

 this district. The other 

 important district is 

 l)robably around Lau- 

 der ill southern and 

 ceiilial Wyoming. Sev- 

 eral cars of extracted 

 honey are produced 

 there annually. The 

 district in which 

 Wheatland is the cen- 

 ter has been a honey- 

 producing district for 

 .some time, but does 

 not produce as white a 

 (|iuility of honey as 

 formerly. One of the 

 disadvantages of this 

 country aroundWheat- 

 land is a wind which 

 blows all the time, ac- 



