Feb. 15. 1912 



liert^ll. Masters in liis bee-yard at Kdison, Ohio. 

 which.he leaves onfall summer. 



Mr. Masters now has winter cases on all his hives, 



BEES, CHICKENS, AND DUCKS GO WELL TO- 

 GETHER. 



BY BEKT H. MASTERS. 



In my experiment with chickens, ducks, 

 and bees, I find that success depends large- 

 ly upon the amount of care taken. I have 

 always been successful; and, since I can not 

 supply our regular trade with honey, eggs, 

 and poultry, I am arranging this year to in- 

 crease my apiary to 75 or 100 colonies, and 

 to double my poultry business. My inten- 

 tion is to keep only the best stock. 



My two boys are wonderfully interested 

 in G LEANINGS, and are storing away in their 

 minds every thing pertaining to bees and 

 poultry that they can get hold of. I intend 

 to give them full charge of the yards this 

 year to try them out. 



The boys insist that I mention a little 

 egg-basket which has been in daily use for 

 a period of 38 years. It belonged to their 

 great-great-grandparents, and it holds six 

 dozen eggs. We have just laid it aside to be 

 kept as a relic. It has averaged three trips to 

 market per week for 38 years. If you take 

 your pencil and figure this out, you will be 

 surprised at the number of eggs that this 

 basket has carried. I do not know the ave- 

 rage price during all this time, but I believe 

 it has been about 15 cts. 



I have discovered a great remedy for mil- 

 lers and moths, and I have been much in- 

 terested in watching the practical demon- 

 strations of my discovery. I put my eighty 

 Indian Runner ducks in my bee-yard one 

 evening when the millers were quite bad, 

 and the ducks were victors in a very short 

 time. I am confident that they prevented 



Some of I'.ert II. Master's chickens at Kdison, Ohio, 

 and bees go well together. 



He linds that chickens, ducks. 



