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THE AMKRICAN BEE-KEEPER 



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that particular hive had begun to ac- 

 c\unuhite conaiderable houey. For 

 about a week they piled up honey in 

 good shape. There they stopped as 

 suddenly as they be^an. Now, a shorl: 

 tiuie before this I had examined my 

 hives thort)ughly and in no one of them 

 was there over five pounds of houey, 

 and upon looking' them over after my 

 frlass hive had been nearly filled, 1 

 found all of the hives In fair condi- 

 tion, rccarding stores. 



Now, all they got, practically speak- 

 ing, was olitained in one week, and 

 that after the first heavy frost. They 

 have obtained noue since, and I con- 

 gratulate myself and them upon their 

 and niy own good fortunes. 



I consider this case very luiusual, so 

 report it to you. 



This has been an unusually poor sea- 

 son iu this' locality. Very truly, 



■Jacob W. Small. 





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folks IS a gottui" It m the nock these 

 days. The Natl. g-nve them a tough 

 swat, the Rocky Mt. .Tournal has let 

 ^ome of thfe boys shout "supply tiiisf 

 aud Bro. Atwater and Bro. Tliompson 

 l)e a-condemniiig new-fangled fixtures. 

 Wow! but there be stormy times ahead 

 for the poor supply folks. Even the 

 editor of the Review has begun to urge 

 the boys to make their own hives and 



■silCli. 



Just .log W Z.'s thinker and whisper 

 a stage whisper and say, •'Specializa- 

 tion." Ask him how lie expects we'uus 

 to specialize Honey Production a few 



Dear Bro. Hill: Uidst thou ever months, specialize selling a few months, 



hear the old ballad that went 



bal- 



specialize manufacturing some more 

 months, specialize vacations a l)it and 

 specialize et ceteras a bit. I sort of 

 opine that he's advocating scatteration. 

 Bro. Hasty had ought to let liis statis- 

 tical mind loose on the subject of home 

 manufacture. I reckon that cost of 

 macJiinery, repau'S, wasted stock, lost 



"Up in a balloon, ooys, up in 



loon, 

 Sailing round the little stars, sailing 



round the moon''? 



I wot not — 'twas afore yoxu- day 



The Deacon knows a deal more about fingers aud sich would raore'n offset the 



balloons than you suspect. They are supply man's profit, 



gi-eat things from wl'.ich to get a i)ei-- The November Bee-Kcep"er is pretty 



spective of the little woddliugs. Now good, conslderiu'. Opens up well with 



if you'uns had done clui.ib up to the a "Smile that won't come oif'—the one 



balcony of that 'ere honey house of on Bro. Brodbcck. Sort o' caution the 



yours— as high as safo for you- -you'd boys against a-presumin' too much on 



have got a good perspective' of my last that smile. B. is all right so long as 



letter. 1 didn't say nuthin" ab')ut "fac- the boys toe the line, 



tions" being good. You said that. Wish Bro. Johusing had shouted his 



'Twas the middleman's inirty what shout on Formalin earlier and louder. 



wa« It, and now Ain't, and 'tis the The know-it-all's shouted fust and the 



producers' party that Wrnsn't and now foller-the-leaders trietl it and flunked. 



Is. Them 'ere middlcmo'i ai.l supply und as usual it wan't the fault of the 



