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enough to occupy his time partly 

 in sunimei-. For one who has 

 enough bees to entirely lill his 

 time in the busy season, 1 don't 

 know many things worse than 

 the raising of small fruits. 



ANSWER BY G. M. IIAMBAUGII. 



Poultry-keeping would do very 

 well, but we should have some hes- 

 itancy as to the raising of small 

 fruits, lest the necessary labor 

 to insure success in both would 

 conflict, coming as they do at the 

 same time in the year. Dairying 

 on a small scale, where the good 

 housewife will see to the butter- 

 making, etc, works very nicely in 

 connection with poultry-keeping. 



ANSWER BY EUGENE SECOR. 



If he does not care to devote 

 all his time and energies to bee- 

 keeping there are a great many 

 things he can do in connection with 

 it, the particular one depending on 

 what he is best fitted for. The 

 raising of small fruits or tree fruits 

 either is all right. It will increase 

 the bee pasturage at a time when 

 little nectar is to be found in the 

 fields. Poultry-keeping would no 

 doabt work well. 



ANSWER BY R. L. TAYLOR. 



With a considerable apiary one 

 will not lack for work at any time 

 of the year. Why not keep more 

 bees? If one is skilful enough to 

 bring the careful work of poultr}'- 

 keeping, such as egg production 

 and the care of j'oung chickens 

 within the cold months of the year, 

 say from Nov. 1 to May 1, that 

 business might answer ; but do not 

 tr}' to care for many bees and 

 young chickens during Ma}' and 

 June. The raising of grapes might 

 do with one who has good execu- 

 tive ability, but other small fruits 

 would interfere too much with the 

 care of bees. 



ANSWER BY J. E. POND. 



My own opinion is that poultry- 

 keeping and beekeei)iug would 

 work well together, if the keeper 

 knew his business well in both, and 

 could run the same economically. 

 The chief trouble would be — and 

 I speak from experience — thateac/i 

 requires particular attention at 

 the same time. Still, by system- 

 atizing labor, that trouble can be 

 overcome. One thing is sure : the 

 man who undertakes to make a 

 success with both, must keep alive 

 and stirring all the time ; it will not 

 do for him to have any outside at- 

 tractions to Call his attention from 

 his home work. 



ANSWER BY DOCTOR TINKER. 



There are many things a good act- 

 ive man or woman could do with 

 profit in connection with beekeep- 

 ing. Almost ever3^kind of business 

 is followed, with more or less suc- 

 cess, by persons engaged in bee- 

 keeping. The keei)ing of poultry 

 or the raising of small fruits or 

 market gardening or limited farm- 

 ing is each suitable to follow in 

 connection with the keeping of 

 from fifty to one hundred colonies 

 of bees. Each beekeeper should 

 select that pursuit for which he has 

 a liking or to which he is adapted, 

 remembering that intelligent per- 

 severance and industry in any call- 

 ino; are sure of a reward. 



ANSWER BY JOSHUA BULL. 



To decide intelligently upon this 

 query, the natural taste, capability', 

 and tact of the individual should 

 be taken into account; also the fa- 

 cilities for marketing the products. 

 Poultry-keeping might prove suc- 

 cessful with one that likes that 

 business. Small-fruit raising is 

 an agreeable, and I believe, very 

 profitable business when the fruit 

 can be readily sold at a fair price : 

 but the trouble with this is the 



