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dunes, nothing in particular growing- upon them at the pre,scnt time. 

 Still. there are many good raspberry locations that may produce lor 

 a good many years to come. I hope and believe this will be so. 



1 predict that the future honey of Michigan will be mostly gath- 

 ered from Alsikc clover. It produces well upon very heavy cla)'-, 

 also about as well upon a sandy loam ; tlie latter should l^e of rather 

 fertile soil for the seed to "catch." 



We will su])i)ose that you are located in some place that for 

 some reason or other you do not tlr.nk is a? good as it might be, or 

 perhaps as it was once; can't you think of some location, perhaps 

 not more than five or six miles from home, that may be a good one? 

 The out-yard will solve your proposition for you. We produce and 

 recommend the prcjduction of extracted honev for out-yard work, 

 although comb honey can be produced in out-yards Avithout an at- 

 tendant to hive swarms, as we proved with two years' trial. During 

 the last few rather poor seasons we have proven to our own satis- 

 faction that there is more money in the production of extracted 

 honey than of comb, with less laljor. I wc^uld produce extracted 

 honey in out-yards; try and make it a point to locate your out-yards 

 not so far from home so you can drive to them and do the work and 

 be b;^ck home that night. A yard location like this can l)c worked 

 to much better advantage and at much less expense than one further 

 away where one has to stay over night on expense. There arc some 

 locations not as good as they used to be, oth.ers that were never 

 very good ; the plan to work in the future is scatter your bec^ out in 

 lots not so large but tliat a fairly good surplus can be secured in an 

 ordhiary season. It is rather hard to tell by the looks of a location 

 about how many bees it will support, but as a usual thing there is 

 a plenty of unoccupied locations so one will not have to put a large 

 number in one location until that particular yard is tested for honey. 

 Later, if it is decided that the location will sui^port more bees with 

 profit, add them, as the more bees one can keep to the yard the 

 cheaper he can produce honey. 



The disease proposition is another factor we have to contend 

 with in this state. This is not likeh^ to be so much of a problem 

 with the members of this association, as they are posted and know 

 how to combat with the disease. Those who do not read and attend 

 conventions and keep abreast of the times, will "fall by the way- 

 side." Disease will clean out the shiftless fellow, the fellow who 

 produces the pcwr, crooked, travel-stained kind of comb h.oney that 

 sells for such a low price that good goods cannot compete, leaving 

 the market for the up-to-date fellow with good prices for a good 

 article. There is a little "silver lining" to even as bad a thing as the 

 dreaded disease, foul brood. 



Tn conclusion, at the best of my judgment, the future of Michi- 

 gan bee-keeping is not cjuite as bright as it was a few vears ago, 



