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Mar. 11, 



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So says Jones, and lie resolves to become a "manu- 

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 capital. His neighbor Smith invests same amount 

 in "feeders," thus realizing a good price for his crops, 

 enriching his farm, and enabling him to "lift the mort- 

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PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 

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WHEN AnbwERINQTMIS AOVERTIBEMENT, MENTION THIS JOUHNAC 



ture at 42 degrees all winter, scarcely vary- 

 ing a degree, notwithstanding the many 

 severe changes ot weather that we have 

 had here this winter. 



Our main drawbacks here in bee-keeping 

 are the short seasons for gathering honey, 

 and the long winter confinement. Our 

 main honey crop is gathered from bass- 

 wood and white clover, ot which we have 

 an abundance, but on account of wet 

 weather last season the crop was light. 



We have not seen the ground here since 

 Thanksgiving Day. The snow has been 

 accumulating all winter, until it is three 

 feet deep at present. No wonder we are 

 longing to hear the hum of the honey-bee. 

 C. S. Fkench. 



Todd Co., Minn., Feb. 20. 



Doolittle's Figuring Corrected. 



On page SI, Mr. Doolittle does some figur- 

 ing. I saw that the figuring was not wholly 

 correct, and would on that score send the 

 correct arithmetic. When, however, Mr. 

 Doolittle, a few lines further on, challenges 

 us (his readers) to "show wherein" — well, 

 I never forego a dare. 



Mr. Doolittle will not mind, because the 

 correct figuring will only strengthen the 

 point he was making. He says: 



'■ But the honey is to be ot the same 

 grade, so I have only a quarter more in 

 pounds tor the same value in labor, to 

 figure on. Hence, tis a quarter ot 23 cents 

 is .'>'.. eeuts, which, taken from the 22 cents, 

 would leave Iti'.. cents, we have this as the 

 figure at which we can sell extracted honey 

 of the same grade, when comb honey is 

 selling at 22 cents." 



Obviously we should take one-fifth ot 22 

 cents, wbich is 4 2-."i cents, and this taken 

 from 22 cents leaves 1" S-5 cents as the 

 price tor the same grade of extracted honey 

 when comb sells at 22 cents. 



I need not enter into the reason tor the 

 one-fifth instead ot the one-fourth. The 

 mistake is an easy one to make. I simply 

 offer the following case in point: 24 pounds 

 ot comb honey at 22 cents will bring $5.2S ; 

 ao pounds ot extracted honey to bring the 

 same must sell at IT S-B cents. 



Bees are wintering finely here. 



Ai.i.EN Lath.vm. 



Norfolk Co., Mass., Feb. 23. 



Flowers in Bloom. 



The hills some :i(l miles southeast ot here 

 in this county, are covered with snow. 

 These hills would lie called mountains in 

 the East— they are probably 2,000 feet high. 

 The snow will remain on them but a few 

 days. All through the valley calla-Iilies 

 and other tender Howers are a-bloom. We 

 have had plenty of rain, and the year bids 

 fair to be a very propitious one. 



W. A. Prtai.. 



Alameda Co., Cal., Feb. 23. 



Prospect is Good. 



Bees seem to be doing the very best on 

 sunny days; as on all others, not one 

 starts out. Of course you remember how 

 they would not stay in the hives those 

 years, long ago, when so many died, and 

 spring dwindling and pollen figured ns un- 

 known theories. Our winter has been 

 steady, cool, and bright, and the prospect 

 is good. T. F. BixinnM. 



Clare Co., Mich., March ;!. 



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