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of being able to control it. The flames 

 even reached and scorched the leaves on 

 the tops of trees 75 feet high, standing 

 right in the apiary. There v/as one su- 

 preme moment, when it seemed as though 

 he must run away, or be burned up him- 

 self, then there came a puff of wind from 

 the opposite direction, the flames began 

 to die down, having spent their greatest 

 fury, and he knew the yard was saved. 

 That night the rain fell in torrents, and all 

 of the fires were quenched. 



Of course, there is now no danger from 

 fires, as everything is now burned all 

 around the yard, and nothing for the fire 



to run in, but it was a close call. If El- 

 mer had not noticed those falling burnt 

 leaves, if his suspicions had not been 

 aroused, if he had reached the yard a lit- 

 tle later, if he had not had water handy, 

 if he had not had enough help, if the 

 wind had not changed just as it did — 

 you see there are a lot of ifs -altogether 

 too many. 



Our two other apiaries are located in 

 cleared fields where there is practically 

 no danger from fire, and if an apiary is to 

 be placed upon uncleared land, a spot 

 ought to be first cleared off and the ground 

 burned over. 



EXTRACTED DEPARTMENT. 



HOBBIL5 AND HAPPINL5S. 



The Man Who Works for the Love of it 



Gets the Most Happiness Out 



of Life. 



The man who does work simply for the 

 money that he can get for doing the work, 

 certainly needs a hobby. Some are so 

 fortunate as to be able to make a hobby 

 of their regular work. Many bee-keepers 

 belong to the latter class. If any "re- 

 sorter," or pleasure seeker, has enjoyed 

 his vacation this summer, as I have my 

 work with the bees, he has certainly had 

 a good time. These thoughts came to me 

 as 1 was reading a short item that 1 found 

 in the American Farmer. It reads as 

 follows: 



If you want to be happy, get a hobby. 

 It makes little difference what it is, poul- 

 try fancying, fine cattle of any breed, 

 horses of any style, a particular kind of 

 flower, or even cat raising, so only that 

 you love your occupation and find pleas- 

 ure in its pursuit. The one-idea man, the 

 specialist, is he who obtains from life the 

 most enjoyment. Audubon following the 

 v.'ild turkey in Kentucky, sleeping in the 

 woods so as to observe the habits of birds, 

 watching their nest-building from day to 



day. was a happier man than Rockefeller 

 with his millions. John Burroughs in his 

 cabin on the Hudson, listening to the 

 woodpecker's tap and the squirrel's bark, 

 finds an enjoyment more exquisite than 

 falls to the lot of any king. Burbank. 

 with his floral experimentations, his end- 

 less efforts to produce or train new fruits 

 and vegetables, is always busy in a pleas- 

 urable occupation, and that is the nearest 

 approach to happiness that is to be found 

 on earth. 



A HIVL-LIFTING DLVICL. 



It May Lxcite Ridicule Now But It is a 



Sensible Device That is Bound 



to Come Into Use. 



Last month I described what 1 was 

 egotistical enough to call the Hutchinson 

 system of extracted honey production — 

 plenty of empty combs, the use of bee 

 escapes and of artificial heat. There is 

 just one thing more needed to make it 

 perfect, and that is a hive-lifting device. 

 It is bound to come sooner or later. I 

 prefer to use a queen excluder and tier 

 up the supers the same as in comb honey 

 production, keeping the oldest, ripest 

 honey at the top, where it is ready to be 



