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A. J. NEWMAN, GARDEN PRAIRIE, BOONE COUNTY, ILL. 



1, Seven. 



2. No. Farming; winter dairy. 



4. Movable frames. 



5. Eight Langstroth until June, then contract to 5 or 6. 



6. Comb, but always have some extracted. 



7. Generally ^ comb, }i extracted. 



8. 4x4x1^^. 



9. Yes, wood 1-20 of an inch thick. 



10. White clover, alsike, basswood, red clover, fall flowers, amount in 

 same order named. 



11. About 65 pounds, best year 104 pounds, poorest year }i pound per 

 colony. 



12. About 5 pounds per colony . 



13. Both at home and Chicago. 



14. About 75 per cent. 



16. 13 cents. 



17. 10 cents. 



18. Yes. 



19. Yes, with alsike cultivated for hay, consider it better producer than 

 white clover. 



20. Yes, about one year in four. 



21. Very dry before blossoms warm and moist "not wet" during bloom. 



22. Mixed German and Italian. 



23. Best workers, best comb builders, quickest to commence in section. 

 24 In cellar. 



25. 35 per cent, and loose as many more in July and August by getting 

 queenless. 



26. From 1 6th to 24th of October. 



27. From 27th of March to 8th of April. 



28. No. 



29. No. 



31. Seventy-five. 



32. Honestly . 



33. Why not organize a board of trade so we can sell our honey the 

 same as butter, pork, beef and grain, now we peddle it out and when we get 

 through we hardly know that we have had any money. 



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