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can only do so by making such arrangements as will allow 
him to 
Grow suitable Crops 
which will also do for hay, and even in a good district he 
would do well to have some large crops going throughout 
the whole season. I have sometimes been asked 
What Amount of Capital should be Invested 
to ensure a certain income; but, considering I know 
nothing of the capabilities of those who apply by letter, 
it would be useless to attempt a satisfactory answer other 
than such as can be found in the estimates offered, and in 
many cases it would be unwise to give any encouragement 
at all, where the fullest particulars as to locality and 
personal qualifications are not given. Everything relating 
to his surrounding honey-producing plants and trees should 
be well known to the advanced apiarist, who will not be 
certain of success on a large scale just because a few 
particular colonies have yielded comparatively large 
weights. He will first find it his duty to pay the greatest 
attention to securing the hzghest posszble average return 
from his stock, both by carefully breeding by a process of 
selection, and ‘systematic union of forces, that immense 
populations: may be on hand at the right time. He who 
has thus far mastered the science, will have no need to ask 
the foregoing question, but the list of estimated expenses 
may in some cases aid enquirers to obtain much needed 
information. 
It should be almost unnecessary to point out that 
“everything must be done at the right time ;” there must 
be “a place for everything, and everything should be in 
its place.” Thus by constant and careful attention, and 
by keeping all things in order, the specialist will command 
success ; but the man who is not naturally of an orderly 
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