108 A Modern Bee-Farm 
my own apiary yields several times the amount shown, it 
will be agreed that the profits from a 30 acre farm are 
not by any means overstated, especially as I have not set 
anything down as a profit from the young orchard of four 
acres, which should form part of a 30 acre farm when | 
owned by the occupier. 
The proportion of profit from a larger holding will, 
of course, decrease, because of the greater expenses in 
labor and other items; but I am aware that very small 
holdings when used for market gardening purposes will 
show much larger returns at times, but there is more 
expense in labor, and more risks to run, 
Unfortunately the average small holder will prefer to go 
out to work rather than make the most out of bees and 
fowls; while the stock usually kept is of very inferior 
quality. Such stock does not pay for itself, and often 
there is little more than the produce of the land to set 
against rent, leaving but a poor sum for family expenses. 
Why will so many men “stay down?” It is because 
their eyes are sealed, and they have “no vision beyond.” 
