Beekeeping Permits Serious Handicaps. 



Beekeeping, like many other lines of agriculture, presents an excep- 

 tionally attractive and profitable vocation to the disabled men of the 

 ■war. The handling of bees is interesting and encourages the most 

 valuable exercise, but the muscular effort is small. It probably re- 

 quii-es less constant devotion, except during the main honey-flow, than 

 any other country pursuit. Therefore it is especially attractive to the 

 convalescing or those who have recovered from wounds, even if they 

 have lost one or more limbs. 



Though handicapped in various ways you may confidently hope 

 to become as near 100 per cent efficient in bee culture as in any other 

 work. A beekeeper should, however, have one good hand and arm. 



Heads, you wlnl 



From the neck 

 down you may be 

 worth $1.50 per 

 day; from your 

 neck up you may 

 be worth any 

 price, providea 

 you will get pre- 

 pared to do well 

 the occupation 

 which you . and 

 the representa- 

 tives of the Fed- 

 eral Board find to 

 be most suitable 

 for you with your 

 handicap. 



Fig. 6a. — Mr, Donnegan, beekeeper despite handicap. Fi j. 6b. — Mr. Nicholls, apiarist, lost both legs. 



Uncle Sam offers you every- possible assistance in the way of artificial 

 limbs, interchangeable devices, and vocational training for the greatest 

 possible success in bee culture. Such opportunity was not offered the 

 disabled veterans of the Civil War, Mr. John Donnegan, of Seguin, Tex., 

 whose photograph shows him using a special strap which he debased 

 to serve in place of his missing hand in moving honey supers, hives, 

 and frames of comb. He has made a wonderful success and spent the 

 greater part of his life as a beekeeper. The ingenious use of a strap 

 around his shoulders with a snap that can easily be attached to a 

 screweye placed in the various articles to be handled, but poorly takes 

 the place of appliances and an artificial hand and arm, which are now 

 furnished free of expense to our disabled soldiers. 

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Life in the open. 



Civil engineering 

 means life ia tlio 

 open. If yoi like 

 this kind of- life, 

 why not consider 

 civil engineering? 

 If you arc adapted 

 to it you can find 

 out about this by 

 talking to the rep- 

 resentatives of the 

 Federal Board. 



