24 BEGINNER'S BEE BOOK 



load was ready for shipment it knew from its agents where 

 to send it to get a good price. Fear of over-production 

 soon became a thing of the past. 



During the first five years of the Exchange's operation 

 the citrus crop increased 255 per cent., from 1900 to 

 1905 it increased 71-7 per cent., from 1905 to 1910 it 

 increased 10.9 per cent., and from 1910 to 1914 it in- 

 creased 48.5 per cent. Two hundred million dollars is 

 now invested in this industry in California. 



The development of the markets can be ex- 

 pected to keep pace with the growth in pro- 

 duction, at least until such a time as the amount 

 of honey produced equals the output of many 

 minor articles of food not in general demand. 

 "When we consider the enormous development 

 of which the beekeeping industiy is capable, 

 there is certainly no need of being alarmed 

 about over-doing it, while still much less than 

 one per cent, of the available honey harvest is 

 being gathered. To the author's way of think- 

 ing there is no better opportunity for the man 

 of limited means in the whole agricultural 

 field than is offered by beekeeping. 



