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Now some of these crops would last several years after 

 first cost of sowing, while the cost of cultivation would be 

 almost nil for a time, and less manure would be required. 

 Thus taking the 2nd year we have 



£ s. a. £ s. d. 

 Honey . . . . . . 500 o o 



Rent ,, .. .. 100 o o 



Profit .. 400 o o 



Hay 100 acres — 100 tons 



at £Z equals . . . . 300 o o 

 Less haying ;^ioo 

 Manure . . ;^loo 200 o o 



Profit ;^5oo o o 2nd year. 



Now a month is a short period for some crops to be in 

 flower. I shorten it to 20 days, allowing for cutting. 

 But I have shown nothing for honey from the second crop 

 of blossoms, nor yet for the second crop of hay, both of 

 which many of the clovers will give in one season. But 

 against this there may be a set-off in the fact that a part 

 of the rotation of bee-crops may not be hayed at all, 

 though in that case it would be such as remain in blossom 

 for six or eight weeks at a time, while, of course, the yield 

 of honey would be greater. Taking the whole matter 

 into consideration, the estimate as to the profits from 

 planting must appear very moderate indeed. 



This is simply an estimate of the lowest possible profits 

 to be secured where crops are sown for the use of 5oJto 

 100 colonies of bees. But this quantity of ground could 

 not be so cultivated without an additional profit to be 

 secured from grazing and otherwise feeding cattle ; a 

 process which would more than double the proceeds. An 

 average of only one ton of hay to the acre is shewn, but it 



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