BEGINNINGS. 







2 Hammers, at 75c. . . . . ijpi 50 



Hand-saw, 







1 50 



Back-saw, 







1 25 



Square, 







75 



40 lbs. nails, 







2 00 



200 tin rabbets, 







3 00 



40 yds. good duck, at 20c. 







8 00 



IO gals, paint, at $2 00. 







20 00 



2 gals, boiled oil, at 65c. 







1 30 



2 gals, turpentine, at 55c. 







1 10 



Putty 







25 



15 good oak barrels, at $1 25. 







18 75 



39 



$59 40 

 These barrels were for extracted hone}r. If my 

 bees should do as well as was often reported, these 

 barrels would not be sufficient to contain the honey. 

 It will be seen before this record is finished, that I 

 obtained much more than honey enough to fill the 

 barrels, and was compelled to order more in July. 

 The barrels were to be made at the end of two 

 weeks, the cooper being quite busy just then on a 

 lot of flour-barrels for a neighboring mill. I con- 

 sulted my memoranda, and could see no other 

 article needed, except some scantling and boards 

 from which to make bottom boards for the hives to 

 stand on, and alighting boards on which the incom- 

 ing bees could alight and crawl to the entrances 

 to the hives. This lumber I could get at a mill 

 near home. With my various purchases in the 

 sleigh, with the promise of the material for hives 

 by the next Friday, and the barrels in two weeks, I 

 felt well content with my day's work. It was five 



