DEBIT AND CREDIT. I41 



boxes, more frames and hives, and barrels, nails, 

 paint, duck, packing-crates, straw cushions, etc., etc. 

 The team had been used on various trips after bees, 

 lumber, hives, and barrels, going to Howard on 

 business, drawing honey to the station. I found the 

 team had been used in the service of the bees six- 

 teen full days. My own labor in connection with 

 the team, will be considered in another item. For 

 team I made an entry of two dollars per day. For 

 teams to draw honey to the station I had paid 

 $31.50. My own labor I valued at the rate I could 

 have received for teaching. The previous winter I 

 had received $40 per month and board. Board in 

 my neighborhood among farmers was worth $10 per 

 month, making my wages $50 per month. I knew 

 that I could have got this sum for teaching even in 

 summer, by going to the larger villages in the south- 

 ern part of the state. For seven months my time 

 had been given mainly to the bees, Will had given 

 some labor to them, but this was offset by labor 

 which I had done on the farm from time to time, 

 when not needed among the bees. 



A large item of current expenses was the honey- 

 boxes, of which 6900 had been bought. They 

 would be sold with the honey. But the packing 

 crates, and the straw cushions would-be returned, 

 and could be used in coming years, hence they must 



