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$5.00 each, — $180 in all. The sixty new stocks I 

 put at $10 each, — $600. This made a gain in stock 

 of $780. Adding the cash gain to this makes the 

 whole gain $3776.72. There was to show for this, 

 either cash on hand, or bees worth more than their 

 estimated value. Dividing this whole gain by the 

 amount of the investment gave a gain of 454 per 

 cent, on the investment. Prof. Cook had said the 

 gain was often 500 per cent., and I had read similar 

 accounts in the journals. My gain gave me satisfac- 

 tion, even if it was smaller than some reported. 



