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CONCLUSION. 
of nature’s exhaust! ess storehouse, any one science 
more inviting than this ? What more exalting and 
refining, and at the same time making a return in 
profits as a pecuniary reward ? 
What- would be the result in the aggregate of all 
the honey produced in the flowers of the United 
States annually? Suppose we estimate the pro- 
ductions of one acre to be one pound of honey, which 
is but a small part of the real product in most places ; 
yet, as a great many acres arc covered with water and 
forest,* this estimate is probably enough for the 
average. This State (New York) contains 47,000 square 
miles ; 640 acres in a square mile will multiply into a 
little more than 30,000,000, and each acre producing 
its pound of honey, we have the grand result of 
30,000,000 lbs. of honey. If we add the States of 
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, we have an amount 
of over 126,000,000 lbs. What it might be by including 
all the States, those disposed may ascertain. Enough 
for our purpose is made clear, and that is, a small 
item only of an enormous amount is now secured. 
* It should not be forgotten that forest trees are valuable, especially 
when there is basswood, or even maple. 
