The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-25
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An Impartial Review of DongS at Our Seat of Government

gressmen. For years Congress refus- ed to take action. Mark Smith was one of the most determined fighters | against saddling Pima County with the debt. Insistency, however, told and
 one year Git happened that it was the only session when Smith was out of Congress for years before and after
 this fghD Congress yielded to the pond holders and validated the bonds by special act. Later the Supreme Coure decided that in view of the fact
 Of Congress the bonds were valid. The
 bond holders, however, were never able to get their money or the interest on it.
 When the Statehood bill came up
 this session therefore the bond hold
 CTS were there with their best foot
 forward. The Senate listened to
 them and gave the bond holders a
 sufficient grant of land to pay the
 bonds at par with interest.
 The Department of Agriculture has
 just issued a Farmers Bulletin boom-
 ing bee culture. There is money in
 bee keeping if it is managed right,
 according to the Bulletin, and the pur-
 pose of the publication 'is to give
 briefly the information needed by per sons engaged in the industry.
 Bee keeping is carried on with both pleasure and profit by many thousands
 
 States, and while as a rule it is not the sole occupation of those who pur- sue it, there are many places where an experienced bee keeper can make a good living by devoting his entire time and attention to this line of work.
 The average annual yield per colony for the entire country should be from 25 to 30 pounds of comb honey or 40 to 50 pounds of extracted honey. The money return to be obtained from this crop depends entirely upon the mar ket and&the methods of selling the honey. If sold directly to the con- to 20 cents per pound, and comb honey from 15 to 25 cents per section. If sold to dealers the price varies from 6 to 10 cents for extracted honey and from 10 to 15 cent for comb honey. From the gross receipts must be de- ducted from 50 cents to one dollar per colony for the expense other than la Dor, including foundation, sections, occasional new frames and hives, and other incidentals, not, however, provid- ing for increases.
 These figures are based on a system of good management. Bee keeping to be profitable requires hard work, Knowledge and experience. Much study. according to the bulletin, is re- quired to insure success. It is unwise, therefore for the individual to under take extensive bee keeping without considerable previous experience on small scale, since there are so many details which go to make up success in the work. Learn the ways of the bees, says the Department, how to handle them, and what kind of equip ment is best. Then begin on a small scale, make the bees pay for them selves and for all additional apparatus as well as some profit, and let the business grow gradually.
 The condition of the National Trea- sury at the end of this month, which Is also the end of the fiscal year, will be very much better than was esti- mated by Secretary Mac Veagh in his annual report to Congress last Decem- per. Not only have the receipts been heavier than he expected but the of the Administration have l resulted in considerably reduced dis 
 Instead of a deficit of s34 ,0O0, 900 pre- | 1icted by the Secretary, in the ordi- | nary receipts and disbursements there | will be, in all probability a surplus | ,f five or six millions If the extraor- linary expenses of the Panama Can Il and redemption of the public debt | Ire taken into account the deficit for | he year will be only $28, ,000, 900 instead | If $73.000,000 as estimated by the Sec 'etary.
 Easing his calculations on the fig 1res already in hand. one of the most | experienced of the Treasury officials predicted that the receipts of the gov- .rnment for the year would reach a otal Of s6G6. .OO0, ,000. which is $18,0O0, ,000,- 00 more than was expected by the ;ecretary This includes $336, ,0O0 GOO rom customs, s2s5,oo,oOO from inter lal revenue; $15,000, 900 from the cor 'oration tax; and $50, 100000 from mis- Teagh estimated last December that he new tariff would yield $335, ,0O0 900 n revenue.
 The ordinary disbursements will mount to $660, ,000, 900 instead of $682,- O0, ,000 as estimated by the Secretary. he items which have agreeably dis ppointed him are the expenses for the ivil list and for the army and navy. The postal deficiency for which he $16.SSO,O0O will be only $9,- 9s. 1000.
 The Department of Agriculture, trough the Board of Food and Drug urers who seek to deceive the public y misbranding foods, grains, ex- racts. drugs, etc, or adu1terating hem within the meaning of the Pure 'ood Law. To date there have been nder the Pure Food and Drug Act, early 400 judgments against manu- acturers, fines having been imposed I every case and warnings issued.
 The Bureau of Chemistry has under s watchful eye all new products and Id products, in fact everything in ne nature of food or drug. Whenever 1ere is any suspicion that in the man featuring of any commodity in the pod line. there is anything appearing nat may be injurious to the users or nat the public is being deceived in ny way, sample of the product is rocured and a chemical analysis is lade In case evidence is found that ( ne pure food law has been violated, | riminal information is filed in the ,cal district court and the defendant | iven a chance to prove his product { ) be what the label claims. The re- ( alt in most cases is small fine and
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