The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-06-25

in March, 1909; 1912 per cent higher
than In August 1908; 21.1 per cent
higher than the average yearly price
| 1900; 1872 per cent higher than the
average yearly price of 1897; and 33.S
per cent higher than the average
price for the ten years 1890 to 1899.
Among the products showing mark
ed increase in price in 1909 were
"choice to extra steers" which in
creased "a per cent rom February to
November; cotton, which advanced 59.2
per cent from Jaunary to December;
heavy hogs 367 per cent from Janu-
airy to December; hops 20.4 per cent
from January 10 November; Elgin
creamery butter, 36.9 per cent from
May to December; dairy butter 52.9
per cent from March to December;
winter wheat flour, 44.2 per cent from
January to June; lard 37.3 per cent
from February to December; short
clear bacon 46 per cent form February
to December; milk SS.9 per cent from
June to December; coke 81 per cent
from June to October; and rubber 71.9
per cent from February to October
The Department of Agriculture has
just issued Farmers Bulletin BOOM
ing Bee culture. There is money in
bee keeping If IL is managed right, oc-
cordng to the Bulletin, and the pur-
pose of the publication is to give brief
ly the information needed by persons
engaged in the industry.
Bee keeping is being carried on
A..
thousands of persons in all parts of
the United States, and while as "a rule
It Is not the sole occupation of those
who pursue 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
20 to 80 pounds of comb honey OF
40 to so pounds of extracted honey
! The money return to be obtained from
this crop depends entirely upon the
market and the methods of selling
the honey. If sold directly to the con.
slImer, extracted honey brings from
10 to 20 cents per pound, and coml
i honey from 10 to 20 cents per section
If sold to dealers the price varie,
from to 10 cents for extracted honey
and from 10 to 15 cents for coml
honey. From the gross receipts mus
be deducted from so to one dollar pei
= colony for the expense other than la
Dor, including foundation, sections, Ot
casional new frames and hives, ant
other incidentals, not, however, pro
4 viding for increases.
These figures are based on a system
4 of good management. Bee keeping Il
Il be profitable requires hard work
knowledge and experience. Mucl
= study according to the bulletin, is re
- quired to insure success. 1t is unwise
- therefore for the Individual to under
. take extensive bee keeping withou
u considerable previous experience on {
=, small scale, since there are so manl
If details which go to make up success
d in the work. Learn the ways of tn
: bees, saws the Department, how &
fe handle them, and what kind of equip
l. ment is best. Then begin on n small
1t scale, make the bees pay for them
IS selves and for all additional apparatu
lie as well as some profit and let TIN
= business grow gradually.
/, The condition Of the National Treas
10 ury at the end of this month, whicI
W is also the end of the fiscal year, vii
be very much better than was esti
10 mated by Secretary MacVeagh in hi
# annual report, to Congress last Decem
n bcr Not only have the receipts beel
ID heavier than he expected but tn
II economies of the Administration hav,
go resulted in considerably reduced dis
in bursements.
20 Instead of a deficit of $340OOOOO pre-
30 dicted by the Secretary, In tn
le ordinary receipts and disbursements
p there will be in all probability,
10 surplus of five or six millions. If tn
Of extraordinary expenses of the Panama
Is Canal and redemption of the public
debt are taken into account the defCi
,e for the year viii be only $2S.OOO,OO
4 instead of $73,OOO,OOO as estimated b!
Is the Secretary.
he Basing his calculations on the figures
X already in hand one of the most eX
r perienced of the Treasury officials
lr predicted that the receipts of the gov
n. ernment for the year would reach {
20 total of $G66, 900, ,OOO which is $4,000, ,OO
he more than was expected by the Sec
l. retary. This includes 1896, 900 from
l. customs; $65. 100000 from interna
T. revenue; $l5,O00O00 from the corpora
s. tinn to z, and lao OOO OnO from misceI
" laneous sources. Secretary Mac Veagl
y estimated last December that the new
rs tariff would yield 1896, 100000 in revenue
y The ordinary disbursements vii
- amount to $3.50, 600, 900 instead of $685.,
OOO,O 900 as estimated by the Secretary
;, The items which have agreeably dis
y appointed him are the expense for the