South Bend news-times., 1917-06-30
AGRICULTURE
Bees and Poultry and Fruit
Make Splendid Combination
By G.. n. SMITH
Author and Practical PouItryman

fAAAh tAtaA IANAGAFNUlAM
Poultrymen are losing opportuni-
ties by neglecting convenient side
lines. AS the raising OF fowls can
be made a profitable secondary in
dustry on the farm. so the keeping
OF bees and the culture OF fruit may
he combined with poultry with little
Inconvenience and large ADVANTAGE.
The vocation" must not ne con-
quered by the "avocatiOu." All
things must be kept well balanced.
The poultryman who gets too deeply
into other things dwarfs his princi-
pal occupation. His truck line be-
comes a branch road His business
a. once shows symptoms Of con-
fusion.
It is best 10 boom with all possi-
BILE power the chief line. Every
thing else must take secondary
place. II you are a poultryman, let
no side issue rival the biz scheme
in your vision of results But this
principle does not interfere with
taking on two or three naturally
related lines Of work
The combination here suggested
viii adapt itself TO the little back
yard business, conducted for recrea-
tiOn and a little incidental profit
or it viii ft the thousand-acre
plantation. booming with the big
Eest noise anc searching for the
largest financial results.
40 poultry business is quite sight
until IL stands firmly on a sure and
permanent commercial basis. The
man who banks everything on fame
prices for fancy stOck-tnat is,
whose hope Of the future is based on
fine feathers rightly arranged. with
out any regard 20 the everyday
country store and city stall market
value Of his prOducjs-is Tunnins
great risks of failure
II everything is kept and conduct
ed on the commercial basis. the
financial outlook Will always be
bright and cheerful At the same
time all that il is possible or pru-
dent for a man 20 do along strictly
fancy lines can be done with almost
TO element Of hazard. Where one
keeps from a dozen 10 fifty fowls in
the little back lot. there is small risk
at any rate; for pleasure and recrea-
tion are two OF the main considera-
tions His living is not involved.
His eggs are not all in this one
basket But where 500 fowls are
kept and a thousand or more are
raised every year. it is well To see
Co 10 that the commercial basis is
maintained with utmost certainty.
Zee Culture An Easy Side Line.
Thousands Of people are Cultivat-
ing bees for the pleasure of il. In
Cidentally, they are gathering a nice
profit One good hive of the little
honey getters viii store for your use
from 40 10 sc pounds I'm one season.
This ought 20 be worth $3.50 in
cash right at the door II Is easy to
see that a hundred colonies az this
tate should challenge the interest of
any nan who has the space 10 de
vote 20 their care. Not much space
is required though This is one rea-
son why the apiary can be easily
accommodated ION the side"
one bookkeeper in the west work
ed his bee business up as "a side line
till he had 165 colonies working
most effectively on "a lot only go by
110 feet. Honey to the value of ST.
900 was produced one season. All
the work was performed mornings
and evenings with the co-opera-
tion of an Industrious and sympa-
theuc wife Colonies are placed in
pairs. the two being only a few
inches apart. Three or four feet at
least should intervene between the
pairs. Many hives close together
I'm a continuous row viii be likely 10
work confusion among the bees. be-
sides making il much more difficult
L. care for any particular colony
without seriously disturbing others
ANY poultryman has space for bee
culture 20 some extent This is evil
dent from what has already been
said 4 pair OF colonies i'm the
small back ward viii not interfere
in the least with the care of the lit
tie family flock The larSer grower
can increase his holdings according
20 the scope OF his business. =
rve-acre poultry farm should easily
carry from so 90 100 hives \ farm
Of from so 10 loo acres has almost
limitless capacity for lee culture as
a secondary industry.
In fact. the man in the dense city
is not altogether excluded from the
privilege OF the small home apiars
colonies may be kept on the fla.
roof OF a town house All the bees