. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Sept. 4, 1902. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 565 , 1111(1 money in estalillshint; u "uw business, would, as it, wore, U'ive il iiway to lliosewlio niij;lit. coiiiH in eoiii|irliti(ni witli tliem, us did. Tliey hud culled tot'ether tlioii' workmen, iind liiul every de|iiirtment in full oijoration from Hie iiieltin(r of Hie v/n\ to the linislied iiroiiiiet. Il, was notii-eiiljle liow itiuuli lh(int:ht had heeli exptuideil to reach the jroal of perfeetion in all Hie small details, with the least expenditure of lime and strength. The senior Mr
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Sept. 4, 1902. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 565 , 1111(1 money in estalillshint; u "uw business, would, as it, wore, U'ive il iiway to lliosewlio niij;lit. coiiiH in eoiii|irliti(ni witli tliem, us did. Tliey hud culled tot'ether tlioii' workmen, iind liiul every de|iiirtment in full oijoration from Hie iiieltin(r of Hie v/n\ to the linislied iiroiiiiet. Il, was notii-eiiljle liow itiuuli lh(int:ht had heeli exptuideil to reach the jroal of perfeetion in all Hie small details, with the least expenditure of lime and strength. The senior Mrs. Dadant spoke the I'Yeneh lanruaije only, wliioli I could not compre- hend. 'I'he wife of the son had a lar^e family and a little child to care for, so Father Uadaiit was delef^ated to entertain me. I re- mained over iiif^ht,, and in the morning he ottered me his arm and showed me through the {,'rounds, jjoiii;; amonjj the buildinf^s lirst; these were all upon substantial stone founda- tions, ipiarried from their own laml. The buildin^^s were iiuite numerous, and so far apart that if one burned the others would not. One was eorru^jated iron for storin;^ wax, and Mr. Dadant said " it paid its own ; One building was devoted to the vineyard, containint; implenients for its culture and sprayiny:; presses and other paraphernalia for the manufaeturo of wine; a larjze cellar be- neath containintr hogsheads of the fruit of the vine. I saw the stables and barn, in which I noticed that all Itins for holding f^rain were lined with tin, preventing rats or mice from destroying their contents; a honey-house containing all the appurtenances of a model apiary and storage for barrels of extracted honey, I was shown the apiary with its large, lli-frame hives, and from there we went to the vineyard, with its vines neatly trained to wires, showing care and culture. Mr. Datiant then said, " Now, you must see .John's ; It was the colored man's, who spoke French.
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