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The Chairman had seen the same operation. Some women 

 become very expert in ridding chickens of these worms. As the 

 worm is in the windpipe, and not in the tube to the stomach, it 

 is not easy to see that the feeding can much affect it. 



Mr. Carpenter suggested that the change of the male birds 

 every year would tend to give the chickens stronger constitutions, 

 and thus cause them to be less affected by the gapes. 



THE PRINCESS PEA. 



Mr. Carpenter exhibited specimens of the Princess Pea, planted 

 April 16th, and fit for the table on June 13th, in fifty-eight days. 

 It grows from two and a half to three feet high, and is very pro- 

 lific, the pods containing from five to eight peas. The quality is 

 very good, better than that of most early peas. It is a new 

 variety, introduced last year. 



ROXBURY RUSSETS. 



Mr. Carpenter exhibited specimens of the Roxbury Russet 

 apple. He considered them a good apple for Massachusetts, 

 where they originated, but they had been overrated for the mid- 

 dle states, where the^^ do not flourish so well. 



PHELPS' OHIO COMBINATION HIVE. 



Mr. Phelps exhibited specimens of honey formed in this hive, 

 the comb being so formed that at any time a sufficient quantity 

 of honey for a single meal may be taken from the hive without 

 cutting. 



Mr. Robinson explained the hive. It resembles the Langstroth 

 hive. There are frames, or sashes, a few inches square, set in a 

 box, and separated by partitions formed of slats an inch wide 

 and with quarter inch space between them. There is also a 

 space of quarter inch between these partitions and the sashes. 

 The bees can readily pass through these narrow openings, but 

 will not build out their comb into them, unless the openings are 

 wider. The bees fill up these sashes separately, and any one, 

 after it is filled, can be removed with the contained honey, with- 

 out disturbing the others ; and an empty sash can be returned in 

 its place. Mr. R. proceeded to narrate some incidents with refer- 

 ence to the swarming of bees, to show that if there are tv/o small 

 swarms at about the same time, they should be put together. If 

 there are two queens, they will dispose of one, and in all proba- 

 bility unite as one colony. The more bees are handled the more 



