Jan. 1, 1903. 



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especially if the stock could tramp it in, would be likely to 

 make a catch, and if only a few plants should start, the 

 seeds from them would make an increase. You should sow 

 two years in succession, for the plants from the first seed 

 would not bloom and mature seed till the second year. The 

 cutting- twice a year might do harm, and it might not— de- 

 pends on when it takes place. If the first cutting- should 

 take place a little while before the time of blooming, it 

 would be an advantage, probably. For if white clover 



abounds you do not care for sweet clover till later, and cut- 

 ting at the right time will make the sweet clover bloom 

 later. 



2. It would probably be a little better to move them in 

 the spring, but in Kentucky the difference would probably 

 not be much. 



3. I £:ucss it would be a good place. Try it. 



4. I never heard of " shower "-grass before. Perhaps 

 some one else will tell us about it. 



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Good Prospects for 1903. 



We are havinir a very wet time here, snow, 

 rain and ice, but no cold weather. 



The bees are doing well on their summer 

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I have 4 ooloiiie.< of black bees, aud one of 

 Italian. They are packing in pollen as hard 

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 of black bees that had only one comb built; 

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I am going to buy a lot of old boxes with 

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The Season of 1902. 



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