How TO PKEVEXT CT:cuMBEns FROM BMNG BESTRo.ED BT THE SxHiPEO BuG.-I Bupposc there are 



How TO ^^^^^^^/^^^" atteuipted to raise cucumbers, who have not been annoyed by 



very few persons who have --^^ «-^ ? ^^ ,^^,, , ,y them within a few days 



the above named msect I have often^^^^^^ ^^^.^^^^^^ 



:i"""at2:r- "- --^^-^^- of\he.W. ... This year 



re^rx havecovered ^^^;^-^^z ii^^r t s^tt::;: 



:S:t;:t:.r:5e::W i:;:SttJ^:a:and a. Wshin^el, ThismetlMdou^t. 

 rri llrto mly, and all wL wish to raise cucumbers would find a great savmg of vexat.on 

 by putting it in practice. S. H. A.-Can andaigu a^ N. Y. 



Bee Rot -In the March number of thT^^i^I^^^er, page 100. D. G. Fokt says he finds his 



liEE UOT II ^^^^ experience as an apiarian for 



bees affected with -\^ll\l2TtlJZeetl that he has described, I have uniformly found that 



^ r„f lliL teM »« to »ome extent increased, and then more rapidly; and being a l.tt e m 

 adTLo^Xd .here not being bee, enongh hatched topr^ 



:t;d night,o,. da„c»n. ^^^^'^^^ s^^^:^2:Z^.t^^:^ 

 ::;;;frr;i;::::::: "uh:::rd ::r : co^pa^ti.,, ... i..e unew .Heh hi. .tood 



'° ™. r11. -Bt observin, the weather a little, you will be able to determine when the remedy 

 •ho" h led all yo'Jwit U to keep „p a nsn.l degree of beat in the bi„. This may be done 

 t "tuVsSw <;r cloL avoand the bivL. suffieient to prodnee the desh-ed effee.. and yon have the 



remedy. J. D. C. — Locke, K Y. ^^^ 



A Toon Cow-Believin.. for a year past that I had a cow possessing extraordinary qualities 

 . nHnd buttef re otved on Lng her a trial. Accordingly, on the morning of the 30th o 

 K:::mb:^"tL:rw^^^ after ealvlng) she was carefully milhed, and her mil. weig^d an 

 put n pan. and kept alone with her name, "Devon," put on every pan so as to prevent th poss 

 bmt^of a mistake. ^This care was followed to the evenmg of December 6th, making .e.en days- 

 Her yield of milk for ^^^ ^f J^^l^^^ . ,,^ Its.; fourth day, 54 lbs.; fifth day, 56 lbs.; 

 First day, 53 lbs.; --;^;^'^■^^f ..^^ "'J ^;'3; I'l^ ,, , .^n days, and measuring 46 gals., 3 qts., 

 sLxth day, 56 lbs.; seventh day, o8 lbs.; total, oJl., los., .-eve j , 



'rir:.:sj^h:rott.a,wa,>,.ot^^...nd^,--^ 

 T":.rhorwte:tdirri^:dT'rat"nrg"tttr:.Whi„. 



te'l e^e mTand' riJ bran, nni.;!. tor each 24 hou„ ; or 119 lb., neat weigh, for the weeh 

 : : h wl wo th. at mill prices, $1.28, or ISJ cts per day. The bay that .be ea 1 .nppose to be 

 r.o ,1 . (I did not wei..h ill worth 15 cts, mating cost ot tcepmg, dnnng the week, SioS. 

 ^e abiv ow a^pat I he part Devo„hire, mi.ed, perhaps, with Ayrshire, of a red color, e.e.p 

 hefuddtala a str^e under hel belly, which are white. She is of a large s,.e, (,., five hand d.) 

 hiaat ut symmetry, and is about .e«n yea« old. She carries the French mark, of about a fom.h 



