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GLl^ANINGS IN JJEE CtTLTIinE. 



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Perhaps I should tell the juveniles, that in the 

 picture on page 142, ol' our greenhouse, tiie flg'ures 

 in the foreg-round are supposed to he m3Self and 

 Huber. The pietuie ol inysell' is pretty fair, only 

 the engraver doubtless supposed that the sun was 

 shining liom the west, and so he pushed my cap 

 down over my eyes, as you see. He has got Hulier 

 proity I'airly, only he ought to have pictured him 

 about half as tall as his papa.; 



ANOTHEH USE FOR THE TR.\NSI>LANTlNO-FR AMK. 



The transplauling-framo, shown on page 136, is 

 also an excellent ai'rangenient lor sowing- seeds of 

 certain kinds. We have some beautiful beds of 

 onions, made by putting the onion-sets, one in the 

 center of a row of meshes, then skipping a row, etc. 

 Beets, also, maj- be quickly and accurately sown 

 in the same way. Hy means of this frame, any 

 child can put in seeds, and get the spacing exactly 

 right. All you have to do is to pick up the frame, 

 and put it down again until the seeds arc in. 



ieO,COO SECTIONS AT $2.-Xi PER 1(.03. 



We guarantee our first quality sections to be 

 equal to or better than any in the market; and in 

 order to make them so, we have culled out all that 

 are colored, or in an3' waj' not up to the standard. 

 Now, these second-quality sections are like "thirds" 

 in crockery— they are just as good for service, but 

 do not look quite as well as firsts. We have now in 

 stock 163,000 of these sections; and as long as we 

 have any on hand we will sell theni at half price of 

 the first quality; i. e., *2.2.'. per 1000; or, for 5(100 or 

 over, $2.00 per ICOJ.^ 



SEEDS OF BASSWOODTREES. 



Since writing on page 143, in regard to this mat- 

 ter, we have received the following from friend 

 Kendel.of the Cleveland seedstore: 



The seed of basswooil and linden can iindoulitedly be ob- 

 tained now; but, how about its jrerminating? We can not tell. 

 The last, and. in fact, all the tests we have made in hot-beds 

 liave utterly failed. A. C. Kf.npel. 



Cleveland, C, Feb. 9, 188ti. 



In view of the above, probably we shall have to 

 give up the seeds; but I discover that E. H. Ricker 

 & Co., of Elgin, 111., advertise European linden seed- 

 lings at fS.CO per 1000. Now, who is there who can 

 furnish us seedlings of the American linden, at as 

 low a price, or still lower? And who can tell us 

 about the quantity of honey European linden fur- 

 nishes, compared with our American? I know this 

 ground has been gone over before, but I don't 

 think it will liurt us to consider it again. 



REDUCTION IN PRICE OF WIDE FRAMES. 



By the new method of filing saws, we do away 

 with the planer on sections, frames, etc., and turn 

 out nicer work, smoother and better finished, than 

 ever before. Resides making them nicer, we can 

 also sell them cheaper. Wide frames in the flat, 

 Simp, size, to hold 8 sections, or the sf.me crosswise 

 Simp, to hold six sections, or, either one one-half 

 depth to hold 4 and 3 sections, also 3 section-cases-— 

 any of those we can furnish at *2.00 per 100 or $18.00 

 per 1000. For odd sizes we always charge l^l.OOfor 

 setting machines, then j'ou may have any quantity 

 at regular prices. 



ANOTnER IDEA IN REOARD TO REVERSinr.E niVES. 



Since brood combs of half depth are brought up 

 again, some friend, whose name T have forgotten, 

 suggests that there is not much need of reversing 

 frames when we can reverse the position of these 

 shallow frames so easily. For instance, we have 



made L. brood-frames of half depth, with half-depth 

 Simplicit.v bodies to match, for years. In fact, there 

 have been so manj' calls for them that we have 

 them in stock in case of possible orders. Well, when 

 the bees get the brood ijretty well in the lower set, 

 and capped honey, a good deal of it, in the upper 

 set, instead of reversing any of the frames, simply 

 put the upper set on the bottom-board, and the 

 lower set over them. This brings the sealed honey 

 right in the center of the brood-nest, and the bees 

 would probably take it up and put it in the sections, 

 as well as if the frames were reversed, or nearly as 

 well. Have any of the friends been in the habit of 

 working half-depth frames in this way? Half-depth 

 wi<lc frames have also been made for these half- 

 depth Simplicities; in fact, they are in our i>iice 

 list, and have been for yeai's. 



I5EANS, FOR MAKING HENS LAY. 



In our issue for January 1") T mentioned that we 

 got only one egg a day from about a dozen hens. 

 Well, some time ago we bought quite a lot of white- 

 marrow beans from a farmer— so many that we 

 hand-picked out about a bushel of beans, off in col- 

 or, etc. The women were going to throw these 

 beans away, but I suggested that they be cooked, 

 and given to the chickens. We tried them first with 

 about a pailful. Well, our Hock of hens, with a lit- 

 tle assistance from the rabbits and ducks, ate most 

 of the pailful at a meal. What do you think the re- 

 sult was? One eg^ the next morning before break- 

 fast time {my breakfast time, not the hens'), and 

 two more during the day; and although the weath- 

 er has been down close to zero, we get four or five 

 eggs a day ever since the diet of cooked beans was 

 adopted. Some of the same food was given to the 

 flock at the warehouse, and they commenced laying 

 too, although the weather was so cold their eggs 

 froze before we found them. Now, was this sim- 

 ply the result of a change of diet, or are unsalable 

 beans cheaper and better than the much-lauded 

 egg-foods? Refore the beans were fed, the fowls 

 had wheat, oats, and bone meal, as well as soft cab- 

 bage-heads, all they would cat. I leave the ques- 

 tion with the editors of our poultry-journals to ans- 

 wer. The following is clipped from the Practical 

 Fanner: „ 



Tliere are countries where the almost exclusive diet of the 

 masses is beans. These contain 87 per cent of nutriment. 



Now, beans fit for poultry can probably be bought 

 for a dollar a bushel or less. Refuse beans, thrown 

 out by hand-picking, should be procurable at a very 

 low price. For some time I purchased wheat- 

 screenings at a cost of 40 cts. a bushel; but when I 

 discovered that I could get good sound wheat for 

 from 85 to 90 cts., I decided that the wheat was 

 cheaper, and I think so yet. Now, is not a bushel 

 of beans worth as much, or more, than a bushel of 

 wheat, besides the tendency they seem to have to 

 produce egg-laying? 



ALLEY'S 



Drone & Queen Trap. 



Send 65c. and get sample by return mail. 



HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



Fnr ^alp ^ ^^^^'^ " ^*^"* !f2.5.00 fdn. mill, 

 ^ ^^ OttlC bought about three years since, al- 

 most as good as new, with dipping-tank and all com- 

 plete. Thev cost me, when new, :f27.50, and S7.00 

 duty. I wish to sell them, and will take $18.00 for 

 thein. A. W. WILLOWS. 



4tfdb Carlingford, Ontario, Canada. 



