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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. November, 



,v ^^^^J n" Alfalfa. as it throws, out new blossoms, which 



(From AA alia ces Farmer.) happen mostly six times in the year 



Governor Hoard, of HoardVs Dairy- and four at the veiw least Ou-ei 



man. has of late been brushing up his should be taken to prevent it from 



Latin and came across ,some in.struc- running- to seed. a,s it is much more 



tions given by Fliny. written about ^•aluable a-s fodder up to the third 



XlT'^A '"' ""' ?"'"^'^ ?^'"^'^ '■'''''■■ " ^^-"'^^ ^- i-"!^ in the sp S 

 ti.pv ; ''^'''^.'.^"' '■*^'''^^'"'' ^^^^^^'- «"rt cleared of all other plants and 



ther^inler; n """ ''^'' ^"" *°'' *" '''' ''''''' ^'^^^^ the .surface should 



lathei inteiesting. be well worked with the weeding 



Lucerne is by nature an exotic to hook. By adopting this method the 



Greece eA-en, It having been first intro- weeds will be effectuallv deXyed 



M ;*;;/;;,? that coimti-y nx^m Media, though without detriment to he lS 



..t the tune of the Persian wars with cerne, in consequence of the depth 



King Darius: still it deserves to be of its roots 

 mentioned among the veiy first of "if the weeds should happen to get 



Sties tb?t'"'- ^^^ f"^'"""-" "^'" ^'^ '^'^^'-^^^ ^^' '*• '''^ ^'"1^' remedy^i,s to ti^n 



qualities, tbat a single sowing will it up repeatedlv with the plow until 



last more than thirty years. the roots of the weed-s are {horoughiy 



"It resembles, trefoil in appearance, destroyed uioiougmy 



In"fl/^''^ff "f """'^ ^T^' '''"^ '''■^^'■"- "^^^^^^^ f«^^^l^^' «liould never be given 



^ n t, ^ ^■''' -^ .f ^''■' ^" *^^ t'^ ^'^t"^ t^ ^'-^tiety. otherwise it may 



s a k. the narrower is the leaf. Am- be neces.sary to let blood; it is best 



Philochus devo ed a whole book to too. when used while gi4en When 



this subject and the Cyt sus. diT it becomes tough and ligneous 



1 he ground m which it is sown and falls away at least into thhi u-se 



being first cleaned and cleared of less dust" 



fAT"' J-%*"/'"'^'\ "1' i" ^''^ *''"^"""' It will be noticed in the above that 



t i thPnt.'. '' "'?"'"'' '^"^\l>arrowed. even our most advanced alfalfa grow: 



It is then hariwed a second and third ens at the experiment stations have 



tune at interva s of five days; after not made very much impmvemen on 



which manure is laid upon it. Tbis the old method. Those who at emp^ 



full of nutriment, or else a well to substitute the disk for the hoe and 



watered one. After the ground has the mower for the weeding hook 



been thus preijarecl, the seed is put There i-s after all not veiy much at 



in in the month of May. for if vsown most, new under the sun 



earlier, it is in danger from the frt>sts ' 



It is necessary to sow the seeds veiy Best Kind of Hive Tools. 



thick, so that all the ground mav be v u r . i, , 

 occupied, and no room left for weeds "■' ''°""'' ^"jo'u",faK '" ''^"^''^" ^^^ 



to shoot up in the intervals- a rp«nif tt n 



which mav be secured Iw sowing • ^'^i'^^'-^' « ^^'^^k pa.sses without hay- 

 twenty modii m;arh fortv ESish "!- ^T^i r^^i^^''^^^^^^ ^^^^'-^ '"^^ to "best 

 gallonis. to the itigerum ^f 02 a^res u7l ^^^' ^""^^i-ated and described 



"The seed must bP ^tivr-prat ^^ '" °"^ °^ ^^^'^ ot our bee journals. 



With a iS rprevent the \ui fi-Z tT'" '''"^T'' '''' ^'^^ ^" '''^'^'^'^^ 



scorching it. nu^ nZ.mi:Z::Z ^/^ ^n "Sidlf ^o^^%^'^ 



over With earth as speedily as pos- .^^^^^1.^^' V'Vlr^ 



"If the soil i« nnfiivoiT^ 1 ^^^^^' *^" "' the season, when my 



weeclv the Lee ne w T beTve" "^'"/'""^'V/"' ^'^ "^^"''^''^^•^^ ^"^-"^-^ '^^ 

 powered, and tl e spot degene^ateTtn T "'T^''^'' something stronger may 



an or,linary pasturrit fs nSessarv if "'T/''^' T^ '" •'""'* "''^'^^ ^ 1^"«^ 

 therefore, lirectlv the cron is^^Tno^,' ^^'" "^ ''''*^''' *^'^t the oid-time 



in heigh . to lisei4gc> t f;oni . ^^-^^^'fl'-'vei-. A correspondent in 



,:l;i:ii'z i^ ^^s^t^ i? - ™"''- -■"- ^" ^a 



, a iu luis is repeated as often is "powerful enough to tear the coA-er 



