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it, and the second plate put on over all. This tester is 

 then placed where the temperature is even, for cab- 

 bages, onions, beets, radishes, peas, etc., at about 50 

 to 60 during the day and 40 to 50 at night, and for 

 corn, beans, cucumbers, melons, peppers, etc., 70 to 

 80 during the day and 60 to 70 at night. All seeds 

 will germinate more certainly if the night temperature 

 is about 10 to 15 lower than that of the day. 



Poultry. Early hatched chickens either from the hen 

 or incubator will generally do better in brooders if they 

 are properly made and the heat well regulated. Many 

 kinds of brooders that work satisfactorily are on the 

 market, or very serviceable ones may be made by any 

 one skilled in the use of carpenter's tools. For heat a 

 lamp must be used with a burner the blaze of which 

 will not grow larger as the lamp and surrounding space 

 become warmed, as many ordinary lamp-burners do. 



Bees. Continue to watch for robbing and see that 

 each colony has honey enough, for as warm weather 

 comes on and they are breeding rapidly they will con- 

 sume a large amount and will be unable to collect much 

 until next month at least. Let everything be cleaned 

 up around the hives and stands, so that the bee moth 

 may not find ready hiding-places. 



APRIL. 



The Land. The work of this month at the North and 

 February at the South are somewhat alike, except that 

 at the South there has not been the frost and snow but 

 continued spring for several months. At the South 

 summer crops are being harvested, while at the North 

 only spring planting is just begun. Seeds of radishes, 

 onions, turnips, cabbages, celery, parsnips, beets, etc., 

 may be sown out of doors on land that will work up fine 

 and mellow. Mowings and meadows should be dressed 



