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feet. Applications for space already 

 received indicate that there will be a 

 great exhibit in this line. 



Iji order to afford a common meeting 

 point for farmers and live stock men, an 

 Assembly Hall, connecting the Agricul- 

 tnral and Machinery Buildings, has been 

 asked for by Chief Buchanan, and will 

 be erected. 



The building will contain a commodi- 

 ous hall for public meetings and for the 

 discussion of practical questions bear- 

 ing upon agricultural interests, and also 

 committee rooms and office headquar- 

 ters for the convenience of the various 

 live stock associations and farmers' 

 organizations. 



In all probability the Assembly Hall 

 can be obtained for the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Convention in 1893, if it 

 is desired, and an early application be 

 made for its use. 



Of course, the National Convention of 

 1893 should be held in Chicago, but at 

 an earlier date than it is held this year, 

 which is an exceptionally late one. 



Hueries aiid Replies. 



Eradicating Sweet CloTer. 



Query 796. — 1. Is sweet clover readily 

 eradicated from land after it has be- 

 come established? 2. If so, whatjs the 

 best way to do it ? — C. 



Not being an agriculturist, I do not 

 know. — J. E. Pond. 



The only trouble here, is to get it 

 to grow. — G. L. TiNKEB. 



1. Yes. 2. Prevent it from seeding 

 for one season. — M. Mahin. 



I have had no experience with sweet 

 clover. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



1. Yes. 2. By plowing— that is, in 

 this locality. — G. M. Doolittle. 



1. Yes. 2. By plowing the ground 

 before seed time. — Dadant & Son. 



1. Yes. 2. Plow and raise cultivated 

 crops for two or three years. — R. L. 

 Taylor. 



1. Yes. 2. Put the land into plowed 

 crops for two years, or turn it into 



pasture, and animals will make short 

 work of it. — C. H. Dibbebn. 



1. Yes. 2. Cultivate the ground — 

 planting corn or potatoes. — Mrs. L. 

 Harrison. 



1. Yes. 2. By plowing and raising 

 some cultivated crop, or a grain crop, or 

 both. — A. J. Cook. 



1. It certainly is in my locality. 2. 

 It yields to the plow just like red clover. 

 — G. W. Demaree. 



1. Yes. 2. Keep it from going to 

 seed for two years is the best and only 

 way. — A. B. Mason. 



Keep it cultivated, and do not allow it 

 to go to seed, and you will have no 

 trouble.— H. D. Cutting. 



It can very readily be eradicated by 

 planting the land with a crop that needs 

 cultivation. — J. P. H. Brown. 



1. I think so. I never saw it in culti- 

 vated fields. It seems to thrive best by 

 the roadside and in waste places. — E. 

 Secor. 



1. Yes. It is a biennial. 2. Cut it 

 down while in bloom two or three times 

 in succession, and that settles it. — James 

 Heddon. 



Yes. As it dies root and branch after 

 blossoming, all that is necessary to free 

 the land, is to prevent it from seeding 

 for two years (being a biennial), and 

 there will be no mOre of it growing. It 

 is easy to do it, by plowing the land 

 while it is in bloom, before the seed 

 matures. — The Editor. 



Xlie Christmas number of Frank 

 Leslie's Weekly is simply superb. It is 

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 saying a great detil. Its cover reminds 

 one strongly of English publications, but 

 its pages are filled with the best of Amer- 

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 page represents the crusade of the chil- 

 dren in the thirteenth century, when 

 over 300,000 of these little people lost 

 their lives in attempting to recover the 

 holy sepulchre at Jerusalem. Among 

 other delightful pages are "A Slippery 

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