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in the front of the hive, to serve as the common entrance ; the second, at 

 the side or back thereof, which must be stopped with moss or soft paper 

 till it is wanted. When the hive is filled with comb, have a box I ft. square 

 inside, made of stout yellow deal, having a glazed window and outside 

 shutter fitted thereto, to see the bees at work ; this, having a doorway of 

 the same size as that of the closed one of the hive, is placed close thereto, 

 the moss or paper stopping being first removed. 



The bees will soon begin to work, and, if a good season, fill the box 

 also, at which time it may be taken away. In doing this, " run with it to 

 some out-house," and allow the bees it contains to return home. The 

 queen seldom goes into the box, but if, by chance, she should be there, the 

 box must be carried back to the hive, and she and her companions drum- 

 med out, by gently tapping the box. In doing this, a bee-dress is neces- 

 sary. — J. M.for Cond. 



Salt as a Manure. — A correspondent has favoured us with his opinion 

 as to the value of this substance as a manure, and also with a table of 

 directions for its use. As this may be interesting to some of our readers, 

 we subjoin the following summary : — A general rule is, never to sow it 

 with the seed. For potatoes, onions, carrots, and parsneps, from lo to 

 1 2 cwt. per acre ; laid on not nearer than one month before seed time ; 

 and for garden ground in general, he advises 1 4 or 1 6 cwt. per acre to be 

 laid on early in spring. Composts, 1 cwt. per load. Its principal use, as 

 assisting vegetation, is, its property of absorbing moisture from the air, and 

 retaining it in the soil ; and also its use in destroying weeds and vermin. — 

 J. M.for Cond. 



The Dahlia may be advantageously forced by potting the roots in Fe- 

 bruary, and letting them remain in frames till June, when they will begin to 

 flower, and may be turned out into the open border. — Matthias Syhaticus. 

 October 10. 1827. 



Transplanting Turnips. — For many years I have sown turnip seed on 

 any little vacant spot, and, when the plants had two or three leaves, planted 

 them out, by a line, in regular rows. Nothing can succeed better, or 

 produce finer roots ; hardly one in twenty dies. — Rusticus in Urbe. 



Patterns for Hurdles. — I beg leave to send you some patterns for 

 hurdles {fig.l\3, 114.), which maybe made of common materials, and 



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would be more ornamental, and hardly more expensive, than the common 

 sheep hurdle. The first two {fig. 1 13. a, b), to be made of oak, are intended 

 for parks, and may be six or seven feet high; the others {fig. 114.), of wil- 

 low or ash, the common size, to fence off shrubs or trees, after hay-making, 

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