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not be carried too far. With the movable combs 
very much can be done toward equalizing and 
strengthening the weak stocUs, yet, if all are weak, 
it is very difficult. A hive that does not swarm, 
can be made to assist others, by frequently giving 
them a comb or two filled with sealed brood. A 
hive, kept especially for this purpose, pays well. 
You will get more bees and surplus honey from one 
strong hive, than from a half dozeu weak ones. 
When, the increase of colonies is limited to one 
from each stock, it will, as a rule, give the best 
satisfaction. There will be enough bees to keep 
all strong, at all times, and chances for surplus 
honey are very good. To do this, (arrest swarming, ) 
where they are allowed to swarm naturally, exam- 
ine all the combs a week after the swarm issues, 
and remove all the queen cells but one, leaving this 
to hatch — or, if you have a laying queen, introduce 
her, which is much better. Where stocks are plen- 
ty, and box honey is the object, swarms should be 
prevented. This eau usually be done by removing 
the old queen, and in due time destroying all royal 
cells but one, or introducing a young queen, reared 
in some other way. As soon as the hive is full of 
bees, plenty of boxes, with clean, white comb in 
theiu — the more, the better — as heretofore directed, 
should be immediately put on, and as fast as filled, 
removed, and replaced by others — without waiting 
for every cell to be sealed. 
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1— Garden Seeds for a Family (4:0 kinds) . $5 00 
2— Flower Seeds for a Family (100 kinds) .$5 00, 
3— Nursery Stock (Any kinds desired) $20 00, 
1—Iona Grape Vines (ViofNo. 1) $18 00 
5— Concord Grape Vines (lOO of No. 1)...$12 00 
6— Japan Lilies (13 Bulbs) $6 00 
7— Sewing Mucin 
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IS— Washing Machi. 
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Wheeler A Wilson) ..$35 CO 
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(Singer's Tailoring) ..$80 no 
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( Willcox dc Gibbs) $53 00 
(Howe's) $60 00 
e (Data's) $14 00 
, Best— Universal) $10 00, 
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17— Ice or Water Pitcher (do. do.). ...$1S 00 
18— One Dozen Tea Spoons (do. do.) $7 50, 
19— One Dozen Table Spoons (do. do.) $15 00 
HH— One. Dozen Dinina Forks (do. do.) $15 0u, 
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[For sale at the office of Hie Agriculturist, or they will be 
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these are included in our Premiums, JS'os. 03 to 75, above.'] 
Allen's (L. F.) Rural Architecture $l SO 
Allen's (R. L.) American Farm Book 1 50 
American Agricultural Annual. 1807. paper, 50c; cloih ..> 
Allen's Diseases of Domestic Animals 1 C ' 
American Horticultural Annual, 1SG7, paper, 50c; cloth 73 
American Bird Fancier 30 
American Pomology— Apples S 00 
American Rose Cultnrist. . SO 
American Weeds and Useful Plants 1 75 
Architecture, by Cunimings & Miller 10 00 
Barry's Fruit Garden 1 75 
Bement's Poulterer's Companion — 2 00 
Bement's Rabbit Fancier SO 
Breck's New Book of Flowers 1 75 
Buist's Flower Garden Directory 1 50 
Buist's Family Kitchen Gardener 1 00 
Burr's Vegetables of America 5 00 
Chorlton's Grape-Grower's Guide — 75 
Cobbett's American Gardener 75 
Cole's (S. W0 American Fruit Book 75 
Cole's Veterinarian 75 
Dadd's Modern Horse Doctor 1 50 
Dadd's (Geo. H.) American Cattle Doctor 1 50 
Dana's Muck Manual 125 
Dos: and Gun (Hooper's) paper, SOc. cloth.. GO 
Downlng's Country Houses S 00 
Downing's Landscape Gardening (new Edition) ti 50 
Downinir's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America S M 
Downing's Rural Essays 5 00 
Draining for Pro tit and Draining for Health 1 ^0 
Eastwooa on Cranberry »•» 
Elliott 's Western Fruit Grower's Guide 1 50 
FlaxCulture , 50 
Field's (Thomas W.I Pear Culture 1 «j 
Flint's Milch Cows and Dairy Fanning 2 50 
French's Farm Drainage ... I 50 
Fuller's Grape Culturist. (Revised Edition) 1 aO 
Fuller's Strawberry Cultnrist *-0 
Gardening tor Profit, by Peter Henderson 1 50 
Gray'sHow Plants Grow.. .... \ '£> 
Gray's Manual of Botany and Lessons m one Vol ** 00 
Guenon on Milch Cows - „ <S 
Harris' Insects Injurious to Vegetation, plain 1.00. col d 5 00 
Harris' Rural Annual. Bound, S Nos.. in 2 Vols. Each 1 ;*0 
Herbert's Hints to Horsekcepers — l 75 
Hop Culture , *J 
Husmaun's Grapes and Wine I 50 
Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry •• * ' ; » 
Johnston's Elements of Agricultural Chemistry l 50 
Johnson's (Prof. S, w.i Essays on Manures 1 25 
Langstroth on Honey Bee 2 00 
Leuchar's How to Build Hot-Houses 1 50 
Mayhew's Illustrated Horse Doctor 3 50 
Mayhew's Illustrated Horse Management 3 50 
Mayhew's Praclie:.! LWLKeeping for Farmers 90 
Blanks for do. do. 1 20 
Miles on the HOVge^ Foot 75 
My Farm of Kdgewood J «•►■ 
My Vineyard at Lakeyiew 1 ;' 
Norton's Scientific Agriculture <■> 
Onion Culture |0 
Our Farm of Four Acres (bound) Wo paper.. SO 
Par. lee on Strawberry Culture ;o 
Peat and Its Uses, by Prof. S.W.Johnsou i » 
Pedder's Laud Measurer •• 00 
Ouinhy's Mysteries of Bee Keeping (Klft*) } ™ 
Randall's Bbeeo Husbandry.. J « 
Randall's Fino Wool Sheep Husbandry \ oo 
Rivers' Miniature Fruit Garden.... •■■■;■■ * * 
Richardson on the Dog, paper 30c clOttl.. wi 
Rural Annual, by Joseph Harris ■ ■ • • ■ ■ gg 
Saunders' Domestic Poultry ink* >. paper. lue,. bound _.._» 
Schcnok's Gardener's Text Book £> 
seriimer's Ready Reckoner;. : ™ 
Skillful Housewife .. (■> 
Small Fruit Cnlimist \ '.Jj 
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