SEED-TIME AH© HABVIST. 
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field crop should not be planted before the 
first of June. After that time the ground 
is warm, and there is no danger of frost. 
If there is a clean piece of land on the farm, 
that particular piece shonld be devoted to 
beans. A weedy piece that needs constant 
cultivation to keep it clean, is not well 
adapted to beans. Constant cultivation is 
apt to throw dirt upon the leaves and pods, 
which causes them to rust. Where the 
soil is kept stirred up loosely, the heavy 
rains spatter the earth upon the plants 
badly. Nor should they be cultivated while 
the dew’ or other moisture is on the leaves, 
for this will also insure a coating of dirt 
over the leaves. All the cultivation that 
beans need is to keep down the weeds and 
grass. The ground, unless packed, should 
be stirred as little as possible. 
A clean tender sod, turned over late in 
the spring is one of the best chances for a 
bean crop. It should be turned @ver per¬ 
fectly flat, and well dragged with a light 
fine-toothed harrow. Such a piece will 
need but little cultivation, as the roots are 
all turned under at the start. 
Try a patch of beans this spring, and give 
them a fair chance. If the trial is satis¬ 
factory you can enlarge on the crop next 
year. 
Bee Keeping. 
BY N. N. SHEPHERD. 
The question is sometimes asked “Who 
should keep bees?” We answer: almost 
any one who owns or rents a piece of land 
might keep a few if he liked them well 
enough. But when we are asked who shall 
make a business of honey-raising, that 
might be a more difficult question to solve. 
But we will venture to a few assertions in 
regard to the matter. First, the man or 
woman that likes bees, and has good reason 
to believe that bees like him; for if this 
good will is not reciprocal there will often 
be trouble afterwards. Second, he who has 
a good place for them—a place well pro¬ 
tected from the winds, where there is plenty 
of white clover, basswood and buckwheat. 
Third, the man who has time to take care 
of them and knows how to do it, for bees 
will not long care for themselves, and bee¬ 
keeping is a trade to learn, and it cannot 
be learned in a day, or year even. But 
how learn ? Why, get a few colonies and 
a good bee-book and study until you are 
master of the business. Bee-keeping and 
small fruit raising go well together, and a 
very few acres of land is sufficient for both. 
But few understand the profits and advan¬ 
tages of bee-keeping. With all the late in¬ 
ventions and improvements, in connection 
with that industry, the amount of honey 
produced by a single swarm is sometimes 
truly astonishing. But an average yield in 
a fair season where there is plenty of past¬ 
ure, might be safely put a 100 pounds to 
the colony, besides the increase in the num¬ 
ber of swarms, which is generally about 
double in number. We speak from our 
own knowledge and observation, having 
kept from 80 to 200 colonies for about 25 
years. We will say more in a future num¬ 
ber in regard to the management of an 
apiary. 
AGENTS 
Catalogue Free. 
WANTED TO SELL 
my Novelties, Watches, etc. 
G. M. HANSON, Chicago, III. 
STEEL VIOLIN STRINGS. 
4 Fine Steel Violin Strings for 25 cents, 
12tf WARREN MUSIC HOUSE, Warren, Indiana. 
CATALOGUE FREE! 
FRUIT Trees, Crape 
VINES, FLOWERS, PLANTS, &c Ac. 
The choicest grape vines delivered safely by mail, 
8 for $1.00, 20 for $2.00 Address, 
F. WALKER & CO., 
2tf New Albany, Ind. 
BIG BERRIES! 
The famous CUTHBERT RED RASPBERRY and 
GREGG BLACK CAP RASPBERRY, CRESCENT 
and BIDWELL STRAWBERRY, and other 
SMALL FR 1.1T PLANTS FOR SALE. 
My plants are very fine. I have money to raise and 
must and will sell cheap. Special terms to Granges, 
Clubs, or combined orders. FRED LUCIA, 
2t4 Flushing, Mich. 
BRONZE TURKEY, 
PEKIN DUCK and 
PLYMOUTH ROCK 
From choice birds at fair prices. Send for price list. 
Mention this paper. O. D. BELDING, 
2-5* Middletown, N. Y. 
BRIDDIEC BY actual count 
DcHHBlflEO grew on one Plant of 
the Rlue Ridge Raspberry in 1882. The Blue 
Ridge is a new Berry found growing wild on the Blue 
Ridge Mountain in 1879. I have a few hundred Plants 
for Sale at 50 cents each, $2.00 per dozen. Cash with 
order. Mention Seed-Time and Harvest. 
Address, JNO. W. MARTIN. Originator, 
ltf GREENWOOD DEPOT, Alb, Co., Ya. 
