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should be made with the throat or aperture considerably 
larger in the cellar, than outside where the chimney 
comes into it ; this will have a tendency to create 
a draft. Such a chimney may be made ornamental, 
and painted, and would not disfigure any dwelling if 
placed in a proper place, and would well compensate 
every individual that had a cellar for the benefit of 
vegetables, and purifying the atmosphere. I have 
recommended the above plan many times during my 
entertainments, and have heard many i'avorable reports 
from parties that have adopted it, and are highly 
gratified with its effects. Where it is convenient this 
ventilating tube might be introduced into the chimuey ; 
in this case a tin tube such as is used for conducting 
water from eve-troughs into cisterns might be used ; 
and, if preferred, might be put up outside the building 
in the place of the one made of boards. 
JAMAKV maaa(;i:hi:vt. 
Little need be done this month more than to see that 
they remain quiet. 
FEB1IVART MAVACEMBAT. 
About the same as January, keeping a good watch 
that they are all right. Should any of them appear 
noisy at any time, you may know they are too warm. 
If they are kept cool they will remain perfectly quiet. 
By this time, if you have not during the month of 
January, you should prepare yourself for the coming 
season, with hives. Where parties design manufactur- 
ing their own hives, they should send in their orders for 
fixtures, as I furnish them much cheaper than parties 
can manufacture them. Hives, also, ready-made or 
