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entirely free from dust, dirt and grit. The 
shafting is all firmly held by the frame, work¬ 
ing always in line, with equal friction on the 
We would advise all whose colonies are 
strong, and who desire to increase numbers 
as fast as possible, to commence in this month 
making new colonies. We would not do it 
in such a way as to weaken any hive 
materially. A comb of brood may be taken 
from one, a comb containing stores from 
hives in the place of one, and can keep them 
all the season rearing queens, or unite them 
again into one colony after they have served 
their purpose. 
Those who use surplus boxes will do well 
to put them on all strong colonies in this 
month ; though in most localities bees do 
better in them before June. 
bearings, until the machine is worn out. The 
machine being acciiratel 3 T balanced upon the 
driving wheels, the horses’ necks are entirely 
relieved from a heavy weight. By means of 
REMINGTON AG’L WORKS 
ABOUT SWARMING 
PERRY’S NEW YORK HAY 
the lifting lever the cutter-bar can be folded | another, and 
or raised to pass any obstruction. With can be pro's 
CABBAGE WORMS 
11 on some years we have been trying to 
grow cabbage, but failed principally on ac¬ 
count of the “ cabbage worm." These pests 
are small, green worms. They generally 
commeuce operations about two or three 
weeks after the young plants are transplant¬ 
ed and work around the small leaves of the 
heart of the cabbage. Can you give me a 
recipe for canning sweet corn in tin cans for 
market.— A Gardener, Fulton Co., N. V. 
The cabbage worm to which you lcfer is 
the larva of the well known Rape Butterfly 
(Fieri8 rapet), imported from Europe some 
ten years since, and now to be found in all 
parts of the country. It 1ms not, as a rule 
been very injurious in any one loeality for 
more than two or three years, as a little par¬ 
asitic lly follows it destroying the greater 
part if not quite all of the worms. We have 
tried various melhods for destroying these 
worms, but none proved effective without 
injuring the cabbages. Since they left as 
SEASONABLE HINTS 
to scatter. The reel is readliy aud accurate- 
adjusted to the ground surface by a lever 
handled by the operator in his seat, and when 
once adjusted requires 
no watching or raising 
in ordinary rough __ .-sll! 
places or dead fur- ^ — • -=. 
rows. If an unusual 
obstruction should be ^ 
inri. the reel cau be fr|=: 
there was one. Before 
cliine is instantly j Uj-L- - . ~ ?£~~. ~ M- 
t brown into gear, and 
stantly out, if wished. 
By reason of its pawls 
and ratchets, it may 
be backed safely at y 
any time, as the reel 
is not then revolved." 
The Company also 
manufacture 
CRAWFORD'S IMPROVED 
MOWER. 
This machine, rep¬ 
resented in the accom¬ 
panying engraving, is 
very complete, being all iron, with side cut 
gears encased, and of light draft. The prin¬ 
cipal points claimed for this machine by the 
manufacturers are er.:; aerated in the* sub¬ 
joined paragraph : 
The frame is made entirely of iron, thus 
preventing warping and springing, while the 
gearing is so securely boxed as to keep it j 
NOTES. 
~ beetles sent us by 
Ralph Burroughs of 
tfv' Accomac Co., Va., are 
ten-liners, and jour- 
fi elf and neighbors will 
< r have to make prepara- 
tion for giving them a 
_,2*1 warm reception this 
7 spring when the pota- 
■ 4? toes appear. There can 
be but little doubt 
CW\% that the entire East- 
. ern States will be in- 
- festod with this pest 
&& {V/ the coming summer, 
au ^ every one who 
<?W has a garden or farm 
should make prepara- 
t i o n s accordingly. 
Paris green mixed 
with flour is probably 
the most effectual and cheapest of all poi¬ 
sons. 
Borers in the Block Locust. —A corre¬ 
spondent of the Journal of Agriculture says 
he has succeeded in preserving the Black 
Locust from the ravages of the borer by ap¬ 
plying soft-soap to the bodies of the trees 
two or three times a year. 
CRAWFORD'S IMPROVED 
this mont h, it is often best, if rapid increase 
is desired, to divide colonies. If the bees 
liave been encouraged in brood rearing by 
feeding, and the heat of the hive econom¬ 
ized, the bees are strongnow—whether the 
season be late or early. We do not find | 
bees, managed as we advise, dependent on 
early seasons. 
MOWER ON U’KE ROAD. 
disturbed by the unfamilar appearance of 
things, will find the small hives, and as each 
has a cell aud brood, they will soon settle to 
work. Care must be taken before night 
to see that each small hive has enough. If 
one has 'more than its share, change 
its place with that of a weaker one. 
You will then have two, three or four smai 1 
