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the frost was about an inch thick; also,the comb 
was moldy, so I thought wintering bees was 
more than T could do, but T waited awhile, to 
see final results. Patience workcth much: so 
when the weather got warmer I looked at my 
pets,and lo! they were humming away as nicely 
as ever. But not being satisfied with cellar 
wintering, I happened to think of a new plan 
—I never had heard of any person having 
his l>ees in a spriug-house. Brother and I 
carried the bees to the spring-house (it is not 
used in Winter, owing to the distance from 
the house) and set the hive four inches above 
the water. My mother told me all Winter I 
would kill my bees, but 1 was experimenting 
iu earnest now; so I shut up the entrance with 
a block bored full of little holes, so as not to 
let out the bees, and let in as much air as 
possible. Will they get too warm? I said, to 
myself. The water is 50° Ffthr., and Prof. A. 
J. Cook, in his bee manual, says bees should 
be kept at an even temperature, if possible— 
never below 4D°, and never above 50 u ; but 
he does not sav the air outside or inside the 
hive should be*4o w But there is nothing like 
personal observations, so l left, the chaff in the 
hive, shut up the spring-house tight, and 
waited a day for them to get settled. I went 
back with ray thermometer, and found the air 
outside the hive to be 42<\ so 1 thought I had 
the hive right. But listen: what is all that buzz¬ 
ing? I look into the hive and see the bees all in 
un uproar, and the glass somew hat stained. 
Perhaps t hey are too warm. I will just lay 
my thermometer on the cloth that lies on top 
of the bees and under the chaff, and see what 
it, is inside the hive. 1 wait five minutes for 
the mercury to get to its place, and to my 
surprise, it is 56°, By this. I suppose Prof. 
Cook means the air inside is to be 45°. How 
am 1 to get the temperature down, now? I 
will leave the door open just a little, as the 
temperature outdoors is below freezing, nod 
that will cool the air in here ; as to how much, 
1 will have to test again. Next lime I look, 
the air outside the hive is 26°, inside the hive. 
repeated to the children long ago, and that so 
manyohiluren since have hoard. Mrs. Whit¬ 
ney, a woman who has written many good 
things, has written a book called “ Mother 
Goose for Grown Folks,’’and iu all those jingles 
she sees some meaning, more than the words 
seem to convey. Little boy blue she calls con¬ 
science, and while he is asleep the heart, 
head, hands and feet be should be watching, 
are getting into mischief. 
In whatever way you may look at it, you 
are boy blue, and you have something to 
watch, and if you fall asleep, something will 
go straying to spoil your crops, or your live*. 
An Old hen, a pig, potato lieetles, or weeds, 
may go straying into your gardens, and do as 
much harm as a cow or a sheep In the corn, 
or the meadow, and if you are not watching 
against, these things, perhaps laziness or care 
lessness is getting hold of yonr lives, bo 
wake up, boy blue, whoever you are, there is 
something for you to look after, for the corn 
is growing, and roust not bo trampled; the 
boys are making men as fast as they can put 
one day a-top of another, and they must not 
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Dear Uncle Mark:— I am one of your 
unknown nieces. Papa takes .your paper, and 
we all think it is very nice. I am a farmer’s 
daughter and I like to live on a farm. T like 
to do housework, and make garden, especially 
flower-garden. Mamma and I send many 
thanks for the Garden Treasures. 1 was iu such 
a hurry for them to come up that- I soaked 
them too much and most, of them rotted, but I 
have some nice pinks, one four-o clock, one 
morning glory, and another that T don’t know 
the name of. It was a large dark-brown seed; 
there were two of them; only one came up. It 
is a foot high and has six leaves, the large t 
one is eight inches long and 3}£ inches wide at 
the widest point; it looked like a lily when it 
first came up. Can you please toll me what it 
is? We have white patonies, pansies, which are 
my favorites, bleeding heart, snow-ball, purple 
lilacs, Rocky Mountain courant pinks, flower¬ 
ing almonds, eight different kinds of roses, 
four kinds of lilies, rose geranium, German 
myrtle, and many more. I must bid you 
good-bye. with best wishes to Uncle Mark and 
all the Cousins. ALICE b. house. 
Green Lake Co., Wis. 
[When your plant blooms you can fiud out 
what it is probably; if you cannot, send me a 
leaf and flower, and I will find out for you.— 
UNCLE mark.] 
work in the neiaor garueus - 
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awhile, before you can begin work? Does it 
make you cheerful and agreeable to hunt for 
your tools?__ 
lu most business firms the work and respon¬ 
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firm, and each one is responsible for his de¬ 
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care and preservation of tools, be a good one 
on the farm? Perhaps you can have the posi¬ 
tion, if you usk for it, boys, and make it one 
of your duties to know where the tools are at 
all times, whether they are in use, loaned, or 
put away. ___ _ 
Are you keeping a record of your crops, to 
send me when they are gathered? A report, 
carefully made, will interest your Uncle and 
Cousins and will benefit you, for you will need 
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Jerking the lines, yelling angrily ut the 
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but, boys, it you do these things, it is worse 
for you. The horses may not be spoiled in 
temper, but you cannot escape becoming 
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ladder, sawed off the limb that the bees had 
clustered on, and carried the bees down with 
one hand: but previous to this, 1 had prepared 
a 10-frame Luugstroth hive. I washed it out 
clean and sprinkled salt in it, and pushed the 
racks all to one side, shook them in at the top 
of the hive, then placed the racks and put on 
the honey-board and the lid. I did all of this 
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faciue the east. The bees worked away all 
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BOY BLUE. 
Shot Cuns 
tlun VVerk8, i’lttiburgh, Pa, 
Little boy blue! come blow your horn! 
The sheep’* tu the meadow; the cow's lu the corn. 
Where’s little boy blue, that looks after the sheep? 
He’s uuder the hay-mow fast asleep!" 
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