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Show FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. WHEN AND HOW TO BEGIN FARM BEE-KEEPING. Keeping llee tar Incidental Income and llouxrholil Convenience A Talk Aba-it Ilvcrltlet Farming The llomft, Ktc. iVIien and Ho to lleln llee-Keeplng. Bee-keeping mij.rht be taken in two classes ihe apiarist by profession, w hose entire revenue comes in through the hive, tlie honey producers, queen miners iind bee dealers; and secondly the larger class, who keep bees, or if 4V. 1 .. , 11 i , . . and you will conclude that :crubs are quite expensive. Speoiulity in fruit growing can often be made very profitable, but the quality quali-ty must be of the very best. Sheep manure contains a good percentage per-centage of nitrogen in an available form, and hence is a valuable fertilizer- Good grade draft horses cannot be excelled for doing the necessary fain work, while they also sell readily good prices. In addition to farming, a good fy-tem fy-tem of rotation and a variety of crop, enables the farmer to make up a beter variety of feed for his stock. One advantage with rye is that it will grow on thin land, can be liastired wn.-jr uuuersianu now, would Keep inem for household convenience or the incidental in-cidental income. Every farmer to-day has a bearing tree, bush or shrub in his garden, because the first cost is little and the attention is inconsiderable. inconsidera-ble. Many n hive would stand under the laden limbs to add to its product, the most delicate relish, did not the cost and the care apjear so forbidding. The latter consideration noed be no hinderance; use tho time' that would bo lost, a few minutes at noon when the first mellow days have come in the spring. Then re-arrange and supply deficient stores that the queen may pro-dispose the hive in good season with a multitude of gatherers. This gives her the timely chance to provido her forty to fifty thousand hands. Fifteen minutes will bo timo enough to manipulate three or four hives. It takes but an instant to slide the empty combs into the center, which is tho seminal spot and nursery of tho bee hive; to sift the full combs to the outside, out-side, if the stores are short; only a few minutes are needed to set over tho combs a feeder or a pan of syrup float- at any stage of its growth, or be turned under as a green manure with benefit. In feeding for growth, vigor is an important item, and the quality of he feed, as well as the conditions unier which it is fed, largely determine lie vigor. Because you have pure-bred stick is no reason for thinking that there is no room for further improvement. It should bo understood that there practically no limit to improvement By feeding on tho farm the variiin products grown, and sending to marlet on the hoof, a much largor quantitjof fertilizer is loft for the land than "h crop has extracted from it. Dogs, as a rule, are a nuisancer the farm, but if you must have n take a little pains to have a good ote. As with other animals it costs no nvre to keep a good one than a poor one. Wheat bran, middlings and rye mke a good feed for growing pigs. If he J rye cannot be readily secured oats an I I bo used instead. They can be, ia-j ia-j terially increased in value if they re ; i ground. I jug a uuck cioin upon It. JNo more care until the Mowers begin to appear. Then, in n minimum of time, the surplus boxes arranged during the leisure of winter In frames or crates as desired, may be slid in above the brood chamber cham-ber and everything is ready for the inflow of the, harvest. "Hut the swarms?" In this busy ago we cannot watch and wait upon the whims of an insect, nor nin wo allow to vanish in mid-air a working power worth from three to five dollars. Later on wo may look a little more into this question of swarms before the season comes when the troop of bees seem ready and mad for motion. In all the other management, however, how-ever, how insignificant is the item of time and attention. But tho outlay for a few swarms is a matter of personal judgment, like- the purchase of a quince bush or' pear tree. Tho plant may bo procured in various ways, and for a person of a mechanical turn, tho expense ex-pense noed not be appalling. In tho next place it may bo well to inquire and perhaps dQuida-iiQW a man or woman might best and most cheaply commence tho keeping of a few colonies, colo-nies, t. e. enter the second and the wider class of bee-keepers Practical Farmer. Hints for the Home. Strawberry cream, honey paste nJ encumber butter form part of the st of new greases for keeping the foe and hands smooth. A cup of mashed potato mixed wh a teaspoonful of sugar at night ill lighten tho batter in the morning ad the expensive egg will not bo missi. The torturous hinge can bo rended noiseless by the use of a black ltd pencil of tho softest number, the pat rubbed into all crevices of the hin). A bright little housewife is repord by the Philadelphia Record as havg caught eight mice on sticky fly pa:r placed over night on tho kitchen ikr. In England celery is much used oti last course at dinner, dipped in grpd cheese that is, the eheeso is pawl with it and tho celery dipped as ilia eaten. I Don't neglect to have your nie i plainly painted on all jugs or Dots that are sent to tho store for vine:', j molasses, etc. Then you will be re to got your 0.11 back again. , TirowhVoiiiJt nouTTtthT ft) nice ft ffiS of boiled milk, with salt and sugiil and it will often cure bowel complai either with children or adults, if f other food is eaten for a day or o4 J An. esmient wf wa ism T.t 11 teaspoonf vjin a gla of wiB atd shake it thoroughly. If the teS iiire the? water will bo a clear ami ly.l, but, if adulterated, strong-ly ci Three persons who ate food cook in a new tin pan were attacked wi severe cramps and vomiting due lead poisoning from which oi prompt medical attendance saved tht lives. It is stated that glycerine wash into flannel lifter it is wrung from t warm rinsing water will render it im I agreeably soft. Half a spoonful glycerine to a pound of dry flannel I the usual allowance. A fresh egg will sink in water 1 causo of tho water in it It will lie its side also rather than endwi-! endwi-! Should tho yolk be plainly distingui.-! distingui.-! able upon being held up to a stro i light the egg is good, j Incalculable harm is done to b j the health of a child and to the I tegrity of a second set of teeth in lowing the temporary teeth to beco decayed and abecssed, causing p and suffering and frequently indigest and all its accumulated evils. When children havo taken cold th j is nothing better to give them tl molasses, butter and vinegar; to 1 ; cup of mohusses take a teaspoonful i butter and two teaspoonfuls of vinej: j cook a few isiinutes and give a li frequently, (lito young children i take this. ; To fumigate a room after contngi ' disease: Put sulphur (brimstone) a tin pan, set it on a brick in a i j having a little water in the bottl set it on firo and hasten fw.n the roifl ! having all cracks tightly stuffed, efl j tho key hole. After six hours oil ; and air the room. 11 I Diversified I arming. Diversity -4fc"nTn"yTnuTl' tliiligs. rTho individual who runs entirely . to one special object may become a specialist, spe-cialist, and may possibly excel in one particular walk of lifo, and the particular partic-ular vocation chosen may yield him a handsomo return. There are, however, how-ever, but few Edisons in their way in any walk of lifo. A Beecher could and a Talmage may fill churches or tabernacles, taber-nacles, yet tho majority of preachers nre about as dry in their utterances as they generally are in their finances and luxuries, and to them diversity is a perfect per-fect God-send. The old sermon, with a new face, can be and is burnished up to pass muster on many different occasions. occa-sions. With farmers the diversity that suits them is of a different nature. Their stock In trade cannot bo carried about in mouldy manuscript, neither can the improvements, made to one field, be transferred at will to another, yet diversification di-versification can bo so cosmopolitan in its ramifications, as to blend in ono harmonious whole, to tho material benefit of tho farmer. Diversified farming will undoubtedly yield a surer and safer return to the ordinary farmer than special farming, yet the farmer himself should bo the best judge of his own varieties. Climate has fully as much to do with general surroundings as soil. Sorghum and beets may be made to yield big returns whero a corn crop might be a failure, or clover fail to get up a decent stand. Again it may be folly in some districts to devote much time to anyt hing else than ra ising cattle or sheep. Each locality has, by the laws of nature, and the trend of civilization, an adaptability to some lines of husbandry," and is unsuited to others. The husbandman's safest . course is to be well informed on the f possibilities of his soil, and diversify I his operation as the climatic conditions safely justify. Indicator. Coffee and tea pots become discolo ; on the interior in a very short ti ' To prevent this about every two wt ; put into them a teaspoonful of soda till them two-thirds full of water: boil two hours. Wash and rinse ; before using. In this way they will ways be sweet and clean. j Husk mats are tho best boot wi , in muddy weather. There Is some , ; in most neighborhoods qualified to : struct in their making. It is a 1 i business to do in a rainy time; j husks are damp and pliable thon. j : person can make a dozen a day i ; sell tho surplus in the village foi i i cent-s each. '"i ! The -real Boston baked be; : served for its Sunday morning br R j fasts are co iked thus. They are soi ' ! during Friday night in cold water. 1 ! Saturday morning the water is char ' j and then gently parboiled for two hoi j then rinsed and put in an earthen j with a good sized piece of pork witr lean streak in it, then slowly b: through the day and left in the through the night, having plent.i' water in tho pot during tho process j cooking. r Stork Hlltl Fnrili Note. Tho sleeping quarters of tho pigs mud, be dry. Avoid under-feeding as well as overfeeding. over-feeding. A patch of rye makes a good pasture pas-ture for ewes with lambs. It is not a good plan to use fresh, coarse manure in the juitato patch. Allowing the horses to stand on wet manure will make their feet tender. Bran, oilmeal and middlings, scaled, mnko a good feed for the laying hons. So far as it is possible the most profitable plan with stock is to feed them to maturity. A scrub sire, crossed or bred with grades or even pure-bi-eds, will gradually grad-ually tend toward tho scrub. Bran contains less oil and more bone material than eornmeal, and is better for growing stock. Pedigrees that are merely lists of names of progenitors are of no value as evidences of individual merit. Figure out the difference in the cost of growing a good colt and a poor one, |