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Show ' FOUL UROOO Illtitrletl lilrrrlton rorlln-ltuf Onl 1 Ilia Coiaba lUt llttJ It. Tobonblo to recognize i romplly tho comb thit have onco had the diseaw known a foul brood Is an Important matter mat-ter indeed to the nplarinn To anUt In this derision wo here glf e a rprint of n sko'cli scut by n MicMgan beekeeper to (llennings In Itco Culturo, with this letter let-ter "I send yon a rough pencil sketch, giving giv-ing fuiinclhlng of iny idea of how it should appe ir, I also lend you t leco of I'll llf't rKtAiinni crrtecrtu natiiul bizk, comb containing the dleniwl and dried up UrviP To mm) the doad lanm to tht Init al.Autago stAtid with jour faco toward to-ward the point of the compass where tho run i and hold tho comb down In front of you, with what wa the lower edgoaw ay from you, so that the suu light op the ui per sldc.and wthut our sight strlki- nenms ft at an anule of Jit or 40 dig. This will make tho presence of thdls-easo thdls-easo cry evi lent." Following nro comments made lit-rially lit-rially on the foregoing letter by Mr Jtout Inn former article Mr Taylor said "Thodiad brood Is entirely dried up-rncro up-rncro scales, aim tt the color of thacoiub Itself, 1) ing fast to tho lower side of the cell and drawn buck morourloM from the openlug" In tho sample of comb frit there seemed to bo a sort of residue n little darker In color than 11m comb itself, lying fat to tho Ion cr side a expl-tlncd. It is, twrlinp. exoggT-Ated exoggT-Ated n little bit in thn engraving but the purple I to show about how It lie ovi tho bottom side of the cells, or whit aro tho bottom side when in tho hive. It set ins these scale nro nothing but maturated tnasc of foul brood dried up, and which llu Uw are loath to clean "P. SUrMurliitr llr Hulk, Hay, w hcllier in mow or stack, differ so mncli in weight, cotnparvtl with IU bulk, that no rule can W given that will dctennlno the tiumbt r of tun with much accuracy by measurement. Foruxainpla It I vnnoiwly etlmntel to rwpdro from 400 to 700 cubic feet for a ton, necordlu,( to tho kind of gruu nnd tlm time since It was miked nwa The soil 1 content of tho body of hay nrflrst found lu cul it feet by arithmetical rule of measurement, measure-ment, which are then divided by the number suj poed to lo nxtulred for n ton To hud tho cubic feet in n mow multiply the length, ui.ltlj nnd depth together. to-gether. To find the cubic feet In n con leal tack multiply the area of tlm liae byono-thlrd tho iwrtwndlcular height. Another rule otnt line git en I for long or wpinrostaclaSttu multiply tho length In ards by the width In yards nn 1 tin n by half tho height lu yard, and dhl to, by 15 Tor clrcul ir stack, mult I pi) the scpiaro of the circumfcreiico In yunU by four tluitM the height lu yard aud dlvt 1 by 100. tho quotient by n IutheHOeaes nrteeii cubic yards of well settled bay are u poH?d to make u (oil A Inrnu. Knll fr torn. Profeasor llobcrts In n paper on corn culture, nadatthoaunualcouveiilton ol Now York dairymen, aaidt A great iwiut i galneil I u com cnlturi If tho corn is planted while the ground I open aud porous, allowing the heat to enter nnd warm the soil, thus Atarting the ed qulckl) aud so get n tart of thewiSNU I'rom (ho to leu day nftei 1 1 Anting the com may becultl. ated, and far closer to tho row aud fiirmoro rupld ly thaucoull bodononfur tho com lu appeared abovo the grouu 1 All caJtl ator should hivo many flue teeth, In order that tho surface of the lind miy bo lined and lo eled Wheu moiture is somewhat deficient, cultivating with fine tootheil iuij leineut I tndlpeuaMe. Com should bu cnltiuitcd tt.o times during the seown and the last tlmetu tho com begin to silk Tho root should Iny broken a little a poinible, and every sneccediug cullUatlon shoull boshal lower uud further from the row than th 1 rccodiug ouo, A Itun.vm.iU llrootlrr. A California woman tells In TM ranclera it out hi) how she I bucccbs-full) bucccbs-full) ruislng somo biddies from tin time of hatching hota):"At nigh) I kiep theiu in a liox half full of chicken fetther. and for a cover 1 have a boarj to fit tho bot with fctripA of flmncl ticked on tho under nM. Of runnw ths liox has hole bored In the sides fui frtflmtr. My brooder 'take thocako oiT of nny oil hen. My chicks, I aia sure, wouldn't bo any more cotufortabU under au old hen. Wheu tho sun comet out good 1 put them out doors lu an old bathtub, thu bottom of which it covered with gravel anl idielN, and 1 put thett feather out to air and then 1 wanulheii cover ut night Uforo 1 cover thtta The were hatched on Oct. Wand ara growing tliiely," Aurlt-tiltur! Ilrctllle. Titnt tho tool and lhe) will last longer Irreguhr feeding mutes nn uneven GU r of wool XumWred wltli potatoes that nre Mcrywhero ret eiving commendation are thearioties Uural New Yorker .No tl and tlio Thorbimi potato. In priming small orchards tho thumb und linger wero declared to be tho het Implement tint coul 1 be UMtl at the California Stuto Horticultural sochty There aro nodisadiantage to bocttid againxt obtaining Kttds trues, etc , fruui IHiiiitscoiibilerubl) north of where the I hinting Is done. Wo aro not so certain that tLe reterrn of thU rule, In goun tow aid the etmntor for planting stck Is cfually truc.sa) The American (Jar-dening |
