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  2. Why Bees Desert Hives.

    Thus a beekeeper: When bees swarm daring a hot day, they get very warm with the excitement and exercise; and sometimes the sun shines directly on the oldster. If they are then put into a hive which ...

    Article : 400 words
  3. Plants Antagonistic to Insects, &c.

    It has been shown by repeated experiments that the nasturtium, Tropoeolum, planted about the trunks of apple trees infested with the woolly aphis, Schizoneura lanigera (Hausna), will eventually rid the ...

    Article : 264 words
  4. THE CULTIVATOR. Fixtures.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 219 words
  5. Land Board Meetings.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 78 words
  6. Seaweed as Manure.

    We have more than once in these columns drawn attention to the value of seaweed as a manure. In the north of Scotland seaweed forms a most valuable fertiliser for the farms abutting on the ocean, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,113 words
  7. Government Land Sales.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 585 words
  8. The Codling Moth.

    A new idea has obtained in America as to the means adopted for the destruction of the codling moth. Hitherto it has been the custom to confine exterminating methods to the active season of the insect— ...

    Article : 609 words
  9. Dry Preserving Fruit.

    The Auburn (U.S.A.) REPUBLICAN, after bestowing warm praises on the exhibit of dried fruits made at a recent county fair by W. M. Foster, of Lincoln, and presuming that he is scrupulously ...

    Article : 321 words
  10. Harvesting Rape.

    A Wallabadah correspondent recently made inquiries through our columns respecting the proper mode of harvesting rape, and asked whether an ordinary stripper would do. Knowing that Mr. E. ...

    Article : 519 words
  11. A Potato Lifter.

    The potato-raiser which we illustrate was recently exhibited in England. It consists of a revolving wheel having forked spokes, which upturn the potatos, and a second wheel with plain spokes which prevent ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 74 words
  12. A Cheap Hay Rake.

    The illustration shows a very light, strong, and cheap rake. It will do all the work of the larger kinds, and is about one-tenth the weight and onefourth the price. It is constructed of hickory and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 136 words
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