Lead arsenate, three-fourths ounce; New Orleans molasses, one-half pint; water, one gallon.
Look over the seedling cabbages carefully and destroy all which show any sign of wilting or rotting.
Cut out apple twigs badly injured by the buffalo tree hopper and burn them immediately.
Watch for plant lice on lettuce in cold frames. To combat the insects the plants should be sprayed with nicofume liquid, one teaspoonful to a gallon of water.
BEE-KEEPER'S COLUMN
Conducted by Francis Jager, Professor of Apiculture, University Farm, St. Paul.
COMB HONEY, EXTRACTED HONEY, AND INCREASE.
The practical beekeeper must decide at the beginning of the honey season whether he wishes to produce extracted honey, comb honey or merely to increase the number of his colonies. The manner of management of his apiary will depend upon such decision. At any rate a modern outfit, pure bred colonies in modern ten or eight frame hives, is required for successful beekeeping no matter in what line of bee industry he may feel inclined to engage.