When prohibition was announced it had a marked effect on American grape growers. Doom and gloom pervaded the grape growing industry as growers reflected on the negative effect this would have on their incomes. Grape growers considered all their options and the general view was that the industry was finished and new sources of income [...]

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Beekeeping in the City 
THE joys of backyard beekeeping are yearly being experienced by more and more city dwellers. What can add more prestige to the informal private area than a neat row of white hives with their industrious inhabitants arriving heavy laden with nectar and pollen to be converted into “bee-bread” for the pearly larvae? [...]

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THE first considerations in the composition of a garden or the grounds around one’s place are privacy, shelter, and unity of design.
The planning and arrangement of the features of a garden should be as carefully considered as the choice and placing of the furniture in one’s home, or the choosing of one’s clothes. The garden [...]

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