o hold the boat
at points in the pond to be worked. The vegetation is raked from the
water in small lots. Care should be taken not to bring up any of the
small Frogs and Tadpoles with the vegetation. It should be removed from
the banks of the ponds at once, as it will rot very fast, and its
presence is objectionable.

If a boat is not used the vegetation can be drawn near the shore with
long-handled rakes and taken out with long-handled pitchforks made
especially.

This method is simple and much more economical. Two men can accomplish
more than five men by the other method. The advantage in favor of the
boat is that you do not need to disturb the whole mass, but pick it out
here and there as you think best, and have it more uniform and not
destroy the roots so much.

Great Profit in Swamp Lands.

Swamp lands, on a farm, converted into Froggeries, _bring in large
profits_. If you have a piece of ground which is swampy, which can be
found on most any farm, and you do not convert this into "_Raising
Frogs_," you are losing one of the most profitable products of your
farm, as _more money_ can be made from an _acre of swamp land in a
Froggery than ten acres in wheat_, if properly managed, and with little
expense. You first want to excavate a portion of it where you can have
water, 50 x 15 feet, and another part of it 15 x 20 feet, and fence it
in, as explained above with a 2-foot one-half mesh wire. In the larger
pond place the breeding Frogs, and in the smaller one hatch out the
spawn, and when they are developed into Frogs turn them loose on the
swamp to grow until they maintain marketable size. If there is a small
stream or ditch running through the swamp, which very often is the
case, then it is an easy task. And here is where the old saying can be
applied, "Makes money for you while you sleep." And good, big money it
makes, too. _Don't put off_ turning your swamp into a _money-maker_. DO
IT NOW.

The Edible Frog (Rana Esculenta.)

[Illustration: THE FEMALE FROG.]

Two species of Rana are common in America and Europe, viz., _Rana
esculenta_ and _Rana temporaria_. The latter alone is indigenous to
Great Britain, and varieties of it extend throughout temperate Europe
and Asia to Japan, and one variety (_pretiosa_) exists in the United
States. The edible Frog (_Rana esculenta_), however, has been
introduced into England. An Indian species (_Rana breviceps_) and
several South African species burrow