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JOURNAL OP HOBTIOTJIiTDBB AND COTTAOE QAEDENBR. I SfpUmbM i, isae. 



— E»ly io llie mornioK, "r as bood as corsair bees are on the 

 TAld, dip a feather io Oiirb>>lio acia bdiI wt^t iht* entrance of the 

 MBftiled bive all rniiud, p-niiing at the fiame timo a few drops 

 on the landini;. R-'pott the iliiae during tbe day nx Die oduar 

 passes ofl. If propmlv luanagvd, tbe niiDates will remain at 

 home TeniiUiin^, wbilHl tiut a hin^le rubber dare cross tbe 

 thiesbold. It i:i even dexirnble tbat nome if tbe robber bees 

 thoold wet tbt^ir feet in tbe acid, that on retumiug to tbeir 

 own Liven tbev may spread consternation at borne. Ou two 

 OMaeions Ibe procera baa been tried with ureat encceas, render- 

 ing &Uo)jetlier uiincceH»aiy tbe removal of Ibe weak and plun- 

 dered hivi-8 to a <'j-*i«i)re. If robi>ers are in pOHsespion <)f the 

 hive, lift It lip and pour a liitle of tbe ecid in the middle of 

 the floorhnnrd. and IhtD leplace the hive. The robbers will 

 ■pecdily dt^immp. 



I do not know itt a more nnefiil anxiHary in the apiary than 

 •arbolic ftiiid. Ii i!< cheap, i^oiiiiigDijlv C(i a-pbi*l, and itis one 

 of the best di^iuleclaIll^. A" ii (!Hiioii-ly used by " Apioola" 

 on a pifCH (>f i-poD^e inl^erl^d in a fuuiigator, aud blown 

 throngh with the breath or a pair of bellnws, it answers nearly 

 all tbe purposes i.f unolie. Tnip, that uentleman, when I 

 visited hiw ii| 'my in June, lisd S'liie very ferocions hives, that 

 are only MueuaMe to tobscco sm< ke. Not ex|>ectinR to see 

 raeh tiger?, I approaibrd them wi'hunt my nsual accompani- 

 meot of a pipe nr ciijar. Tiie conn q'luiee was, that with a 

 panoply vnltierable at several poiiitp^ I was chased over the 

 lawn, and oomi elled to bide njy^elf in the sbriibhery. No 

 Egyptians ei.uld be more feiocinns. If '• Apicola," however, 

 when inFpioiiiiK tbeiu will yn-l let fall a drop or two of car- 

 bolic acid in the floorbiiard and on Die upper interior edges of 

 the box, I have no dt'ulit they will quietly succumb to mani- 

 polAtion. Bees have been iiiiii'^iially ferociona this season, no 

 donbt owii'^ to tlie scarcity i^f f.iofl. 



In this locality (Diim(rie"-hiri) we have had a good honey 

 harvest, but culleciionR could nut he made after tbe 26th of 

 July, and up to ttiis d^'e. August 27'li, there has been no re- 

 turn from the heather. It is said to be la'er in .lowerinn than 

 nsua!, but I suspect it is partly blasted, and tbat the flowers 

 eannot open in consequence of the dry weather. " Apicola " 

 has only obiuiued in supers from, I believe, tighteen stocks, 

 692 lbs.— R. S. 



OUR LETTER BOX. 



Enxnco Old Hbks fTirohma). — Tf yon meiii in pnt yoor bens or rhiok- 

 tfi8 either riiiteteii or boDcd, we nro honnd to tell vou ibey are ton old for 

 snob puipoSfB. Y"iir friends will p^raphrasa Builoau ut ;our oxpeusei 

 and Bay c( jour ponltr; — 



" Mil pnnlette ^tiqnn, Pur Iti tnbV Hf\\6. 

 Quo do nom de " chicken " ae troQve d6eorfiQ. ' 



niere are ofher modcB of dre^sinp the antiqnities of Die yard. They nre 



e«pit(il in tbftt moft n t'ltrttd but nmst «s(fiil nrticlp tbe "stock-pot." 

 We hare niniiy tinn 8 civen tlie receipt for mikiDfr old omcIib nnd hens 

 into pies tbnt would tcm|it nn <>picurp, nnd ut no cost b(>yoDd trouble and 

 pamstakint,'. Keiptbem an 1< dc »6 thr>y will Iny, nnd then hill tbem. 

 Let them be empty of }<iod. nn'l Ift the wentbnr be cool, tbnt yon may be 

 ftble to keep them with a view t'> their beooroiuR t^ndt-r. Some pallets 

 Hill lay in Decemltr or Jananry ; some idbt lay earlier. 



Orain for Pocltry (A Z, ).—Y.m may fairly believo tbat thebest food 

 for all ponitry ie ih it which i-* b-nt in qn ility. No error is so f^reat as to 

 fall into the popnlnr 'dna thnt any rnhhish will dit (or thtt which is con- 

 ventionally termed " chiokeni*' m iit." All refii-^e is etived in order to 

 form part of it. Niw ^rrtin Im only valuable acoording to its weight, and 

 those whohtvehad to feed Hacks bv hnnd Boon learn an easv metbod of 

 ascertainiDR Ih'it point. Fond i-* (rivrn to Diirks in wHier. Take heavy 

 oateorbiilo , nnii put them io warer; tbey will rU sink to 'he bottmii. 

 Take light cheap cirn, and it will tiearly all 6')nt on the top of the water. 

 The nece8>nrv wt-i^lit of f.ii.l for feedinu; fowJB pr.ifitubly will ha honght 

 for lesB money laid cut in tbe heat and hciviest gr^iin, thsn in (hat which 

 ifi called chenper hcc'inse it rn«t8 lews. Nd^'cct of ih'B truth onasesmany 

 to be discour^iged nnd to relinqaisb a piir-<tiit which ha-* been a source of 

 pleosore to tht-m. We f^ed onr poultry on tbe best barley, the best small 

 Indian corn, nnd barley or oaimeiil. Our mode of fording is io rIvo meal 

 slaked with w^ter the tirm thin^ in (he morninjf. a few haudfulu of com 

 (barley) ab"ut ten, a r- gnlir ninnl of birley or Indian com at one, and 

 slaked meal agxin iu the evininy half an hour hi fore dusk. Your food is 

 light for Figeone, but the Indinu corn should be email. 



EotTP— Rich ab Food for Chickkks (J. O ).— W^b the bead daily, or 

 twice daily, with tep'd water, f^uiphate of copper, one grain dii'y. mixed 

 in oatmeal m •she'l with iil>'. an'1 plenty of green food. Separate the fowl 

 from all others. If not betttr within a week kill the fowl Rico ie worse 

 than nothing' for pouUry Tt f )rm.^ no thcr bone, muscle, nor flefh, and 

 it always caupes vermin. The b» ut and chenpest fnod is that we have 

 described above. Yoa will not ht- ir.'nbtrd with Injing, if yoa f^ed on 

 rice. CbioKe s ilo not inte'fore with l^iyins h»nfl. In January fiur, 

 Febmary six, Mnrrh eight, an-i ro on increasins t«ll in summer any mode- 

 rate ntimber ; but this adsuraca proper and nouriuhtug food. 



T>UCKS WHEN MopLTiKG (A Suhttrribt^) — The Ronrn drnke yoa mw 

 with the bro^n feathers was merely in deep moiilU The malce of all tbe 



Dark tribe, even the hnndftomeert, ire Dookt ta feather for a short tima 

 before they renew their bright colours. 



Tuhkrt Hem DiflORDanaD (J. If 1.— It voald have aoslxtrd ns In an- 

 Bwerinu if von b id t<dd a* wbetl er there w^n my reafoi. to h- II. ve then 

 was a stoppaije. and that tbe crop was disKmHud wirh food ht-cnase it 

 found no ti&o<pe. If you ascortain patlpfMCtorlly thi-ro is no hioppaffe, 

 and that the food in the crop is only thit rcoetiily i^'ven, nil voo h tve to 

 do will be to empty th" crop, and then to !»*ed very sparintfly and fre- 

 qacntly, allowing O'lther food nor wat- r, t-zo^pt when given by hand. 

 The crop will empty itself if the bird bo bold up hy ih" bsa with the 

 head banging rt wo When the crop is empty a lihle-'-p.ionfui of castor 

 oil may be civen. If tho evacnationt nre grt-en and a'lmv tbire will be 

 nor.covery till they are changed to browi:-whi*«> and Agiirfd Diseon- 

 tinae the stimiilaiits at present. Wh*'n you ti*kd to tlium Hguiu, gife 

 btrong beer. Nettle tops bbould be boiled, oDiun tops given raw. 



Breeding and Management op Gevrr J. T. L.> —To i/ivc all tbe 

 informatJuD you ahk would rtquire a li>n<; i<rtiulu. but tho rdinwiog ex- 

 tract from tho '• PoaltrykeeperV Manail" >i* no nn-wrr t-i moot of yonr 

 qn'-Btions : — '• For breeding, not mor • thsn ihr»^e Ol■e^e to » ne gander 

 must be kept, and their brue'ling powi>r8 o-iniinne undi'Ttinlsbed aotil 

 more thnn twenty yenrs old. Thiy require a wnIh r int^e. Hfford'nt; plenty 

 of gr,iB8. and atill water. Tbe Oota h lusc for ibe ( mr should not be leas 

 tlnm 8 leet long bj (i feet ^^tJe, nnd hit{ti enoori'i for a ma • to stand in 

 upright. A smooth fljor of brick and irofid ventiUiio'i aru necessary. 

 Over the fl lor a litt'e clean 8tr.iw shouM be aprnad every 6eC"nd day, 

 after removing tb it pr viously need, and wishing d'>wu the floor. A 

 compartment nbimt ^ f(--et squara f bould bo as it-ned to each Gi>ose for 

 laying and Milling, nnd when one Is hatobiug. th*^ gander >ind othtr Ueeea 

 must be Rhnt out frorn ber. Wherever a Ooo^m UyK br flr-t eg< she is 

 very pi-rtin icioiiH in thtia depoBitiog the r>miiud<r Tt.e T.mtoQM 

 GooBe in a very Kood I »y» r, hut rar»ly r-quirea io nil, and, it whe does, is 

 a very bad tnolber. Where laying Geeso art! kt-pt t ti,'eib<*r. and Iht-y are 

 liable to interrupt e>ch otbtr, rem'tva t^ie <gi/- daily, and mtrk on each 

 the day it WHS laid. They will ounttnue goo.i f -r thrt-e wt-ek-*; but the 

 freshtst ongw should ht, ^at tipi'n. If tboOeefoket-p well to th«-ir xenarate 

 nosts, let ttie eg^H remain. March and early in A nl ia ti>e b at period for 

 posliogs to bo h itched iu. In February, or early iu M-rcli, ibercfore, the 

 Geepe Fliould cmmence sittini;; fur the pt-riol ut iucu a i >ii is from 

 thirty to thirty-five days. Goslings ba'rbed ater April nud at any time 

 in Rammer, are reared with great diffl'^ulty. Thiit'-en o.vb nre qolte 

 enoQ'.'h for the largeBt Goo8<' to eit apon. food nnd wattT isbould be 

 pljLced cloHo to her, for she aits very closely. It i-^ b' »t for ht-r to come 

 fromhtrnet^t d>tily. and take a bnth iu some D'-iuhhouring pond. The 

 moisture of her brc.ist fi-atbers evidently is favourable to th-- eg^a hatch- 

 ing, so that when they are placed ander a 0')minuu li^u. 'tr utiier dnmaa- 

 tic fowl, these eun<i should he sprinkled with water i<v<-ry second day. 

 Wlien batching his commenced, do no*, in any w-.y int<rf.re, for more 

 himi rcsnits than henefl' ; both Qooeo and [.'o^ling^ are t«tr -ue enongh 

 to take cire of themselves. On tbe 0eo*>nd dty after h itching put a tnrf 

 bt'fore tho goslings ; and a little boiled uatmeai, boiled rioe, hre-ni rrumbs, 

 and pond water are th^ir beet supplits for tiie first week. I'ut tbe water 

 into a Rballow di'^h, with means for them to gi-t in ani O'lt easily. When 

 a fortni:.^'ht old tbey can shift for themselves, if allowed to go abrtad with 

 tbeir mother, and not nnlll then must tbey bo allowed Iu f-eqnectthe 

 pond. Tbey require extra feeding, howevtr, Hud this mar be tho same 

 R^ given to other fowlt;. The only d infers they r- q'ure to be sheltered 

 from Rro heavy rain 9 and a d:imp floor. Duriug tiro d lyn of tbe first 

 fortnight the GooBe may be pat nnder a crate or l.-trgo coop on graBS. 

 Whf^n put up fur f tttening, from six to ton thrive better ti)an tf only two 

 or three are confined for the purpose. For the first forln^'ht ciV" them 

 Oiita nnd water m>xed together, and afterwards b rloym«-nl m-de of a 

 crumbling conHistency with water. Tbeyahoald be n a dark boiiae, and 

 kept quite quiet. Tbey nhjutd ba allowed V* b\tbe iu a pond for a l«w 

 hoars before being killed. Thoy aro theu plncked nutrt) uat-ily, and the 

 feathers are more serviceable."' CorreBpondents (-hould t>e reasonable in 

 their requests, especially when they send their qacbtiuu« at tbe last 

 moment. 



Names of Dotbb (H. E. Kel«Tr)-— It is not easy to decide aeoarately 

 ap> I I cames of birds unseen and only deecr<bt^^ by word-, as people 

 diffjr • p (o their views and names of coh>urs. Wj rather exp*ct that the 

 oock bird is a Stock Dove (Colnmba CEnas). The one depcribcd as the 

 hen is, we fancy, a Turtle Dove (Goluiubi Turinrt. Wri bivo recently 

 Been both birds in an aviarv, and in per.cct heii'b. Tbe Turtle l>ove 

 being a bird of pasaagt), will bhow mucii nneasiuotiS, and a denire to 

 escape as autumn advances. 



What ahk Rosbwinos? iIi\quirer).—U yonr qncMlon refers to a bird, 

 we are not awure of an v called by th^t name; There Is an Au.<«tralian 

 Parrot or Parakeet called the Bloodwing. Koaewiug may probably be 

 only a local appellatioo. 



Dandepratt (QMTo).~Va Yorkshire the Bantam La so called ; but we 

 think it is a fond name for other email things. 



Food poh a Flycatcher (Biu).— It will eat any kind of soft food, such 

 ae boiled rice, boiled potato, a little hard-boiled egi* chopped fln«, with 

 bruised htmpsoed and sovked bread added, scnipt-d met. pmad meal- 

 worms, or garden worma.Hnd insoctiof any description. We do not think 

 thnt there is mnch ch:«nce of your being able to keep tbe bird through the 

 winter on account of its migratory habits. 



Krbpino Honbt {Amateur).—!! your cellar be perfectly dry, there can 

 be no better place. 



POULTRY MARKET.— Sbptbmber 1. 



Tbb Lot weatber has made quotations difflcnlt. Senders were wearied 

 with f>polling, and dlsooBtinaod a small snppl; ; an incrcise in price wa£ 

 tbe result. 



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Large FowU 3 



BmaUer do S 



Chickens 2 2 



Goaings 



Ducks 2 3 



Yuong GroDEe 2 '2 



Old Grouse 1 



Gee^e 6 



Pigeons 



Hares 



Rabbits 1 



Wild da 



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