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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Feb. 22, 1900. 



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has demonstrated the great foresight 

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combs, I have practiced for years storing 

 tbem in empty hives as taken from the ex- 

 tractor. I usually put 13 to 13 combs into a 

 10-frame hive, and store them in the barn 

 until needed the following season. It is 

 but seldom that I find a moth in any of 

 them, and. besides, it seems to me that the 

 bees have less trouble in cleaning them up, 

 as when stored away dry. 



If these observations do not correspond 

 with those of others, let tbem make it 

 known, for we all feel interested in the 

 facts. Fred Bechly. 



Poweshiek Co., Iowa. 



No. 2. Medical Animals. 



Well. as I said before, our Dick — that's our 

 Plym Rock rooster— is paralyzed. His legs 

 won't work; can't get up, walk or scratch. 

 Pretty bad, isn't it ? Some say, •' Kill 

 him." No! He's a good two-year-old, and 

 his family of a dozen biddies are much at- 

 tacht to him. So am I. But he's like some 

 boys I could tell you about — he ate too 

 much, and so got sick. You see, his stom- 

 ach is affected, and in turn that gives him 

 what doctors call "vertigo;" that, again, 

 makes him dizzy, and he can't walk. That's 

 all. I am giving him a small powder of 

 nux, and later on I may tell you whether it 

 has killed or cured him. 



Now, chickens have lice. Of course, you 

 have heard that before. But did you ever 

 know that a certain quantity of lice — not 

 too many, tho— is really a good thing for 

 chickens ? Eh-eh, that's so. The bugs eat 

 off the old skin so that the chickins can 

 peck it out to their great relief. Then when 

 Mister Bugs have done their work Biddy 

 looks around for a nice dry spot where the 

 dirt is warm and loose, and by a vigorous 

 series of back-handed kicks, it throws so 

 much dust all over her that it smothers the 

 creeping lice, or makes them let go and get 

 away. 



Now and then chickens get lonesome, 

 even act'crazy — the feathers come off, and 

 they look like a fright. That's because they 

 don't feel good. But just let them get at 

 that pepper-grass out in your back yard, 

 and you'll see what a change takes place in 

 a short time. O. they know their medicine! 



Then there is that old sow in the big pen. 

 Of course she grunts, wouldn't you, if suf- 

 fering awfully with the stomach-ache? Well, 

 I guess! Only she has it worse than you 

 ever did. Raise up that board so she can 

 get out. and see her make tracks for the old 

 pond. There she goes, wallowing right in 

 the mud. Cool mud is exactly the kind of 

 poultice her inflamed insides need. 



No, ,iust let her stay right there. She'll 

 come home when well. A few loads of soft- 

 coal screenings should always be kept in 

 the piglot. They sometimes likeit better 

 than corn. It keeps the piggies well. 



Rabbits ? Yes, they are nice pets, but if 

 you shut them up they soon get sick. They 

 are great sufferers from tape-worm, and 

 sometimes the worm is ten times longer 

 than the Bunny. What do you think of 

 that ? Then is when they enjoy a big pump- 

 kin—they will eat it, seeds and all. 



Nannies, did you say ? Yes, goats make 

 nice pets, too; the trouble is, boys are so 

 cruel to the little beasties. They hitch them 

 to wagons and expect them to draw loads 

 out of all reasonable proportions to their 

 size. Under such harsh treatment they 

 soon sicken, pine and die. But if gently 

 cared for they become very affectionate. 

 But the William goat, the whiskered Billie, 

 won't do to depend upon ! Better keep 

 clear of him. I've had experience! They 

 do best in hilly, rocky regions. They do 

 not thrive on flat, aiet prairie. They, too, 

 are subject to big round worms, and if they 

 can't have the moss and lichens off the 

 rocks — which is their natural medicine — 

 they grow thin and die. 



Sheep are not quite so tender, but a hilly 

 country is best tor them, too. They have 

 many diseases and bugs to trouble them, 

 but if where they can nibble on willow they 

 keep fairly well. Willow has much the 

 properties of quinine, and maybe they need 

 it, now and then, to keep off malaria. Who 

 knows ? 



I bad a Cossett once— that's a pet lamb 

 grown up. I don't want another. To get 

 a terrifflc thump in your back when you 

 don't expect it, is a painful joke. 



But I'll tell you what does make a queer 

 pet- — -Mr. York yells, "Nuff sed." 



Uncle Frank. 



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