FARMERS' REGISTER— BEE MCXrH. 



is so close bolow ihut a rabbit could scarcely work 

 its way throii2;h; wliile aliove, the stroni^ branches 

 are so wattled and interlaced, that a man could 

 not scale it, nor a hull iin'ce his way throup;h it. 



"1 have now in dilferent places at least half a 

 mile ot'tliis hed^•e, which I shall be very happy (o 

 show to any of your correspondents wlio mayAvish 

 to sec it. 



"The mode of cultivation is very simple — it is 

 set out either in the fiill or spring in the manner 

 recommended by Judg-e, Euel; if in the fall, it is 

 dipped the next spring wiihin about nine inches 

 of the ground. Next spring it is clipped again at 

 the height of about two Icct, the third spring at 

 about three feet from the ground, with some side 

 pnining. Tlie next summer your hedge is com- 

 plete, and you may keep it at the heiglit and thick- 

 ness desired at the expense of a little pruj)ing. 



"I have also tried plashmg. In 1818 or 19, my^ 

 gardener, who was an Englishman, highly re- 

 commended it, and at last persuaded me to let 

 him attempt it upon a young and thriily hedge 

 made of crab ap])le. He did it as it appeared to 

 me, very skilfull}-, but it was a veiy long and tedi- 

 ous operation, and the result was the hetlgc was 

 ruined. His mode of operating (which is I believe 

 the common one) was to sutler the main stem to 

 remain upright, while all the side ones were par- 

 tially cut and bent down nearly horizontally, and 

 so confined either by interlacing or by staking 

 them down; they did not thrive however — they 

 perished by degrees, and I Avas at last forced to 

 prune a^vay all the horizontal branches, and lost 

 at least four years growth. 



"With the buckthorn I have never' found plash- 

 ing to be in any degree necessary or useful. If 

 managed in the way I have described, in three 

 j-ears the hedge will be complete, requiring aflcr- 

 wards very little care, and nearly as thick, and 

 quite as impervious below as above." 



"Buckthorns should be set in a single row, from 

 seven to nine inches apart; as soon as? they begin 

 to vegetate, they should be headed down to about 

 six inches from the ground, which will cause the 

 liedge to become thick from the bottom. By keep- 

 ing the ground clean, and occasionally shortening 

 the stray shoots, it v/ill soon make a beautiful 

 and efficient fence. It is an extremely vigorous, 

 free growing plant, and in our opinion superior to 

 any plant we are acquainted with in this country, 

 for makins fi hedo-e." 



A WORD IN SEASON, OR AN EFFECTUAL, SECU- 

 RITY AGAINST THE BEE MOTH. 



For the Fanners' Register. 



As soon as your, bees commence woi'king in the 

 spring, examine your hives, and with a slab of 

 wood, or piece of hoop iron, scrape the stand im- 

 mediately under the hive, also around the inner 

 edges of the box, taking care to remove all the 

 web that may be attached to any part of the stand 

 or hive, as the v\rhole secret consists in keeping 

 them free from the web formed by the molh or fly. 

 Having completed this operation, provide your- 

 self with four square blocks of wood, and place 

 one under each corner of j'our hive, so as to raise 

 it not quite half an inch from the stand; this will 

 enable you to clean the stand witliout removing 

 the hive. This scraping operation must be re- 

 peated eveiy three or four days, if there should be 



any appearance of web forming on the stand, or 

 around the inner eilg-es of the hive. It seems ne- 

 cessary to remark, that the moth or fly, makes its 

 attaclvs by a kind of regular ap})roacli, first form- 

 ing its web on the stand, and then extending it up 

 the sides of tlie liive until it gets complete posses- 

 sion. By a little attention in cleaning the stand 

 and hive, as directed, you will certainly secure 

 your bees from the ravages of the worm. In the win- 

 ter, the blocks must be removed from under the 

 hive, so as to allow it to rest immediately on the 

 stand, which will secure it against the attacks of 

 mice, &c. On this ])lan, it is advisable to make 

 an entrance for the bees, by cutting a peqiendicu- 

 lar slit in the front part of the hive, half way from 

 the bottom, say two and a half inches in length, 

 and one-eighth of an inch wide, with a kind of 

 shelf just under it to serve as a resting place for 

 the bees going and returning to the hive. Afkr 

 being a little used to it, the bees seem to prefer 

 this entrance to the one at the bottom of the hive. 

 This plan has jiroved an eflt?ctual security against 

 the worm, afler every other remedy has fiiiled; 

 and not a single hive has been lost since it was 

 adopted. z. 



(a) Entrance, one-eighth of an inch wide, and two 

 and a half inches long. 



(66) Shelf below ^he entrance. 



MATERIALS FOR MANURE. 



Extract from an article by J. H. Coupcr, in the Soutlieru 

 Agriculturist. 



A sufficient amount of manure is yielded to keep 

 the soil in the most productive state, if a stock of 

 animals be kept on the plantation, and the dry 

 vegetable matter of the fields be carefully carted 

 to the pens. The expressed cane, tops and leaves, 

 from an acre of cane, }"ield about 10,000 lbs. of dry 

 vegetable matter. An acre of cprn, including 

 blades, stalks, shucks and cobs, about 2500 lbs., 

 when the yield of corn has been 20 bushels: and 

 the ailer crop of peas 1000 lbs., together 4500 lbs. 

 An acre of solid peas 2000 lbs. The potatoe 

 vines, pumpkins and turnips, being eat m-een, con- 

 tribute only to the production of fluid manure. 

 The total quantity of dry vegetable matter to be 



