1853. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



341 



For the Tfew En^ln-nrt Farmer. 



PROTECTION AGAINST THE BEE- 

 MOTH. 



Mr. Editor : — You are aware that the great 

 obstacle to the successful and profitable culture of 

 the Iloney-Bee consists in the depredations of the 

 Bee-moth. Owing to these depredations many cul- 

 tivators of bees have lost their entire stock and 

 abandoned the enterprise. The great desideratum 

 for many years has been to provide a remedy. The 

 ill success of others in this respect has led me to 

 be slow in announcing to the public what I have 

 long believed to be an effectual safe-guard against 

 the evil complained of. The remedy consists in a 

 proper construction of the hive ; and I have to an- 

 nounce to you, (and through you to the public,) 

 that I have constructed a hive which has proved 

 itself to be a complete protecdon against the en- 

 croachments of the Bee-moth . In its use for the 

 space of 12 years I have not lost a swarm of bees 

 nor had one in the least injured in this way ; and 

 I am now ready to warrant to others the same 

 protection. Those who wish to avail themselves 

 of such protection can examine my somewhat ex- 

 tensive stock of bees at my residence, or may ad- 

 dress me by mail. 



Henry Eddy, M. D. 



North Bridoewater, May 19, 1853. 



Remarks. — The above article is strictly an ad- 

 vertisement, but we are too good natured this 

 morning to reject it as a communication, hoping 

 that by extending the information we shall be the 

 means of sweetening many a mouth that "wat- 

 ers," every time the word honey is mentioned. 



EXTRACTS AND REPLIES. 



C. S. Hamilton, Hartford, Vt., says, "I have 

 protected my melons, squashes and cucumbers 

 from the ravages of the bugs and worms with 

 boxes made about one foot square, covered with 

 musquito netting, while my neighbors have been 

 much troubled with them. The worms move on 

 the top of the ground, and do not get under the 

 boxes, and the plants grow much better. 



To T. S. F., Canaan Vt. — Stable manure is not 

 improved by being kept over one year, but is very 

 liable to be injured, if not ruined, by being heated 

 too much. It would be difficult to keep it, under 

 any circumstances, so that it would not lose much 

 of its fertilizing power. 



• If you can haul out a large bed of muck and 

 lay it say 12 to 18 inches thick in some out of the 

 way place, and there let it remain a year or more 

 before using it, you will be less likely to bring 

 meadow grass into your high grounds. During 

 the time it is lying in the heap, plow it occasion- 

 ally. 



After it is a year old cart and spread it, in the 

 autumn, on the land where you intend to plow it 

 in. 



Large quantities of muck may also be advan- 

 tageously used by mixing it daily, or two or three 

 times a week, with the droppings from the cattle 



stalls. This takes up and holds the liquids and 

 prevents evaporation, in a considerable degree, of 

 the gases. 



"E. S.," in reply to the inquiries of S. G. B.," 

 about fence posts being thrown by the frust, says, 

 "dig the holes large and fill them with stones or 

 charcoal dust. In setting post and rail fence, fill 

 the holes only two-thirds full of earth. This will 

 prevent the posts rotting for several years longer 

 than though the holes were full." He adds — 

 "The best time to kill alder bushes is in the old 

 of the moon in August. If they are small, cut 

 them down with a bush scythe ; if large, use a 

 common narrow axe, with a crooked helve, about 

 three feet long, fur then they can be cut without 

 stooping over ; cut them close to the surface of the 

 ground, and if they spring up again the second 

 year, they can be cut down with a grass scythe. 

 In this manner I have been successful in killing 

 many of these bushes." 



Kyanizing Timber. 

 Friend Brown : — I have of late heard much of 

 the durability and increased value of timber that 

 has been Kyanized, for fence-posts, shingles, &c. 

 Will you or some one who understands the mo- 

 dus operandi, please inform me "and the rest of 

 mankind" how to Kyanize wood, and much oblige. 

 Yours, truly, A. D. Hager. 



Proctor sville, Vt., May 9, 1853 



Remarks. — The process of Kyanizing lumber is 

 now abandoned, it having been ascertained that 

 it does not accomplish the desired end, — that is, 

 the preservation of lumber from decay. It con- 

 sisted in soaking the materials, whether wood, 

 hemp, rope, or other vegetable articles, in a solu- 

 tion of corrosive sublimate. It was held that a 

 change took place in the gluten of the vegetable 

 analogous to that effected by the tannic acid upon 

 the gelatine of skins in the process of tanning. It 

 is now believed by those who have made use of 

 the process that it is of little or no value. The 

 term is derived from the name of the inventor, Ky- 

 an. 



May Flower Apples. 



Mr. Brown : — I leave a package containing a 

 few of my May Flower Apples, which I wish you 

 to taste. You thought I was rather too favorably 

 impressed with them, "as most men were apt to 

 be with an apple kind enough to spring up on their 

 own land." I think their equal is not found, con- 

 sidering their_ bearing, late keeping, and table 

 qualities combined. The barrel from which these 

 were taken, were put up in a common manner the 

 last of September, and without especial care rolled 

 into my cellar, which is none of the best for ap- 

 ples, and opened the 25th of May. Less than a 

 peck were rotted or specked. Tiie tree is a good 

 bearer. Its eating qualities please test, and es- 

 pecially Z<a/.:ehalf what I left you, and see how near 

 you coincide with me that they are number one. 

 KicnARD C. Stone. 



Remarks. — Well, sir, so far as the eating quali- 



