1892 



IJLEANIN(JS IN HKKCULTURK. 



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t'ii>iii Ihi^«. Fur llii> ii-;i>.iiii. tlu-ii. /iiic -lioiild Ix' di-^- 

 (•.•iiili'd alliiRi'llicr foi- ;i pi'iiiu'f. 



Tim >rro:il :i li<>il\ is not dcsiialilf iii;i iiriiiu'i-; iiiid. 

 while botli Ilic oclicr-. iiiid while h'lul .ire hciivy- 

 liodit'd. llicy niiisl be Ihiiiiud down with tlir M'liii-lc 

 niilil tlicy ai-c vn-y thin. F. Moiir, >ii H(iii:<r Piii)tt- 

 iiiii ouil Diciif(itiii{i. 



In tnivinv' <'iir cuidrs of a IIkIiI shade, oi- straw 

 eoUifs, we find tliat a piife wliite lead is tlist neees- 

 saiy. whieli shoidtl he tinteci with tlie best Fieni'li 

 (lehei- and Knjriisli eliioine \elli>w. 'Pliis will iiialve 

 tlie most diii-able color for ear bodies; tlie elironie 

 is pertnanenl when inixi-d with lend almost as 

 niiieli so as the best oeheis; but it is far superior in 

 b(Mly ami I'overinv projierl ies, and one of the most 

 useful pivments in the paint-shop. Whiti- lend 

 alone will ehanv'o from its original whiteness in 

 ease it is mixed wit li a surplus of oil; itistlK'oil 

 which elianyi's it to a yellow cast as it hardens in 

 diyinjr : ''ill when lead is mixed with some other 

 strong pijfment. its color when thus tinted is more 

 permanent, and its densit\ and weariiifr <|ii;ilities 

 are iiicrea.sed. The <hirabilit.\' of a color we do not 

 claim to b»' altofrel her in the pi^'ment employed, but 

 it is e<iually so in the veliii'les ust'fi in its i)repara- 

 tion for use; therefore lead, which is known to re- 

 tail] oil tile best, will hold t he color lonfrer. 



PaintiiiK is put to the Se\'eres1 lest on our passen- 

 vrer ears, and its destiaiction is caused by a constant 

 exposure to the elements and the chanj-es of atmos- 

 phere, from a dry. burninjr heat throufil' <'ie day to 

 a heavy moisture at nifilii, which the painted sur- 

 f;n'e absorbs in lar^e quantities, to lie dried out 

 aK:i'n. the satne process jroing' on day after day. 

 Hut perlia)>s it is. as I have heaifl exuressed by 

 members, that thi' foreman painter is not consulted 

 in reirard to the coloi- of the car This is e-enerall\ 

 decided by those who ki <iw notliinjr of the jieni'ial 

 .-idaptability of a paint to the work. Freal<s of 

 f.'ine.v liave too often determined what the color of 

 the car siiixild bt'. with no thoujrht j;iven or (|ues- 

 tions asked of those who are expected to know the 

 difJt'rence in tlie lastiiiji' inialities of a color, nor is 

 the <iuesti(Hi considered wliethei- the color would 

 wear six or twelvi' itionlhs. Would it not. there- 

 fore, be economj' toasceitain what amoiyit of wear 

 is ill a color liefore it is finally adoiited as the stand- 

 ard of the road ? 



Our arjruTiieiits in favor of the lifrht colors will 

 jirohably not clitiiifre the views of the officers of our 

 i-oads. They may. liowi'\( r. find the matter worthy 

 of thi'ir attention, and. to test it for themselves, 

 haveone coach painted any litfht shade, and i)uf it 

 in seivice with a car painted Pii II ma n color or Tuscan 

 red, when tweUe months' service will iirove what 1 

 have already as.serted. that lijflit colors are the flr.st 

 step toward economy in the car-paintinK dejiart- 

 nient of a road. R. MrKrnn. in The Pointer, tor 

 yi)V.. lfiR4. 



After C(iin|jiaiiiiiigr wlial otliers have said 

 iibmit fioiieji heiiig adiilter;ited. it niiglit looVc as 

 if we were jjoiiigr a little fast when we iiititnate 

 that iinint is also. I'lof. Cook has said, and no 

 clouht eoirectly, that it is almost impossible to 

 tell by analysis wlie'lier honey is adulterated 

 or not. In fact, he sent satriples of ptiic honey, 

 taken from the hives of the coljecre apiary, to 

 I'lof. Wiley, of Washiiiirton. I'rof. \\'iley. after 

 analysis, prfnioiineed them all adulterated. 

 The wilv professor no doubt thought tliat they 

 were, o/ cfiiirsc. aduiti'iated or they wouldn't 

 have been sent: and wlien he saw the expected 

 chemical reactions, he jumped to the conclu- 

 sion that the samples were necessarily impure, 

 i'orttiiiatejy. adulterations in paint are very 

 easily detected. We have given two very sim- 

 ple methods that will answer for the practical 

 Viee-keeper or iiainter; but the cliemist can 

 analyse and determine the exact amount of 

 each foreign article in paint to a certainty. Ail 

 minerals are very easily analyzed, and the 

 clieinical reactions are distinct and positive. 



Perhaps we ought to sav that we are largely 

 indebted to our painter. Mr. .fohii Ii)er, of this 

 place, for the information that we have been 

 enabled to give above. It was he al.so who fur- 

 nished us the articles from liis trade-journals, 

 from which we made selections. 



He/ids of Grain 



FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS 



I)K,\TII OK rol'NT C. Hl.V.NTONCINI. 



It is with mticii regret that we chronicle the 

 dejiiiiof ('lia<. {{ianconcini. We copy the fol- 

 low ing shorl sketch from the lirltish Tiee •Iniir- 

 iKil for March IT: 



With Italy we have also to deplore the loss by 

 death of Count <'liarles liiancoiicini. of Uolojfiia. 

 whose naiiK- is well known t he world over as one of 

 the leadiiifT i|ueen-breeders of Italy. Count Hiaii- 

 concini was broiijrht up as an entrineer. and served 

 his country in the arliller.\. from which he retired 

 with the rank of capt.nn. lie was not only passion- 

 att'l.v fond of bee-keepiiifi', but was also a thorouK-|i 

 jrentleman, and his st rii-t inteM'ritj won for him t he 

 esteem of all who knew him or had an\ business 

 transactions with him. In his business dealings he 

 was most honorable and oblifriiiK. and those who 

 have had dealiiifr- wit h him have always spoken in 

 the hifrliest praise of his (pieeiis. I-'oul brood ilocs 

 not e.xist in the district where Count Hianconcini 

 resided, therefore there was no fear of imporlinji 

 this disease wii h (jiieens sent from his ai'iaiy. lie 

 was also eiiually well known as an at;riculluiist . 

 Our relat ions wit h him \\n\v been of the pleasant- 

 esl ; and the editor of the Rnme Intiiiiatioiiate, 

 writinji- about him. says that, after Hfteen \earsof 

 the most a>n-eeable intercourse, he can affirm that 

 not one of ids immense circle of customers has had 

 to complain ul)out liim. Hi.s lo.ss will be sorely felt 

 in Italy, wheie his rt-putation was as good as it was. 

 abroad. 



[For the last six or eight years we bought all 

 our queens from Italy of Hianconcini. Tliey 

 were uniformly good, and gavi' excellent Sittis- 

 faclion to our customers. His business relations 

 with us were also of the pleasantest; and as a 

 bee-keeper and qneen-breeder he stood high. 

 We are happy to announce that his business 

 will be carried on by his daughter. .Miss E. 

 Hianconcini. liologna. Italy. She no doubt has 

 been her father's best assistant in the a|)iary. 

 and will therefore be fully able to sustain the 

 reputation of her father. We expect to give 

 her our patroiiMg*'. and would respectfully refer 

 others to her. I E. K. R. 



I'OISONOfS HONKY. 



I have a young man living with me who has 

 lived all his life in northeast Tennessee. He 

 says evi-ry one keeps bees there: besides, the 

 woods are full of wild bees, but he never saw a 

 liee on wiiat is called mountain laurel there, 

 and he don't believe they can work on it on ac- 

 count of the sticky nature of the blossoms: but 

 they do work, in limits of scarcity, on a small 

 evergreen shrub called ivy in his locality, (may 

 it not be confounded with the lattrel in some 

 other locality, as happens with other phints?) 

 and what honey they store while it is in bloom 

 is dangerous. He has betMi very sick from eat- 

 ing it, and knows a number of other cases, and 

 one child died. The bees never seemed to do 

 well when they had any of this honey in their 

 stores. The symptoms of poison, as he gives 

 them, are simiiar to tho.se given by Dr. (Jram- 

 mer, in the .A H ('. 



I looked through my apiary yesterday. The 

 Italians (Roofs and NebeTs stock) are in tine 

 shape— lots of bees and stores, and a good bit of 

 brood: luit the blacks are in rather poor shape: 

 dill not feed uj) well last fall, (live me Italians 

 everv time. They are the •"hustlers." 



Parker. Kan.. Mar. :.'y. .1. W. (iitovK. 



.\ I.ETTKK Fi:oM CIKA. 



Friend Ernest:— I notice in (Ji.ka.m.nhs of 

 Feb. 1st that you think your father is coming to 

 Florida, and" might fiossiJtlii come to Cuba. 

 Well, we Cubans will just be delighted if he 



