Nh:W ENGLAND tARMt:!;. 



33l 



taken the bees can be furnished without using 

 in one case herbs, gloves, cap anJ mask ; anil 



From the American Farmer. 

 IPROVEMENT UN THE CONSTRUCTION OF 

 BEE HIVES. 

 Kc-johurrjport^ March 3, 1823. 



hn S. Skinner, Esq. 



r)r.AR Sir — I observed in your paper, No. 48, 



jl. Jth,* an extract from the National Gazette, plate, and replacing it by another, tlst 



cuiiiinendins; the method practised in Germa- &c. of the bees is not disturbed. I end 



of ((atherinn- honov, as being easier than a drawing of the hives, a copy oi the schedule 



,il of'lndia, and more merciful" than that of referred to in his letters patent, and making 



IS country, which induces me to think that part of the same, containing Mr. Blake's de- 



,ike"s patent Bee Hive had never been exam- scription of his improvement in tiie conslruc- 

 lii bv the writer — as honcv 



in the other lifting the hive to feed them from 

 a saucer — and besides it is well known, that 

 most of the white comb is put in the top, there- 

 fore in taking out a box, as described by the 

 by another, tl'.e bread, 

 "ose vou 



writer — as 

 a hive of th.it kind. 



can be taken 

 if too much be 



tion o: the bee hive- 



" This improvement consists in the construe- 

 on of a hive, so that any quantity of honey, 

 om a Terv small portion, to nearly one third 

 art of the whole, may be extracted at anytime 



nine or more, or less^ be so made, that they 

 shall fill up the whole space between the bars 

 mentioned, with any convenient thing inserted 

 in the tops of the boxes, for the purpose of ex- 



ora the hive, without any serious injury to the tendinsr them at pleasure, and let there bo a 

 aes, or without the destruction of any of the cover to be placed over the whole, in such a 

 ves of those valuable little animals, and so that manner as may be thought most convenient." 



henever there is a deficiency of honey for the 

 apport of the bees, or no more than is neces- 

 iry for the purpose, it may be supplied or tak- 

 n away at pleasure. Let a square box, of the 

 ize of the common hive, or any other conve- 

 ient size, be made of pine, or any other suita- 

 le wood. Let a number of bars be phiced hor- 



(Signed) EDWARD BL.AKE 



I Would also observe, that I have several of 

 those hives preparing, and am confident the}' 

 will answer a valuable purpose. The cost is 

 very trifling, and those who purchase the rights 

 of veniling to the several states and counties, 

 charge only about two dollars, to each farm or 



value ; and in which all the French Agricultur- 

 ists, who know how to a|)preciate your useful 

 lessons, would participate with me. 



" 1 have already met with some words, of 

 which I do not well know the meaning ; for in- 

 stance, 1 do not know what is the insect called 

 leire ivorin. 1 have not been able to ascertain 

 it, nor even to approximate what it can be, as 

 it does not extend its ravages with us, to grairi 

 sown on clover, when ploughed up, as is the 

 case in England. I do not know either, what 

 is the plant called rih grdss, of which 1 have 

 not yet seen the botanical name given. I'er- 

 ha])s, indeed, it may have escaped me while 

 reading, and 1 may find it out in the continu;>- 

 tion of the translation. 



" This work, to which, notwithstanding its 

 importance, I am only able to devote a short 

 time every day, will still require three or four 

 months ; but I hope it will be published about 

 that time; 



••■ I beg that you will accept the expression 

 Lf the respectful sentiment^, with which I have 

 the honor to be^ Sir, your very humble and 

 obedient servant, 



(Signed) Mattiiifu dl Do.mbeli.f. ainc." 



From the Trenton Emporium. 



HOW TO PRODUCE THE P-F.ST OF FRUlt. 



Take a scion from a free, the growth of the 

 preceding year, of the choicest fruit to be found 

 — cut this scion into pieces of two, three or four 

 inches in length, dip the ends cut in warm rosin 

 so as to prevent the sap issuing out — plant the 

 pieces in soil suifnble for an orchard. A nuin- 

 l)er of shoots will spring up; from these select 

 the most thrifty for growth, lop down the re- 

 maining shoots and cover them faithfully with 

 earth, and in a short time they will become 

 roots to nourish and hasten the growth of the 

 tree. .An orchard may be produced in this man- 

 ner at least two years sooner than from the seed. 



zontally, at about one third part of the distance, individual for the privilege. Mr. Blake's resi 



bom the top of the hive, so that the space be- ^^^ce is in the town of Hartford, County of 



ween each bar shall be about two-fifths of an Oxford, state of Maine, unless he has removed 



nch. Let any number of separate boxes, say within a few months. 



Respectfully, your obedient, 



* For the same article, see N. E. Farmer, p. 323. BENJAMIN POOR. 



TRIBUTE TO MERIT. 

 JVaHv'uIioit of a letter from Monsieur de Doin- 

 belle, President of the Central Agricultural So- 

 ciety of A'ancy^ to the Right Hon. Sir John Sin- 

 clair, Bart, dated .Yancy, 1th JVov. 1821. 

 " Sir — I have the honor to inform you, that 



whom 1 consider to b€ the first agriculturist in 

 Europe. 



" 1 have been occupied. Sir, for some time, 

 in translating your excellent "Code of Agricul- 

 ture." If any thing can contribute to raise Ag- 

 riculture in France, to the rank of a science, 

 which we could not till now pretend to do, it 



tm the 3d of this month the Central Society of will certainly be the publication of this work in 



.\griculture of Nancy, has inscribed your name French, being the most systematic, the most 



on the list of its Foreign Correspondents. The concise, and, in my opinion, the most perfect, 



Diploma shall be transmitted to you without which has hitherto been written in any lan- 



delay. I hope that you will not refuse the lus- guage. 



tie which your name would procure it, to a "In the course of this work, which is alrea- 



Society now in its infancy. dy well advanced, I have perceived more than 



•• I beg leave here to express all the satistac- once, that I should require information respect- 



tion which I experience, in a choice so honora- ing some particulars. If you would have the 



ble to the Society; and to add, how much I am extreme kindness to permit me to apply to you 



personally flattered, with the sort of brother- to obtain such information, it would be a motive . 



hood, which this gives me, with the person, for gratitude which I would well know how to i iron them before they are dry.— fit. touncr 



DANDELIONS. 

 A medical writer in the National Intelligen- 

 cer remarks : — "Dandelions have always been 

 considered pcculiarlij useful in visceral obstruc- 

 tions, particularly those of the liver, when eaten 

 either as greens, sallad, or taken in ptisans. — 

 They seem calculated, from their stimulant de- 

 obstruent powers, to promote bilious discharges, 

 and, from long experience, have been found_ 

 highly elhcacious in all biliary affections of 

 the liver. They are also good to keep the 

 body open, and are diuretic and attenuant. In 

 the drop>y, the dandelion has been known for 

 ages to be of great utility. The ancients, says 

 Willich, were better acquainted with the prop- 

 erties of this excellent vegetable, than those 

 modern practitioners who appear to be more 

 anxious to introduce exotics, im|)orted from dis- 

 tant countries, than to ascertain the qualities of 

 those numerous medical plants which grovv in 

 our own climate. I advi.se all who are troubled 

 with bile, flatulencies, fullness of blood, and 

 who are fearful of dropsy, vertigo, &:c. to make 

 tree use of this precious gift of nature, the 

 Dandeliou. 



Infonnalion to the LarfifJ.— Plaid stuffs will 

 neither shrink nor lose their lustre, by the fol- 

 lowing simple method of cleaning them. — Wash 

 them with soap and raid water, and s«irc/i and 



