VrOL. XIII. ISO. 33. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



26J 



3ornc Waslibmiie and made oatli to llie tnitli of 

 e above ccitiiicale by them severally subscribed, 

 I'oi'c iiic, John Fop.d, Jr., J. P. 



Marshfidr!, A'ov. 12, 1834. I certify tliat 1 

 ;ighed eigiitccn bushels of carrots for John 

 joreheatl, in Fairbanks' Patent Hay Scales, 

 lich weijrhcd after deducting- his wagon 1035 

 >v. 14, twenty bushels which weighed 1130 



)v. 17, eighteen bushels which weighed 1035 

 Pakci.ete Alden. 



1 hereby certify that I measured the land on 

 lich John Moorehead of Marshfield, raised six 

 ndrcd and fortyfive bushels, (at fiftysix lbs. per 

 sliel) of carrots the present year, and found it 

 contain one acre and tliree rods and no more. 



John Fop.d, Jr. Surveyor. 

 Marshfield, .Yov. 10, 1834. 



(From the Yankee Farmer.] 

 BJEIES. 

 rheso useful little creatures require some atten- 

 1 in the winter. Many hives are lost, and we 

 ieve it is owing more to the want of proper 

 8 and attention, and the want of good manage- 

 ut, as to the construction of the hives, shelter, 

 . than to any ills that naturally attend them, 

 ne leave their liives exposed to storms and 

 shine, heat and cold, Avithout any protection in 

 the changing seasons of the year; and as they 

 e been successful at times, they laugh at the 

 ught of any difflrent management ; and if 

 1 are unlucky, they think it was so fated, and 

 t they could not prevent it. It is with this as 

 I with many other branches of rural economy, 

 iculture, &c. some suppose that they know so 

 :h that they can learn no more, and perhaps 

 f are right in this supposition, for none are so 

 fas those that will not hear, and none so lim- 



in their knowledge as those that arc content 

 1 what they possess. 



Ve asked a man to subscribe for the Farmer, 

 he said that we could teach him nothing ; see- 

 that lie kept bees, wc told him that we could 

 )ably give him some useful information on 

 subject, but bethought diflercntly, and imme- 

 sly observed that his bees did not swarm last 

 mer ; wc informed him that we had one hive 



swarmed six times, and they were all large 

 rms excepting one — he was surprised that 

 r bees should do so much better than his own, 

 inquired the cause ; we informed him that we 

 ;wo large swarms together; anil that such hives 

 i much more profitable than the same number 

 ees in separate hives. They procure more 

 !y in sununcr, and cat less in winter in pro- 

 ioii to their numbers; they will be much 

 s hkely to live through the winter ; they are 

 :r able to defend themselves against their en- 

 s ; and they will swarm earlier, and send out 

 ! and larger swarms. So far from knowing 

 to manage bees in this manner, and the ad- 

 iges resulting from this management, it 

 led to hini like a new thing unde"r the sun. 

 name this circumstance, as this man is a fair 

 'tnen of thous.inds who honestly think that 

 cannot le.irn any thiiig now, wh"en the only 

 in IS because they never thought of many 

 il things that they might learn, if they would 

 t}ieir attention to them instead of fallowing 

 radition of their fathers, and rejecting the 



of science, reason and experience. We 

 ! not these things as a censure upon the mo- 



tives and dispositions of om- fellow men, hut up- 

 on their practice. But turning from the biped 

 race, to the many peds, after this digression. As to 

 the best methods to be pursued generally, for the 

 protection of bees in diflerent seasons, w(» may 

 give our views and those of others, at another 

 time in the appropriate season. 



See to your bees ; have you taken a peep at 

 them since the cold snap, in order to see whether 

 they are dead or alive .' Sometimes the copious 

 perspiration of bees congeals upon the sides of 

 the hive ; we have seen hives lined with ice form- 

 ed in this manner. Moderate weather, together 

 with the heat of the bees causes this ice to melt, 

 and run down to the bottom of the hive, and the 

 bees become suflbcated ; many valuable swarms 

 are lost in ^liis manner ; and the best swartns are 

 most liable to suffocation, as they are the largest 

 and need the most air, and they generally have 

 the least, as such hives are usually nearly or quite 

 fdled with comb and honey. As the heat caused 

 by the bees assists the melting of the ice, the wa- 

 ter will sometimes freeze as it runs to the bottom 

 of the hive, and falls below that heat without any 

 change in the weather ; again, when the swarm of 

 bees is too small to produce any heat of conse- 

 quence, the ice will melt in the heat of the day, 

 (if such a thing there be in our cold winters,) and 

 congeal at the bottom as it .grows cold, towards 

 night. This is much more likely to happen when 

 the sun shines upon the hives. When a hive is 

 exposed to the weather, the door is often filled 

 up with snow so that but very little fresh air can 

 be adndtted, which may occasion the loss of a 

 large swarm. 



Some will disregard these observations, because 

 bees have survived through the winter buried sev- 

 eral feet deep in snow, or buried that distance be- 

 low the surface of the earth in the fall ; but a lew 

 instances establish no general rule. Perhaps cir- 

 cumstances were favorable ; there might have 

 been but a few bees in a large hive. Large 

 swarms have been destroyed by remaining in 

 close hives thirty-six hours. Sam Patch jun)ped 

 from a great distance into the water several times 

 without injury. Is that any reason that others 

 should risk their lives and follow bis example .= 

 Poor Sam himself kiekcd the huckU in that way at 

 last. 



The best way to prevent bees becoming sufFo- 

 cated in winter, is by the construction of their hives. 

 There are many ways in which they may be made 

 in order to answer that purpose. We made an 

 improvement in hives last summer, adapted to 

 most all kinds, which we think will prevent the 

 loss we have named ; it costs a mere trifle more, 

 is very simple, and is attended with many impor- 

 tant advantages ; we will describe it in another 

 number — say next month. 



To prevent the sufibcation of bees, t)ore several 

 holes with a gimlet into the hives a little way 

 above the bottom. If a swarm be large, they can 

 bear a little exposure to ihe cold, and the hive 

 may be raised one fourth of an inch froin the 

 board, and thus aflbrd the bees fresh air for respi- 

 ration wiicn the door is barred up with ice. 



Wholesome Meat. — All meats, say writers 

 on medical subjects, are best when the animal 

 arrives at maturity. Hence to delicate |)crsons 

 chickens, Iamb, veal, or pig, arc not near so 

 wholesome or nutritive as becf^ fowl, mutton and 

 pork. 



I.MPOMANT DISCOVERY PERHAPS I have 



been a constant reader of the .American Farmer 

 from the lime of its first publication, a;id frequent- 

 ly referred to it, in the hope of finding an efi'ect- 

 ual remedy against the attack of the worm oji 

 peach trees. I found at diflerent times a number 

 of publications njion the subject, and believe have 

 tried the greater part of the remedies therein pre- 

 scribed, without success. Finally, I concluded 

 that the old method of cutting the worm cut with 

 a penknife, was the only one upon wliich any re- 

 liance could be jiiaced and have therefore been in 

 the constant habit of preserving my trees in that 

 way for years. I have, however, lately made an 

 experiment, wliich I have every reason to believe 

 is quite as eflectual, and attended with much less 

 trouble. About a year ago, after I had gone the 

 rounds, laid bare the roots, and cleared my trees 

 of the worm, I took some fine .screenings of An- 

 thracite coal, and put about a qurrt or two to the 

 roots of each tree ; this was done to about one 

 half of my peach trees. Last fall I went round 

 as usual to cut out the worms ; those trees which 

 had the Anthracite coal screenings about their 

 roots, were without a single exception, clear of 

 worms, the others had as usual, a considerable 

 number. I iumiedialely applied the coal to the 

 whole of my trees, and thus far, am well pleased 

 with my ])rospects of success. I propose contin- 

 uing the experiment another year, afler which, I 

 can speak with more certainty upon the subject ; 

 but the circumstance of that half of the trees 

 upon which the experiment was made, although 

 situated precisely like the others, having been 

 found clear of worms, when the others were full 

 of them, is .strong evidence in my mind that the 

 remedy will prove efiectual. , N. 



Orwigsburg, Jan. 25, 1S35. 



Prope.nsity of Birds. — .At the recent fire in 

 Spring street a covey of pigeons was observed 

 hovering over the flames at a great height, pre- 

 senting a heautifid appearance, resembling that of 

 gold, caused by the reflection of the light below. 

 For several minutes they were seen darting in 

 every direction, as if at a loss where to wend their 

 passage. At last they were noticed to follow the ' 

 propensitj' ascribed to birds by naturalists, and 

 plunged one by one into the flames, where they 

 perished. — Com. JIdv. 



Seed Wheat. — Extract from a letter : — " To 

 obtain good seed wheat, my father has for several 

 years used a very coarse screen in his fanning 

 mills, which retains oidy the largest and best 

 kernels. By this means all the foul stuff passes 

 off", and his seed is perfectly clean. Tlie addi- 

 tional ex])ense of an extra screen is but a trifle. — 

 Genesee Farmer. 



Ring Worm An esteemed friend says, com- 



luoa lamp oil applied to the part efteeted will 

 cure the ring-worm. — Ohio paper. 



A new mode of staining or ornamenting paper 

 for rooms has been adopted at Paris, by means of 

 wet or liqtiid saw-dust, giving it a very beautiful 

 appearance. 



To Detect Copper in Greek Tea Put a few 



leaves of the tea, cnt small, into a vial with two 

 or three drams of liquid Ammonia, diluted with 

 one half the quantity of water. Shake the vial, 

 and if the smallest portion of copper be present 

 the liquid wUl assume a fino blue color. 



