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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



furrow of given dimensions, and what it will 

 do, and then sell at living prices in localities 

 to suit the public, so if pieces are required 

 they can be procured at small expense for 

 expressage or freight. If tliey have a good 

 thing, they can alfbrd to do this ; if they have 

 not, they will j)robably keep out. 



A good swivel plough is greatly needed by 

 a large number of our farmers, but they wish 

 to know before purchasing if it will do the 

 work they have to do, and do not wish to travel 

 from fifty to two hundred miles for informa- 

 tion that would cost the parties from $2 to $o 

 per week to furnish to the whole public. 



if von or some of your correspondents will 

 give a few facts in regard to this matter, you 

 will confer a great favor on me, and perhaps 

 others that need such an implement. JoxES. 



Addinon Co., Vt., July 3, 1871. 



difficult, if not impossible, to remove them. A 

 patent was taken out a few years ago for the 

 device, but as it is not a valid one it is free to 

 all. 



Mr. Langstroth invented and patented the 

 movable comb-hive ; and though there are 

 thousands of patent movable couib-hives, most 

 of them have adopted some of Mr. Langstroth's 

 devices ; and it is not too much to say, that 

 the nearer a hive approaches to the Langstroth, 

 the more nearly perfect it is. — National Live 

 Stock Journal. 



MOVABLE COMB HIVE. 



The movable comb-hive is, as its name sig- 

 nifies, a hive in which each sheet of comb is 

 movable, and can be taken out at will. The 

 couiQion or old-fashioned "bee gum" being 

 simply a box or hollow log, the bees fasten 

 their comb to the top and sides of it, making 

 it impossible to remove the comb but by cut- 

 ting it out. Now, by lillmg this box with 

 frames so arranged that each comb will be 

 built in a frame, and these frames easily re- 

 moved, we have a movable comb-hive. The 

 principles which govern the practical movable 

 comb-bive are these : — 



1. The parts intended to be movable should 

 touch the hive in as few places as possible. 

 Bees fasten with j)ropolis every ioint in a hive, 

 making a hive iuiproperly constructed jirac- 

 ticallv an inunovable comb-hive. 



2. Every part not intended to be in contact, 

 should be so far separated that a bee can pass, 

 and so near that comb will not be built be- 

 tween. Bees are sure to till up any place they 

 cannot pass between readily with propolis, 

 making it difficult to separate the parts. Three- 

 eighths of an inch is found to be the proper 

 distance. 



a. The hive should be so arranged that it 

 can be easily o})ened, and the frames taken 

 out and returned without killing a bee. A 

 hive that cannot be so opened is sure to be 

 ne'dected ; and it should be borne in mind 

 that a movable comb-hive is no better than the 

 conunon box, only as its movable features are 

 made use of. There is no luck in a movable 

 comb-hive ; and it is frequently, if not gener- 

 ally, the case, that a person who does not suc- 

 ceed with the common hive will not be suc- 

 cessful with the movable comb. The frames 

 must have something under the top bar to 

 guide the bees m building their comb. A 

 triaiigle fastened to or worked on it will do 

 this. The first movable comb-hive did not 

 have this guide, consecjuently comb was fre- 

 quently built across the frames, making it 



Tub Cheese.— Mrs. O. C. Smith, of West 

 Waterville, gives in the Maine Farmer the 

 following particulars of her manner of making 

 tub cheese, which she says are verj' good. 

 Take an ash tub that will hold about six gal- 

 lons, soak it in salt and water about three 

 days before using. Bore six or eight holes 

 in the bottom of tiie tub. I then run up my 

 milk the same as usual for a pressed cheese, 

 chopj)ing and salting the curd. I then place 

 a cloth two thicknesses in the bottom of the 

 tub, put in my curd, placing another cloth 

 four thicknesses on the top of the curd, then 

 put on the follower and a stone of about 15 

 pounds. I proceed in like manner every day, 

 changing the top cloth for a dry one every 

 time 1 put in a new curd. When the tub is 

 full or nearly so, I then spread oyer the top a 

 thin layer of butter to keep out the air, cover 

 tight and set it away in a cool place until 

 ready for use. 



Poultry Condiments or Tonics. — IVIr. 

 Mills, a French apothecary, recommends, from 

 personal experience, the following as an un- 

 failing tonic or stimulant for debilitated fowls, 

 and especially for young turkeys during the 

 critical stage, when he says its etFects are 

 most marked and salutary : — Take cassia bark 

 in fine powder, three parts ; ginger, ten parts ; 

 gentian, one part ; anise seed, one part ; car- 

 bonate of iron, five parts ; mix thoroughly by 

 sifting. A teaspoonful of the powder should 

 be mingled with the dough for twenty turkeys, 

 each morning and evening. It is of the great- 

 est importance to begin the treatment a fort- 

 night before the appearance of the red, and 

 to continue it two or three weeks after. If 

 this precaution be taken in time, there is no 

 need of losing a single turkey in a brood. 



Cleanse the Skin. — It is a curious fact 

 illustrating the necessity of cleanliness, and 

 of keeping the pores of the skin open, that if 

 a coat of varnish or other substance imper- 

 vious to moisture be applied to the exterior of 

 the body, death will ensue in about six hours. 

 The experiment was once tried on a child at 

 Florence. On the occasion of Pope Leo the 

 Tenth's accession to the paj)al chair, it was 

 desired to have a Uvihg figure to represent 



