TllJL BEJL-KEEt'ERS REVIEW, 



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EXTRT^CTED. 



Winter Poultry Keeping Works Well With 

 Bee Keeping. 



During these times many are asking them- 

 selves if they shall abandon bee-keeping or 

 take up some other pursuit in connection 

 with it. Poultry has often been recom- 

 mended as a good thing to keep in connec- 

 tion with bees, but, as usually managed, the 

 busy time with poultry comes just as the bees 

 are getting ready to swarm. It is possible 

 to so manage that the busy time with the 

 fowls will come in the winter when there is 

 no work to do with the bees. Considering 

 all this, I take pleasure in placing before 

 my readers the following article from Glean- 

 ingB. It was written by H. J. Ashley of 

 iMachias N. Y., who has had experience 

 along the line upon which he has written. 



" After five or six uuprecedentedly bad 

 years for our favorite pursuit, the question 

 arises in the minds of many bee-keepers, is 

 there some occupation I can combine to ad- 

 vantage with bee-keeping, or must I sacri- 

 fice my stock of bees, together with fixtures 

 and appliances, that I have spent years in 

 perfecting ? This question has come to us 

 many times ; and we believe from personal 

 experience that the raising of poultry fur- 

 nishes just what we are looking for ; namely, 

 an occupation not laborious, but whose re- 

 turns for faithful attention are sure, and 

 where the most active labor comes at that 

 season of year when bees need the least at- 

 tention. This is equally suitable for tlie 

 bee-keeper who does the work himself, or 

 for him who, like ourselves, while actively 

 engaged in professional work, wants some- 

 thing at home which, by the way of change, 

 furnishes pleasure and relaxation, and still 

 makes it profitable to keep a good active 

 man of all work. By keeping a few stand- 

 ard-bred fowls of a variety giving a pro- 

 fusion of eggs and fine bodies, we have the 

 pleasure of seeing fine birds of uniform size 

 and color, and having' on our tables fresh 

 eggs, and fowls of our own raising : and, 

 even without any special effort by advertis- 

 ing, there will be a demand among our 

 friends and neighbors for settings of eggs, 

 with an occasional call for a trio, or pen of 

 birds from our pure-bred stock, which, sold 

 at even a moderate price, will soon more 

 than repay the difference in the original cost 

 between starting with thoroughbreds and 

 common fowls : and in nothing does blood 

 tell more surely than in fowls. 



Our acquaintance with bee-keepers, as 

 formed at conventions and elsewliere. has 

 proven to us that they are universally intel- 



ligent and skillful in those nice little points 

 of observation and care that go to make up 

 a successful pouliry-keeper — especially if 

 artificial incubation is practiced. It does 

 not require a great outlay of money to pur- 

 chase a small self-regulating incubator and 

 a brooder which, even in the hands of the 

 novice, does very satisfactory work, enabling 

 one to liatch his chicks in March or April, 

 thus giving them pullets that will begin lay- 

 ing in November ; and, with proper care, 

 will just 'shell out" the eggs during the 

 winter months when prices are liigh. 



In May or June, when the bees begin to 

 require close care and attention, the chicks 

 will be out of the brooder, and, if allowed 

 the range, will require little care, save feed- 

 ing morning and night. 



At this time eggs are low : and if desira- 

 ble on account of lessening labor, or for 

 Inck of room, the year-old fowls may be 

 disposed of, either in market or, as is often 

 the case, to farmers who desire to introduce 

 standard blood into their ttocks, thus leaving 

 •June, July, August, and September to de- 

 vote almost exclusively to the bees. In Oc- 

 tober dispose of extra cockerels and cull out 

 the pullets, and begin to prepare them for 

 their winter's work. 



As one by experience becomes proficient 

 in the use of incubator and brooder, broiler- 

 raising offers a very substantial increase in 

 the income from the poultry-yard. 



Chicks hatched in .lanuary will be ready 

 for market in March or April, if of a variety 

 suitable for broilers, and should then be 

 sent to a citv market, pullets and all, where 

 they will bring fancy prices, leaving br( od- 

 ers ready to receive our March-hatched 

 chicks from which to select our pullets for 

 the next winter layers. 



Bee-Keepers will find the shop and tools 

 so necessary to the apiary just the thing 

 with which to make numerous little applian- 

 ces which go with the chicken and egg busi- 

 ness. " 



Leaflets to send out With Honey. 



Below is a copy of what Mr. Pringle fur- 

 nishes his customers. Mr. Heddon has sent 

 me his leaflet that he u?es for this purpose. It 

 is pretty lengthy or I would give it here. I 

 will try and give it next month. In the 

 meantime I shall be glad to hear from others 

 on this subject. 



HODEV. 



SOME REASONS WHY IT SHOULD 



BE EATEN. 



Why people should freely feat honey can 

 be put briefly in one sentence, to wit; Be- 

 cause honey is wholesome, palatable, and 



