SEM /- Tilt WIC CA h I FOUNT. I. 
:;s‘ 
-specially after the pnBt disastrous season. 
In their present weak condition a portion 
of tin* been must nee. stmrily go to the fields 
for supplies when there me not enough 
left to keep up the necessary beet to hatch 
iiutclt iu- two thousand pound* 
lunv t>o raised. The uear-oefian mean 
hinds im- admirably ndupl.'d t" Hu\ cult¬ 
ure. J, It. li'-ichanl, of Ast'Imi Los- An- 
gelea Dounty. oner un experienced this 
grower in Ohio, mid now iu ('iilifnruin, 
thinks tlmt this county, for sevnvd im- 
portiint reasous, outl'nlike the Eastern 
Slates fur (lie pnidiict.inu of tlnsseiil 
Wllttt is of tlin proatr 
market for flu \seed mid 
excellent and continimu.'djf so Mr. 1’eck. 
for years. Inis rushed all that he could 
raise himself, mid nil thiil. wax offer-d by 
other fm iui i - 11< lias Itean in the habit 
of making oontiiiolei for entire nop* of 
castor brans. a ml flnjHeed, before 6epd 
wi re plant'd He has always compiled 
with hi- contracts, lie is ready lo make 
eoiitruet* for the next crop, jio doubt 
Ml. Perk Would Jmy coin fur u crop of 
uixlor boms nml ihixsced to the aiuoimi 
of hundreds of thousand* ef dollars. Mr 
Peek is Imekcd by the I'm itir Oil and Lead 
Winks ut San Fiuncmco 
of Joss sniall, and n good margin of profit (lie loss or the transposition of exhibit 
Mr Peek adrneat*a flax culture. It may cards. Any mistakes into which I wax 
)*. sown in .Tannary. The light frosts of | lief.rnyod, "ill tie corrected upun notificft- 
Los Angeles will not hurt it. W. T. j tion of the mietuko. 
Arm sirout', of Salinas City, Monterey | I (mat that for the went number of the 
County, had flax to volunteer in Decern floitnci i n i.isr, I shall find tune to pro-1 and rear the brood; hence they soon dwin- 
1 , M ,,,‘nl L .i,,« tinilv llm-ugh (he winter, pare a review of the splendid displays die and die out, If top-hous are upon 
It is cold?i there ihim Imre. Our mesa made at the Exposition by Santa Barbara, the hivea they should be removed and a 
lands mav be more profitably devoted to Ventura, San Diego and San Bernard iuo piece of cloth, thick paper, or two or lim n 
tins than'to either wheat, in Imrhy As ! Co unties. Ihiekiiessea of newspaper up read osor the 
ic*r nerej top of the brood chamber, and the cover 
- put oil or I lio fop-box returned, ami I ho 
entrance cunlinrted so that but few bees 
can pass in and out ut a time; thin will 
confine tlm heat, facilitate the marine of 
brood, ami prevent robbing. The ajiimiKt 
who will bestow this attention upon his 
bees will find himself in advance with a 
strung force to gather the curly crop of 
honey \>lu n it comes. 
Wo have placed our estimation of tho 
begin. Iu assuming the control of the loss of bees (up to willow bloom) this sca- 
\ I > 11 * 11 11 ii nil Depart m. ut iD the Sr mi- boh at three fourths, leaving one fourth 
Taoric Co rfoKMA, we will any a little to! out of what them was last, season to rum¬ 
our fiu-wls before yve begin. numb- work this season. Wa regard this 
In the discharge of this duty we hope to cslnnate rather low, if out, of tin, way at 
make this department both la-nelii-ial niirl all; many have lost all, while a large ma¬ 
in terist tug to all who feci an interest in jority have lost from filly to Kovcuty-fivQ 
llm Hi-ieuee of upieiiltnic. We shall uim pei cent. 
to keep our readers posted ns to all new Capt. Gordon, of the Arusa, informs its 
improvements, ami do all in our power to that tin mortality among bin bees has been 
promote the best interest ; of this brauch fenifnl; two hundred colonies have passed 
glpiarg department. 
- i-M-CI-lkl- HI >. l.ITVKR/nm, 
LITTLE muorii: y\n iikoin An n- 
centric divine* iti ndcl reading his ooii- 
'I moment, tin- cuwh I gregathm, was ,n the habit of saving: 
mi-1 castor beaus is 'Brethren, we will -ov a little before we 
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of industry. 
The enterprising editors of the Himi- 
Tihuto have very generously olfered ua fa¬ 
cilities that wiil enable u- to make thin 
•lopui ttneut far aupoiiui lo any publication 
• d thu loud im this emial, and n welcome 
visitor Ui every apiary in the slntft. 
It will b< a matier of great, interest to 
apiarists in different portions of the coun¬ 
try to hear of each others' progress, j-ros- 
pcctw, I'ic., nn well as improvements and 
matters pertaining to nm-li uthoiV mutual 
intenmt. We tin • ref on cordiullv invite 
correspondence with this depart mrnt, We 
hope oui lenders will not In backward in 
this mutter. 
•mi M-iAnv ron makch. 
T'ebruuiy unit March are two very im¬ 
portant month" in tin- management of an 
lU'ABTIC AXD I'OMoKA. 
N Raiudslee, of Duarte, exhibited Kupc- 
nor Englinih walnuts. C. Merle, ol I’n- 
timiin, exhibited ipiineiix, among winch yvas 
one Id), inchi's in girth, also tin- Golden 
Itlisset apple (I V Ji iirnml of I’umoua, 
ixhihilcd the Virginia Din- h-iynl ima; 
millet, gieutent. girth of head, ‘j mcUOB, 
and •* inclics long, Egyptiuu corn, a tine 
specimen. 
00U», BILVfcn A.Vll OCIAI,, 
W. T. Land>ie exhibited n oollection of 
gold and silver otch. The Santiago fluid 
uu d Silver Mining ('umpunj mint*' an in- 
tircstiug display of luinerrds. 'J'h- iv is 
an important future befort Ui* -dvei | apiary, mom esp- cially when' the weather 
r-gi.ni of Los Ang< h s( ouiily rep,cs 1 .„te,| is m cool us it 1ms been thu* fur I In 
-v mi i xlnbit Col .1 .L Warner, the | past season was uuUMnlh diaohlrcuw to «» 
.M-ponduth,:;.' eV.^h 1 n| tw A, ‘*'- le81,00 Kc<?,w,v A - w 
mg, is of tin- opinion thut . —- - 
the precious ruetuls 
I'HIm and mimntaili 
2 Tw'L'r; fa izrz, 7r? u M . “w-i»i 
iu tlieir checks. 
Some of the Lob Angeles merchant*, in 
buying honey, are dispi-HC-l to dudnet I ho 
"fight ot the cans. Tina yve regard as 
unjust, as bet-men buy thorn often at 
round figures from the suiik- men. It is 
not done elsewhere iih far as w« can lenni. 
Mr. H. D. McGcnrgn, yvlio resides about 
forty miles west of Los Angelas on tho 
coast, informs us that, wild hoes :ne ijuilo 
numerous in the woods ami rocks in his 
\ icinity, nml thut ho will capture fnim one 
hun-lre-1 to min hundred nml fifty colonies 
Mu Hijuson. Mr, B. Franklin, an apiarist 
m the fahuenga mi-untaiiiB, will leave in 
a few days to assist him, 
W. H. Huge, ->f London, Iras been eom- 
miH -iom -l by I In I'mlud States governim nl 
for tin- purpose of inveatignting t.ho foreign 
luuikct for an "iilh-t fur Aim ricun honey, 
and to n port upon tin siiinr- 
llci-M, trees, fruitn an,I fluweiN are rial 
•lieu annual election for 
n ,, .rr f “•VV ^! s^r* 2 ** .. . . 
- I ■- > mn. t_„| Uunu-i d-.ii> men ai. found with a good kiiooK , MnrId thm year, that 
" Z u ”\'^.a ...a- i.o.,li uZSzJl"* <•»»*,: 1. h , 
'II.'.,'. ‘ ‘ ‘‘U'-piii-iu. b opi-n.iuestion. f*n nu empty comb of u w. ,ik rok.nv UMi.tlCKl nercs i-n 
ii . . * •' "UVUi »*»* (IU ClljIitY , 
ii-eo was coni on - .hihition from an may have filth 
"iioty will prove lo the 
that who Is a wheat grow- 
Hlimatrsl that Ihrvn 
• 11 k colony flint r ' ' growing, nml reported 
■it no hom y r l Iuu will | 1,1 , ' lL '- t 'M < ‘i't condition, 
BCIV. UM a atinndinit both to iImmiumu mid! „„ , 
, w.iiki rn;'.he will lay morn vigoroanly, ns • 10 ‘‘ ,l1 ' ni 
tie n have more bi/e*i 
-- .. < 
ii-tj-.rmng county, but none, 1 | x li. v« 
from milieu in Los Angclm 
ev«wvlfelrl!l' r il U V*“ ,1 '." , ‘ ,i *? ,jt “‘'"H*' 1 " »»' 111111 tnivo more t** to cover llm 
yeiyilung at th® J*.iposition, I WU, often -ggs. a>, m.l many vvdl bo em ir, ,1 
,:; f .,t rt ■'* 
. .. . ** txtliUt ' ^ounVoVltlmyeu?,!,'.; 
ig'.'li'H Woolen Mills urn run 
" 'heir full eapueilv, W1 M, or-l-is abend 
lh, “ n ‘" *Ht filled for some time to 
cornu. 
I'hml some hioomcorn, when you plant 
'"IU. I here i„ aoine inouts in it. 
