AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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De extensively propagated for Spring planting. Cuttings 
can be started at any time. 
Plants which have completed their bloom should be set 
upon aback shelf, giving place to others. 
Apiary in H>ecera»5>®r. 
BY M. QUINBY. 
Bees which are to be housed in Winter should have the 
privilege of flying until Winter begins in earnest, to short¬ 
en their period of confinement as much as possible. 
Upon the first heavy snow, put all in order for the season. 
Stocks to remain out should now occupy the Winter 
stand, sheltered from prevailing winds and where the sun 
will strike the hive a short time each day. This is nec¬ 
essary in order that combs unoccupied with bees may be 
sufficiently warmed to melt the frost or ice upon them— 
otherwise, when the bees have consumed the honey in 
the space where they cluster, they will perish while seek¬ 
ing food from the frozen combs. More would probably be 
lost in this manner, than-from falling on the snow during 
warm days. Thorough ventilation must be secured; 
otherwise, the melting frost may form an air tight sealing 
around the bottom of the hive, and the bees be smother¬ 
ed, or the moisture remaining on the combs may cause 
them to become moldy. The hive should be slightly 
raised, and a hole an inch in diameter made near the 
center of the front side. Open the holes at the top, and 
cover with a box to receive the rising moisture and keep 
out rain or snow. Exclude mice (which should now he 
trapped) by covering the openings with wire gauze, 
leaving only space enough for bees to enter.Never 
close the hive entirely, longer than a few hours in very 
coid weather. For wintering in the house, the room 
should he warm for reasons given above. A large cold 
room will require at least fifty stocks to warm it suffi¬ 
ciently. The room should be kept perfectly dark. Per¬ 
fect ventilation must be secured, to get rid of moisture.. 
With the movable frames it will pass off by opening the 
passages to the honey boxes. With the common box 
hive, unless there is an opening between every two combs, 
the moisture will condense, and mold the combs. It is 
better to invert them on small sticks. The objections to 
this method are less than those against moldy combs.... 
A dry cellar is as good as a room above ground. A large 
number of stocks, might, perhaps, bo safe in a damp 
cellar. 
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Crystal Flint or Hominy Corn. 
This variety has given very good satisfaction. 
We planted on fresh sod, not turned under until 
May 15, and with no manure except a little bone 
sawdust put in with the seed. The stalks aver¬ 
aged nine to ten feet in hight, with two and even 
three ears on many stalks where the soil was at 
All favorable. Owing to late planting it did not all 
ripen fully, though most of it escaped the early 
frost. It requires about the same length of sea¬ 
son for growth as other varieties of corn. The 
ears are of good size, well and compactly filled. 
The kernel is of medium size, a pearl white, mak¬ 
ing beautiful hominy or meal. It will probably 
not be adapted to the most northern corn regions 
where the seasons are very shovt, but wherever 
the common varieties mature, it will, we think, 
be found worthy of general culture. Owing to 
the beauty of the kernel it will doubtless com¬ 
mand a good price in the market especially for 
making samp, hominy, and meal. The parcels 
offered in our seed distribution (No. 44) will give 
those desiring to introduce it, opportunity to raise 
a moderate supply of seed the present year. We 
have none to sell; our stock will probably all be 
needed for the general distribution in parcels. 
Very little has yet been produced in the country. 
We shall be glad to hear from the few persons 
who received the late samples from us last Spring. 
Improved King Philip Corn. 
This variety both with ourselves and with oth¬ 
ers, so far as we have heard, has done very well 
the past season We found it ten days to two 
weeks earlier than the common varieties, and this 
is its chief merit. It grows larger than the old 
King Philip, and does not mature quite as soon. 
The ears are long, and of but medium size, though 
they shell out well, the cob being quite small. 
The kernel is brown and heavy. We do not re¬ 
commend it for localities where the large com¬ 
mon varieties mature well, except for late plant¬ 
ing, and for filling in vacant spots ; hut where 
the seasons arc usually short, it is worthy of ex¬ 
tensive introduction. We have enough of our 
own raising to supply our seed distribution. 
Hungarian Millet or “Grass.” 
For some reason very little has been heard the 
past season respecting the culture of the so-called 
Hungarian Grass, which was palmed off last 
Spring as “Honey Blade Grass,” at the rate of 
$10 per bushel. A few scattering reports speak 
favorably of it as a forage crop, for which purpose 
it may, perhaps, be a little better than the old 
common millet. We sowed one-fourth of an 
acre on sod turned over in May, using on a part 
the seed obtained from Illinois as “Hungarian 
Grass,” and on part some of that “Honey Blade 
Grass,” for which we paid $3 per 15 lb. bag. 
Both kinds were alike—one and the same thing. 
They grew slowly, and the weeds got the mas¬ 
tery. To avoid a crop of weed seeds, we cut and 
fed the millet when about a foot high, and sowed 
the ground to turnips. This was not a fair trial, 
of course, and we shall base no opinion upon what 
we have seen or experienced. Those who have 
tried it under favorable circumstances should 
give their experience, whether favorable or un¬ 
favorable. 
Advertising Information—Gratis—VI. 
(Continued from page 320.) 
Our efforts in this line have been somewhat 
expensive the past month, and not very satisfac¬ 
tory. Dollar after dollar has gone in answer to 
advertisements and private circulars received, 
but nothing has come of it—except some experi¬ 
ence. The advertisements of doubtful character 
are being driven from the newspapers, but secret 
circulars are still dispatched in great numbers. 
There are in several places, parties who make a 
business of gathering the names of persons a’l 
overthe country, and lists of these names, witht'.ie 
Post Office address of each, are sold for so much 
per thousand. Attractive, plausible circulars are 
then mailed in great numbers, describing some 
wonderful money making operation, and the 
profits on the small sums obtained from persons 
foolish enough to entrust their money to unknown 
parties, are large enough to cover the cost of the 
circulars and enrich the swindlers. We can sel¬ 
dom get hold of this class of circulars except 
when they are sent to us from those who receive 
them. A number of such have been forwarded 
from time to time, and our readers will facilitate 
the end aimed at in these articles by continuing 
to enclose them to us. 
We intend to follow up these chapters during 
next year, devoting only so much space to the 
subject as may seem to be required. We have 
also on hand quite a number of cases of dealers 
in plants, trees, manures, etc., those who keep 
themselves before the public with a show of re¬ 
spectability, but who grossly cheat those trust¬ 
ing their orders to them. These cases are more 
difficult to investigate than some of the more 
open instances of gross swindling. But we shall 
not hesitate to look after them, let the consequence 
be what it may. We therefore invite full de¬ 
tails from parties who have been cheated in the 
purchase of trees, plants, and manures. Let us 
have plain statements of facts only—facts that 
can be proved—not mere surmises of fraud. We 
do not promise to attend to eacli case, or to take 
upon ourselves the duty of an attorney, and to 
try to recover damages, but simply to collect facts 
of the past transactions of parties which may 
serve as a warning to others. Here is a case: A 
subscriber in Ohio, sent $10 to a nurseryman for 
some grape-vines of a particular kind. When re¬ 
ceived, they were charged at a higher rate than ad¬ 
vertised; and though they all came duly labeled as 
being the kinds ordered, they proved to be entire¬ 
ly different—and not at all wanted. Here 
was a direct swindle of $10. When enough of 
sucli instances are collected to show habitual 
fraud or carelessness in any nurseryman, he de¬ 
serves to be shown up. 'Whether it be expedi¬ 
ent to publish the names of sucli parties will de¬ 
pend upon the circumstances in eacli case, but 
this end will at least be gained, viz.: we shall be 
able to shut out of our advertising columns un¬ 
worthy persons. So much has even already been 
gained. We have refused the advertisements of 
several parties whom we should have admitted 
but for these oft-repeated reports of their mis¬ 
deeds. Though we can not be responsible for 
what persons say themselves in our business col¬ 
umns, yet we aim to admit nothing from parties 
whom we iiave reason to believe will not deal 
honestly with the public, and do at least all they 
promise in their advertisements. 
We will now give a few specimens taken at 
random from our large collection : 
[No. 21.] 
A LL Farmers and Horse Dealers will be 
-Ijsl- greatly benclitted by addressing Box 17-, Monroe 
Co., N. Y. 
This is in our line, and being ready, nay desir¬ 
ous of being “ greatly benefited ” we furnished 
an address to the above named box. Tiie adver¬ 
tiser took the trouble to write us a manuscript 
letter in which “ he begs leaf to call our atten¬ 
tion to four invaluable recipes that should be in 
the hands of every farmer and horse dealer.” 
The first is to cure the “ heaves.” The second is 
to cure “ thistaloes and pollevils and all sores 
where pipes are formed this is a safe and infalli¬ 
ble remedy.” The third is “ to make a lineament 
that is not equeled for galleds sprains bruises 
and flesh wounds on horses, etc.” The fourth is 
“ to make an ointment that will cure scrofula 
kings-evil or any running sore, etc.” He “ will 
send eatlier of the above named receipts for pre¬ 
paring and using for 75 cents two of them for $1 
or four for $1.25”. He adds in a postscript: 
“ I send you a receipt gratus that will take off a 
ring-bone without fail no mater how large or 
small it may be ”-Here it is : 
“To take off a ring-bone wash well with oil of spike for four 
days then bind on a large warty toad at the end of twelve hours 
examine the foot and if the ring bone is not off put on another 
toad two will never fail after the ring bone is off apply some 
healing ointment.” 
That’s all of that advertisement, and having 
given the “Information” we leave our readers 
to govern themselves accordingly. We can put 
our toads to better use—viz : catching insects in 
the garden. 
[No. 23.] 
“The Voice of Franklin.”—S everal copies of 
a paper under this name have been forwarded to 
us by different persons to whom they have been 
sent. A copy before us is dated “-, N. 
Y., Oct. 19, 1B59, ‘and called’ Vol. 3, No. 23.” 
It purports to be issued by a “ Dr.-.” 
It contains about eight times the reading space 
of a page of the Agriculturist , and is filled with 
money-making offers of various kinds, gift enter- 
prizes, matrimonial powders and books, female 
diseases, and male diseases, offers to give direc¬ 
tions for changing base metals into gold, etc., 
etc., and includes things of an obscene and crimi¬ 
nal character. We can hardly believe there is so 
