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p9f8 through more tribulation in chopping one two thirds of the swaims tbat have been put into 
cord of wood, than B did in cutting three I have empty hives, have made combs in every possible 
seen a sMIl ul plowman as much at ea>e at his direction, without regard to the bars, making 
'plow-handles a, a government officer on duty, while them, so far as moveable frames are concerned, 
a novice would pub, and push, aud twist, and wig- no better thin the common hive. Tne came oftbis 
gle himself into a sweat and a passion with a mis- I have not been fully able to determine Last 
erable show of work performed. fear the bees gathered honey very slowly, this 
I assert what men of experience will hardly deny, jear very fast; probably this has s 
that taking farm laborers together, they loose one- Utile more experience will decide. 
FARMING IN ILLINOIS. 
Ed 3 . Rural:— By favor of a brother, residing in 
Victor, in your State, I have been in weekly re 
INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. Kltcuum's HaRVBSTBR— Prizes Awarded —It. will 
- he remembered by most of our leaders that Maj. 
Plan Wanted for a Large Fowl House — R L Howard the liberal proprietor and mannfsc- 
Will sonde of your numerous correspondents give turer 0 f Kktcbum's Harvt s er, last summer off-ied 
Tne cause of this cei P l of the RuKiL <or uerrly a year, and 1 assure to t'wo'thous'a'nrihenst 8everal hand90me Premiums to those using said 
determine. Last you that I am much pleased with its perusal; and and ,. ne dltrerei)t kinds of food that is necessary to machine. The prizes were offered for ihe best 
very slowly, this although its suggestions in regard to farming may f, e d them in order to «et the greatest quantity of and greatest amount of work performed in the 
et. k Kit. *Viia Lao an nf> offset a be said are more immediately applicable to your eggs? The profit also arising from keening hens, shortesttime, and at the least expense for repair;— 
Jn." I ... >'«. * II,b.I. »» in *■«-». B. 0, South B»wrf, Ind. Dec., 1858. lhe Mlog * sd . ise „ 4 0 L m0 . 
with but little or stances, they prove exceedingly useful to the farm- ^irk Tooth Hoksk Rakes — Can you inform nity of the capacity and durability of the Ketchum 
, . 1 , „ Kn( stances, they prove exceedingly useful to the farm 
had a great many combs made with but little or ’ J ‘ J J nn „ T 
quarter of their time, and was'e one-quarter of ia & jfJv^toTed'in fhcm this season I have used ers of our own Prairie S'ate. It is looked upon ns through the columns <>f the Rural who has the machine—and the result is highly creditable to 
their strength. If this is to, il is the most fngh'ful n <> y ’ in _ two or three in a here 88 lhe leadin 8 Agricultural Journal of the patent right for Wire Spring Horse Rakes, either both tbe machine and the competitors. The first 
TS.b^.g.p.(•"**>'* *«■*'«* country, and I pr, z8 it .he more a, it em.nate. »»-«***>* -» *«*<W » Hr.,*,, La- 
the cities and villages on the globe every ten years hive-two or more empty Lames between those 
would be a smaller calamity. With, perhaps, the 
singlo exception of the tread mill, there is no ope- 
with combs. Even here, although they have fol 
lowed the frames with their combs, some places 
from the home of my youth. 
I have resided in this country for the last twenty- J 
five years, and have found from my own experience 
Bnn'u -—- .. .. _ ___... an tLin that it ia PY. li ve years, an u n ave ioun u irom my u wu ex perieuui 
ration, however simple, but requires skill in 1 s are so v y c , ^ d j d not ex aad observation that the system of farming has t< 
performance. Take, for instance, the picking up rem _ y ' _... ... * be varied to meet the change of climate and soi 
be varied to meet the change of climate and soil them, and, we believe, is the patentee. 
kind, costing about $6, but can’t learn where they ««».««« ™ uukauj i.a- 
are to be obtained, or of whom to procure the right throp, of Pittsfield, Washtenaw Co., Mich, who cut 
ty- to make one.— Samuel, North s Mills , Pa., 1858. 75 acres of grass in 80 hours, and 60 acres of grain 
ce Remarks. —The agent of tbe Rural in Canan- in 47 hours, without any expense for repairs. The 
to daigua, N. Y., James S. Cooley, manufactures si cond premium, of $100, was awarded to I. G. 
yc................ -- ■ , ° a with tLia Live A ce variea to meet iQe cnauge oi cumaie uuu sun 
of a stone. Is it simply a question of bac une before the present swarming of the country, and the circumstances of those 
Can two men of equal strength lift the same stone? lew weeks ago-betore the present swarming .^ _ u «.« 
em, and, we believe, is the patentee. Leland, of Northfield, Wash. Co., Mich., for cutting 
- . , ,, 50 acres of grass in 50 hours, and 72 acres of gram 
To Make Butter Come.— As you seem to he the . , . , . , Q . 
or four inches is the hardest to raise)-so by get- generally light Oar soil on the Prairies is mostly ^^,1858 „ f being SUS. Tbe fourth prize, 'of $50. to CL a 
ting it. centre of gravity a little up you gain some- ^P^-^the” a.lessopemto! Bat the bee- black loam, and on suchVoil we do not always BuMABKA-The only reason your baiter does not ^ Qf Fairfield Haron C o.,0,for having cut 
thing; then get hold of it where you will have to be made so ^^J the enefgy to prepare himself succeed in raising good crops of winter wheat “ come > ’ 18 > tbat you do BOt have tbe ? rea “ of tbe CO acres of grass (yielding 2.j tons to the acre) in 
exerr the muscles of your hands and arms the leut keep r " b °^ Little snow and much freezing and thawing during right temperature About 55° is right for the 4Q hourSj w ® hont l any cxp * n * e for repalrs . 
to hold on to it Don’t bend over like a half-circle, to take off the top oi his hive, anfi op n e the winter causes it to heave On oar clay soil cream when placed in the churn, and the process 
, _ * _i.__ fnr thnnsands of uerhacs ancrv assailants to attack l “® winter, causes mo neave. un oar may son, . ... ........._. ... .... «. . —These facts are onite remarkable, and show 
there is a class of bee-keepers who may make this 
hive pay—such combs as are not built straight, can 
being SI 08. The fourth prize, of $50, to C. C. 
A „„ u rw,n Lon .1 likp o hslf.pircle to taBe on tne top oi nis nive, anu open me uour ----°-°-° 
lit' 0 /—then bv a dexterous use of your knee?! for thousands of perhaps angry assailants to attack ,he winter, causes it to heave. On our clay soil, 
' sr l" a • ’ p n i ne _exnect. him; and tbe ignorant one, so totally unacquainted (timber lands), we raise good wheat 
yon can 7 n ®m ®he itone-lift it' Emphatically with the nature of the bee, that he could not tell For several years after I came to this State our 
thar, you can lift the son ^ y ’. h , . wanted to take out the combs for had great product was oats, and as we succeeded in 
skill and determination perform the wonders ol what he wanted to tane out ine comos ior, uau » . r J' , , . . 
... better adhere to the common hive, because without raising great crops, and feund a ready market, we 
cream when placed in the churn, and the process 
of churning will raise the temperature from five to “ The8e facts 8re ^ remarkable, and show 
ten degrees. For further information see “Facts the ® reat im P ortance these machines to the 
About MUkf in tbe Rural of Jnne 12, page 189. fartnen ' Ve ^ informed that many otber com - 
- petitors have furnished proofs of nearly as aston- 
Crimson Clover.— Will yon please inform me ishing performances. In every case affidavits were 
rOUKh the columns of the Rural what (Jlim- fnrniahpri t.n a rlwintprpatnH r»orQr.n rohn /.Qrpfnlltr 
this life. 
Wo are here in almost the crudest imaginable 
condition, with next to no knowledge of our capa- 
hero in almost the ornaest imaginable making the frame, a.ail.ble ae intended, the, are went on sonng oa« after o.t. apparen.1, think, tbronah 
worse than useless, also money and labor thrown ing that Illinois soil could not be run. But we 
1/over is? The seed resembles white mus-ard 
furnished to a disinterested person, who carefully 
bilitics I wish Mn Moore would publish some* of away. The man who has not much time or patience have seen the folly of such a course, and have clover when first np. I would 
‘ f . 1 v the deaf dumb and to bestow on his bees, that pays for a patent, wants turned our attention more to the growing of corn bke to know its nature, and whether it is intended that Maj. Howard intends to increase the list for 
the wonders penormea ry i , , to work right at all times, without depending and stock, for which we find the country well for fodder or as a flowering annual only. Lreceived the next harvest, and presume many of our readers 
° ... . . a .. „ __cut. __ o /if t.hp a ppH from thp. Ofnp.ft with- . 
size and color. The leaf looks very much like compared and considered them and made the 
r common red clover when first up. I would awards—which have all been paid. We understand 
TV, U 10 WOrK riuai ui an uuicb, whuuuv ucucuum^ ----- J - - * ,-—; ' : * .. ucAirumvca^uu mcaume uiauv ui our reuuei 
on the caprice of tbe bee. knd when ,bo, info, ..II, !n <M time, enter ft. .fen. of oompefiffon. 
uarticnlar faculty, have, in some degree,illustrated ested in the moveable frames can improve this wor d. You w 11 see by reference to the Reports inK to u m „ re than name ._H. A. Whittemore, -— - 
particular faculty, have, in some degree,illustrated ested in the moveable frames can improve this world. You will see by reference to me Keports inK tQ it more thaa Dame< 
Lhut those faculties can do with cultivation. It patent with a plan that will make straight combs of the Cattle Markets of New York tha. Illinois Fluvanna, N Y., Dec, 1858. 
was verv common for Laura Bridgman when one in all cases, (with some other minor improvements,) usually takes the lead in numbers and quality, Remarks— The only vari 
of a numerous company would hand her a piece it will do much better for the common bee keeper, and this is in addition to the enormous quantity of tbat bear any reBe mblance in name to that men- 
__ „„ „„ r,t /.irttLinrr tn return it. tn St. Johnsville, N. Y., 1858. M. Quinby. packed at home. tioned by our correspondent, is the Italian, or 
Of our crop3 the past season I have nothing Crimson Clover, and the Late Flowering Crimson 
was very common for Laura Bridgman, when one 
of a numerous company would hand her a piece 
of money or an article of clothing, to return it to 
the owner, though totally blind — by the same 
means, probably, that the dog distinguishes the 
track of his master. 
When I said that one-foartb of the time and 
tuvanna, N Y., Dec, 1858. Our Portrait —An occasional correspondent 
Remarks —The only varieties of clover we know and ardent friend of the Rural, residing in West¬ 
ern Penn., writes:—“I would like to see your 
tioned by our correspondent, is the Italian, or portrait^ Mr. Editor, in the Rural, and I think al- 
Crimson Clover, and the Late Flowering Crimson most all your readers would. Do please us in this 
means probably that the dog distinguishes the AN IOWA LETTER. very encouraging to note. Our oat crop has Clover. The former has long been an object of way> Can’t you have it ready for the first number 
track of his master proved a failure more complete than in any year field culture in the South of Europe, but though i n 1859? Do try.” ' 
When I said that one-fourth of the time and Eus - R™AL:-Thinking that a few lines from for the past twenty five; corn is a very fair crop; enumerated by early horticultural writers among _ Tbig)and similar requests heretofore, touebeth 
strength of farm laborers - employers as well as this part of Iowa will be acceptable, I write for the potatoes poor. The corn and potatoe crops were the most beautiful border plants, it was only intro- 0 nr approbativeness, and, with wool “beaver” in 
employed—is actually thrown away and wasted, I ^ ur I’° 88 of giving some information to the many ver y much injured in some localities by the white duce d into Great Britain as an agricultural plant hand we „ make Qur maDner8 „ jn acknow ledg. 
intended to speak within bounds, and as evidence read <f of ^ va uab e m ^ a PP eared “ * raat “ * e about tbe year 1824. Since that time it has been ment B rea „ Qur friend8 muat „ wait a lntle 
that I did, I will mention that a man in Moscow, ^ 18 P onion of f Iowa 18 r , lch fi aD f d ^ m ° Ulh ° f J '’ , P & “ pretty extensi '^ ely cu,tivated > Particularly in the , „ , f ; ot a { time _ for , though not over 
N.Y., has repeatedly cut an acre of heavy corn in BOma in8tance ; kUllDg the ^ ® v 1 * bo ia ; southern counties of England where we have seen our youthful (loe wiU not Bay gretn or 
three hours, setting it up and binding it round the 8t ~ lae timbei consists of white, red, black, JQt . ed our meadows very much; but they have all it growing m perfection. It is generally sown on a ' aranc ( l und the kck of ail , er . grey . 
o-ji-ka pnt hpi rm nnfi hnnnrl from two and burr oak, red and white elm, linden, hickory, disappeared, and some believe that they have stubble, immediately after the removal of the wheat, . , . , . 6 
tops, and he has cut, set up, and bound, from two The nrririesoil is rich, varvin* .. dom 0 18 80 commonly remarked whenever we 
intended to speak within bounds, and as evidence readers oi your valu ab' e P a P®r' 
that I did, I will mention that a mao In Moscow, ot , Iowa “ ™ h 
, ; ’ . . . rolling prairie, interspersed wi 
N. Y., has repeatedly cut an acre of heavy corn in Tho .. . r J 
©nd a half to three acres in a day. 1 need not say T s _ J . " uu iU attendFair8,&c..that,evenifwepossessed8uffi- 
that he proceeds on a well-devised plan. One acre from one to five feet deep of a black loam-along In regard to fruit culture I can say that there is just sufficient to cover the seed. On stiff clay soils, cient meiit ^ w ^ ran \ the erposuret wc doubt the 
.. - „ t the stream bottoms, sandy. The prairies are n 0 part of the world where the apple and peach shallow plowing is sometimes resorted to. The . ... J * 
8 t imnntinn in thesp things from a deen con- covered with grass, which grows rapidly as soon trees grow more thrifty than here; and if we can young plants are, however, supposed to stand the I,r ‘’ ill lt y 0 g ° 1Dg ' h 0 1 ‘ Q P l(l '' s - en we g., 
. . d . . . .. as the earth is free from frost in the spring, and succeed in protecting them from the severity of winter better withoutplowing. Itisusefully employ- 1 e ’ . pral su sen ers, an su lcitn ag 
viction that tune is more than money.- H. t. n. seryea weU as pasture for the flocks in summer- onr will ters, we can raise fruit here as well as any- ed in “ thickening up” blanks in grass and clover and d, « nlty - P erha P 8 * may an8wer ‘ 11 ™ uld “ ot 
-- ------- ° do now, at all, for (aside from the above and other 
BEES AND BEE-HIVES. 
MY EXPERIENCE — NO. IX. 
when cut and harvested, makes good hay for where. We wait for the good time coming. If fields. It does not succeed well in Scotland, nor 
winter use. The soil is well adapted to the raising there is anything Imissiu this, the home of my do we think it would be suited to our climate. We c0 K ent reasons) recent i ness ias ma e us so 
of all grain common to the Western States; in corn adoption, it is the old Pittsford orchard. The presume this is the Crimson Clover introduced by mnch worse looklri g than usval > that a P ortrait 
it excels, and this is the principal crop with the suggestions in the Rural, in regard to the cultiva- the managers of the Patent Office. would indeed pro\e a counterfeit presentment. 
I had kept bees for twenty-five years, and studied farmers. The farmers here have been much en- tion of fruit, I think might be carried out to ad- 
constantly to make them profitable —looked at gaged in the raising of hogs, hut since the “/ log vantage here. My better half says that she con- 
The Late Flowering Crimson Clover is described Excuse UF > frie nds! 
in the British Cyclopedia of Agriculture as a French 
every measure that would give the best returns Law" came into effect, the business baa been aiders your column of Household Recipes worth variety, that was first brought into notice in 1835, Hay Cutters, 'C. ( . S., fie , . J e 
for the money and labor expended. I could not partly reduced, the hogs being prohibited from the price of the paper. So you see that the Rural and introduced into England in 1857. It comes tb ’ nk R P tl ^ 8 t0 cut ' Jet • A g(J0 can . e 
discover a single advantage, or one new principle running at large, and consequently it costs more m ust come right along. a. g. r. into flower when the blooming of the other varie- had at an y tke implement stores for fiom nine 
tbat would pay any extra expense over the Bimple to raise them. The “Hog Law," as it is termed, Homer, Will Co., 111. ties is about over, and the yield per acre is repre- t0 twenty-eight dollars, the largest sizrs icing in¬ 
box hive. I had succeeded with that, and few apiari- was passed about four years ago in this county, by-- 
anB had kept more bees, or kept them longer than a majority of the voterp, prohibiting bogs and EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 
myself. Among all the bee-keepers that I could sheep from running at large, consequently it be- --- 
find, those using the simple box were tbe only ones came necessary to build tight fences, such as Eds. Rural:—I procured a few sweet potato 
extensively engaged in their culture. Thousands would keep cattle and horses from trespassing.— plants last spring and set them out, (by the by they 
had failed with the patents. Believing on such The manner of building is three rails, or boards, succeeded well and gave a good yield of very fair 
authority that the simple box was safest, cheajiest nailed to posts, the upper rail four feet and a halt sweet potatoes,) but, the weather beiDg unfavora- 
and best, I wrote the work "Mysteries of Dee Keep- high, and the lower one foot and a half from the ble, some of them died, and, as a lot of common 
auu lUtlGUULCU J.UVV JJU^lUUU All -AUc/ I » al “ # 
into flower when the blooming of the other varie- bad at any of the implement stores for from nine 
ties is about over, and the yield per acre is repre- to twenty-eight dollars, the largest sizts beiDg in- 
sented as about a third more t? an of moat other tended for horse-powers. We think it beneficia to 
varieties. blanket a horse if he is well treated in ail /eepeote. 
. . jjiR ; if the horse is to he treated badly, perhaps it 
§ A<vAAv?v11f would be better not to use the blanket in the 
Wttob SjDW'WlvirMjPmPe stable. For instance, we have known owneis very 
__ 9 _ careful to charge those baviDg care of their horses 
to blanket them well in the stable; yet, after 
The Rural’s Premium Plans for Farm Build- dr i v ing them sufficiently to produce perspiration, 
ing Explained," and recommended no other hive, ground. These fences are very common in Iowa, potatoes had come up abouttke garden, the thought IN ’ (,S ’ ai e ’ fdtcl macb near '7 ea ^ !° ^ on a cold da y’ tbey would let tkem 6 “ 18d an boul 
all the works on bee-culture in this country, Fllmois, and Missouri, and are undoubtedly a great Occurred to me to try raising them from sprouts, given to its readers. The Committee appomted in the street without blanke s, or put them on so 
bad evidently been written to puff some patent, it benefit to the Prairie States, where timber is scarce the same as sweet potatoes. I accordingly dug to make the au ar son ou es, v i sbiftlessly that tbey would fall off in a few minutes, 
created some little astonishment in an eminent and of a scrubby quality, as it takes no more than some of them up, pulled off the sprouls and set pleted their arduous a ors, ma e en repor , What do farmers say to this ques ion 
publisher, who asked if I “ could not get up some- one-half as much to build a fence. one in a place where the others were missing.— a.nd the prize p ans are in tie an so ourengra- ♦ 
publisher, who asked if I “ could not get up some- one-half as much to buila a fence, 
thing to make it go.” Had I been less scrupulous This section is very healthy. On the upland 
I thiuklmight; and very likely would have gained prairies we have, in summer, always a nice breeze, gave a fair yield of as fine potatoes as I ever saw. “““ "7,7““ mond > Va, Capt «t anbury, oi juaryiano, exDiDiieu 
a few dollars by it. and in winter a cold, severe, pierciDg wind—on I did not dig them until the Bweet potatoes were tbat we shall probably be ah e o give a u r- a herd of twenty-one Devons, among which the 
To test the sincerity of many patent venders the lowland bottoms, near streams and ponds of ripe, and do not know whether they were earlier P ort - and one or more o e premium p an?, in CQW Matilda,” was so beautiful that the ladies 
that boasted of such splendid results, I offered a standing water, it is unhealthy, especially in the than potatoes planted at the same time, in the the firBt lumber of our new volume. any o le crowned ber w i tb a chaplet of flowers on leaving 
“Premium for the best Bee Hive.” That appeared fall of the year, when people are much subject to usual method. Who knows that, by starting them designate whic premiums iave no ieen awai e the grounds. She has given twenty quavts of milk 
in the Dollar Newspaper, Pennsylvania, and the bilious diseases. One great cause of unhealthi- in a hot-bed, this would not be the best way to get possess some creditable features and considerable per day, after calviDg, and never dried off without 
American Agriculturist New York, 1854. The fol- ness in the West, is the drinking of bad water, early potatoes? Who will try the experiment, and merit, and all will no doubt receive ue ac now - difficulty^. Joseph Young, of Chatham, Mass., has 
lowing were some of’the conditions:—That tbe Many folks here take water for family use from the state the result? Don’t plant a field, though, in edgment in the reports. It is proper to add, m Blaughtered a CO w but a few weeks less than twenty 
hive must be famished, readymade, and myself creeks and ponds. Those who live on upland this way, till you have tried a few in the garden, j! mmber of°plaM ofSd^rendTrU’it difficult >’ ear8 old < which had not calved Bl“ ee J 8 J8, and 
subjected to no loss if it failed to equal mine, &c. prairies, and drink good water, are as healthy and for they might not succeed next year. r. b. w. ^ gatisfactoiy examinations'and awards and had ., gl ? n milk regularly ever since that time, 
I was to test its merits beside those of my own robust, as the people who live in the New England Alabama, N. Y, Dec., 1858. >°! Till I 1 I unUl a few W6ekB bef ° r6 bC1Dg kllled> 
and the prize plans are in the hands of our engra- ! 
This section is very healthy. On the upland They grew vigorously, making large hills, and ver * Ccmnnittee on Barks have agiced to Good Cows.—At the United States Pair at Rich- 
airies we have, in summer, always a nice breeze, gave a fair yield of as fine potatoes as I ever saw. com P letc th81r examination the present week, so mondi V£L) Capt g TAKB1TBTf 0 f Maryland, exhibited 
that we shall probably be able to give a full re- a berd 0 f twenty-one Devons, among which the 
large number of plans offered rendered it difficult k&d gj ven m ii k regularly ever since that time, 
to make satisfactory examinations and awards, and UQtil a few weekB before being killed. 
. „ _ has caused a greater delay than was anticipated. _,,. 
make, and not trust to the interested statements, or Middle States. v. b. original intention of our offers will however 
when one swarm was contrasted with another half Iowa City, Iowa, 1858. Experiments with PoTATOES.-Of two varie- fnll g arried out and we trust to the entire sat- Rancid Butter.-A recent issue of Hall’s 
its size, or one in a locality almost barren with -ties of potatoes, (the Doner and Prince Albert; an y f V. d ot h P rs interested — Journal of Health, gives the following recipe, which, 
another yielding honey in abundance. Theswarms PROFITS OF BEE-KEEPING. equal quantity of each) I planted onlyjnst suffi- m he ulans wifi prove a valuaWe feature of our next if “ a11 ri 8 ht >” is certainly very valuable:-“ To a 
were to be introduced at one time, and of one size, . . , .. . cient for my own table. They were put in the ** . ; . . t ronrfh f pint of water add about thirty drops, that is, about 
the proceeds faithfully recorded, and at the end of ^ your * BBue °, f b f “ 7 ‘- h U “ft ground tbe 14th May ’ Bingle ey6S ’ in drillS ’ With a readers’ far more than the subscription price of half a teaspoonfal, of liquor of chloride of lime; 
two years report the result If said hive exceeded ° n tbe P roflts of bee-keeping, from Eugene Lewis. pretty fair allowance of Poudrette (N. Y. manufac- Z Z subscription price ^ , q thU twQ and a half pound3 of insupport- 
mine in profits only twenty five cents, annually, I Ileeds _ Cornei8 > N - ' • R e says he wintered over tare ^ for man ure—the only kind then conveniently 1 ' -^- ably rancid butter; when every particle of butter 
would pay for the privilege of using, five times slxt Y^ 111118 swarms, anu from these he takes the past to be obtained—an article very much over praised Western Market Reforts —An Illinois cor- has come in contact with the water, let it stand an 
the price of right, besides I promised to make the 8ummer ’ 2 ’ 0,i ° 5, ’ s ’ cf l )urc box honey, almost tt»s. and over . paid f on T be y were gathered early in respondent suggests that it would add greatly to hour or two, then wash the butter well again in 
result public—an’ item worth something. I en t0 8warm > 8n avera S e amounting to - BOO, 25, 0ctoberj tbe regu i t be i ng a9 satisfactory as I had the interest and value of the Rural, bo far as its pure water; the butter is then left with the odor, 
deavored to have the offer as favorable for them and gets twenty goo young swarms, wort .o any reason to expect Of the Prince Alberts a sin- numerous Western readers are concerned, were we taste, and sweetness of freBh butter.” 
as possible, but I did not care about suffering loss, e *f’ added 4o th ® 11 i0ve ’ < VAJ, 6 ^ « le one 0Bly was found rotten ’ and tbis was in a to 8 ive reports of the Chicago Grain Market The -~~- 
forthe sake oftrying their notions. No one offered T 80, 7 \ , v “ ,, , B ° p 7 s P 01nt > state of active fermentation, as much so as any suggestion is a good one; previous to its receipt, N< H> Journal of Agriculture-is the title of 
» ° hn w/in l/i TiAt nflVA hP P Ti art III7PII7 to hflVA iPn flut? _ .... « . . * . . •. . . 
ties of potatoes, (the Dover and Prince Albert; an 
PROFITS OF BEE-KEEPING. equal quantity of each) I planted onlyjnst suffi- ™“ 011 oi ooiup«uw,™ »«u , f ((aU : h „ i8Certain ly very valuable:-- To a 
. cient for my own table. They were put in the epanswi proveavaua e ea ure o our nex pint of water add about thirty drops, that is, about 
In your issue of the 27th ult, we have an article d the uth May) Bing Ie eyes, in drills, with a volame - and no d ™ bt b ® WOr ‘ h ’ -° half a teaspoonful, of liquor of chloride of lime; 
i the profits of bee-keeping, from Eugene Lewis. _ i\t v --readers, far more than the subscription price of _ „ i, D if n nnn ri<i n f intnnnnrf. 
he fully carried out, and we trust to the entire sat¬ 
isfaction of competitors and others interested.— 
Rancid Butter. — A recent issue of Hall’s 
Journal of Health, gives the following recipe, which, 
if “all right,” is certainly very valuable:—“To a 
wash in this two and a half pounds of insupport- 
ably rancid butter; when every particle of butter 
a hive. Were they afraid of risking the result by _ 
tbe side of a simple box? one mi ° vlBloaary 8 I )a ° uia uons, especially me in- more reBembled tbick yeaB t than anything else, as claded t0 give, in our next volume, reports of the mence d last week at Manchester, and designed to 
Two years afterwards, (1855,) the Rev. L. L. T& ITforTakiJrhonev" 1 ^After tb6 ma8S fl ° W6d quUe fr6ely ’ if ^ P ° tat ° W “ Chicago, Cincinnati and perhaps other principal succeed the G,anile State Farme,-, recently discon- 
Langstroth brought to me his model comb hive, turned on one side The same circumstance J Western Markets. Special pains will be taken to tinuei while we think the Journal will deserve 
with a request to test it, and report the result. I the ^mn^ upon the mted lhat a baV<5 ofcen notlded (<v R h other varieties the Mer- kee p our readers advised as to the condition of the success, we doubt whether the farmers of N. IL will 
saw at once that by controlling the combs, and V“ P “i , A ! T«S cer ’ for in8tance ’ ) in pre , V10UB year8 ’ 88 Wel1 alB ° m Pn^ipal Grain and Provision Markets, both do- properly sustain it - judging from the fate of its 
he would not have been so likely to have led any dougb ever Been j n tbe bread-trough. Indeed, it however, we had considered the matter and con- 
one into visionary speculations, especially the in- 
N. H. Journal of Agriculture— is the title of 
a neat looking and well filled folio paper com- 
wim a request to test ii, auu report me icsuu. a the impress ion is still left upon the mind that a 
saw at once that by controlling the combs, and g 0od season will do a great deal better. Now, in 
cer, for instance,) in previous years, as wen also in pr inci P al Grain and Provision Markets, both do- pr0 perly sustain it —judging from the fate of its 
Ruta Baga Turnips, where best, unfermented dung m estic and foreign. Our endeavor will be to give predecessors. Published by Gilmore & Martin at 
had been applied. A dozen (or more) of the ^ acc nrate and late reports as possible. per annum. 
consequently being enabled to inspect the interior ° der t t all rig1lt “ in the matter Mr Lkwis «««* mestic ana tereign. uur enaeavor win 
of the hive at all limes, was something not offered ^ tB toJ?town£d riTeataTMmmtal? had ^ ^ ■ e™ ( °/a ““"i ? as accurate and late reports as possible. 
by the common hive, lie enumerated over fifty 0 f Z vZ were 1B vandus 8tage8 of decay ; but B0BC B - -- _ 
tv,Qf Lie Li^e ti,o r. n mr,,™ tae 1{ cbal ot tne past ten } ears, ii ne nas Kept Dees bad proceeded B o far as the single Prince Albert. Bruised Grain for Horses.—M r. Ch 
_ T .. ..3 3 .-_ that length of time, and give the profits of each a V erv limited number tless than a dozen) of the of the Veterinary Surgeons employed b: 
advantages that his hive 1 gaveover the common had Pr0CCeded 8 ° ^ ^ U ° KSES - Mr - ( ™ E -’ ° f C — Co ” 08 
one. Although I could not discover quite so f ear !! ^ A very limited number (less than a dozen) of the of the Veterinary Surgeons employed by the Com- his letter testifies, is among the most firm and influentia! 
manv vet I thought I could see enough to pav me 7 “ ® /, f t , ’ a! 7 ’ L vines prematurely wilted, and as far as a very cur- pag ine deB Voitures of Pans, has written a letter friendB of the Rural, is entitled to grateful acknowiedg- 
nt least for the extra exuense of construction — 83 tnumpbE aBd et . th ^ pub 10 know bow “ Bch Bory examination permitted, there was no appear- to the Constitulionnel, in which he states the results me nts for past and proposed efforts in its support. In a 
Near the first of May I transferred the bees combs better he lias doneR r e farmer good seasons, than ance 0 f any fly. Herewith yen have a small por. 0 f his own experience as regards the English recent letter he writes us as followsI would like a 
honev &c of some half dozen hives into the thG l8St P °° r ° ne ‘ .„ The p ? bllc bavea right to this, tion of one of the povers—the only one in the system of feeding horses with bruised oats and few specimen copies of the Rural to use in gettiog up a 
frames I did no “xpect ^neither could I dfscover aad we hope all will remain passive until the state- eQtire rcel the exterior of which bears any re- barley. It appears from his observations that these club. My regular numbers I keep for bm .g ofwh.c 
lrames. i qiq not expect, neituer oouiu laisco ver, p _i. nrvnpnrs nnd no t r nn into env visionary . . ,, „ - J have now Bix bound volumes, and one for 1857 nearly 
that the bees worked “ more vigorously than be- oulationB> ’ There is a d i ffer ence in localities as semblanc ® t0 the drawlBgS “ ^ R0B ^ f f arB18h d k . indB of . gra J“ ° Ught “° 4 ’ wheB bralsed ’ to be glv ® n rea d y for the binder. I can hardly appreciate the value 
fore,” but they worked well, however; some t0 bee pasturage and Mr Lewis may be favorably b y Mr - Henderson. \ou will see that this is alone; the horses eat the mixture too greedily of the r dral un til bound ; still as a weekly visitor it 
swarmed naturally, others I made to swarm artifi- !u„ ated •Fve w^nt him\o state whether his bees rather decay than rot, as tbe potato is now nearly they do not chew it sufficiently and the conse- stand8 at the head of my list of papers. I first became 
daily, and second swarms were prevented effectu- 'ot anvthing but what they obtrined in nature’s a d ry. 8 Pongy mass, no moisture being visible. If quence is tbat is not well digested. But when tbe acquainted with the Rural at the state Fair at Roches- 
nllv In 1857 I made nearly 100 hives on this g 4 anytb g b 1 b 4 r be y obtained in nature s his theory is con . ec t, how comes it that but one feed of bruised grain is well mixed with that of ter, in 1801, introduced it in this section in ’52, and in 54 
cially, and second swarms were prevented effectu- g Qt any thing but what they obtained in nature’s 
ally. In 1857, I made nearly 100 hives on this g arden or bee pasturage the past season, and also 
principle, and put hee3 into them, which worked kow be w j n ters them. A Subscriber. 
quite satisfactorily. The present summer, 1858,1 
have used a large number. But a difficulty has 
arisen tbat I was not prepared for, viz., crooked 
Rome, N. Y., 1858. 
potato out of five bushels is thus peculiarly chopped hay, the horses are equally fond of it 
affected? o. w. they then chew it well, incorporate it in the saliva 
had a club of over 60. At every point where I got a few 
A Breeding Sow. —Will some of your readers 
they then chew it well, incorporate it in the saliva, subscribers tbat year there has been a legular clu , 
_ , . . _ i ~ ,. . ,, „ fin. «nd considerable competition for it, too. Last year an- 
-- and the digestion is therefore perfect But care snu consiueramo c s ’ „ nw i mnW A 
® .. . other Dereon got up the club here, w ho has now removed, 
A Farmer’s Ice HousE.-Flease publish in next | must be had not to diminish the rationstoo soon; ^ / pTopo 8 makjDg an effort in this and adjoining 
combs. Last year, among the whole number, there be so kind as to inform me what treatment will he number a plan ior an ice house for a farmer. nor should barley be substituted too suddenly for towns. Experience teaches me tbat a spare copy or two 
was but one hive of them so crooked that they likely to restore a fine breeding sow that is disa. Subscriber, Huron Co., Ohio, Dec., 1858. 
oats, the former being less easily digested than the in my p 0C uet secures the most ready and reliable help in 
could not he taken out, yet there were a great bled by weakness in tbe loin, thrifty and strong 
many of them not perfectly straight. This year otherwise?—A. T., Miller's Tavern, Va., 1858. 
Remarks.— See Rural of Dec. 4, page 390; also latter; otherwise the horses grow lean, and lose | getting up a club, and I therefore ask a few copies for 
of Nov. 13, page 365. 
their strength. 
mutual benefit.” 
