When tie apiary ie exposed to high winds, a 
swam that is flying is quite apt to be dashed 
down at the entrance of other hives, when they 
set np the humming and call down others. A 
strict watch is necessary in such cases, to keep 
them out A sheet thrown over for a few minutes 
is generally effectual, and they will then either 
cluster or return to the parent blve. A small 
number joining a large one, will be much more 
likely to suffer than when the numbers of both 
parties are about equal. 
These occurrences are all attributable to the 
principle first alluded to by Mr. Poster, —the 
call,—seen and understood by all swarms at this 
season. The rain or wind beating them down, 
they find a hive and give the sign whether they 
are accepted or not A retnrnlng swarm gives 
the same sign. All bees that are in search of a 
home give it and all are quite sure to be attracted 
by it Bee keepers should study the effect, and 
act accordingly. M. Quinby. 
St. Johnsville, N. Y., 1860. 
principle, and often Bave some trouble, as follows: 
The first one is hived and set on the stand with a 
wide board under it When another has started 
that is to be united with it, it is carried—when 
the swarm is about all on the wing—as near them 
as possible and set down, the hive is raised snd 
carried forward about a foot, and witli a sudden 
jar the bees nearly all shaken out, the hive set 
back in Its place; they will immediately set up the 
call and march into it, and at the same time 
attract the other swann in with them, uniting 
peaceably, without any trouble hiving, Ac. 
I would here remark that it is not probable 
that returning the queen to hive No. 2, was very 
important to induce the re-issue of the swarm, as 
it is quite common for all stocks at the time of 
casting second swarms, to have on hand several 
extra queens — either mature, or very nearly so. 
I once found sixteen in one stock, some mature, 
others apparently just sealed np. 
He says further,—" On the 2Gth, abont eight or 
nine o’clock in the morning, hive No. 2, contain¬ 
ing fifty thousand bees, Bwarmed, throwing off 
about forty thousand, somewhat more than were 
wanted.’’ I presume the numbers here mentioned 
are guessed at W'o are generally more accurate 
in guessing at the bulk—number of quarts. 
A word or two on the management of this 
swarm, as it may serve as a caution to aome of 
the inexperienced, as wc want to get as much as 
we can that is practical out of it It stopped, it 
seems, a few yards distant, from eight or nine 
o’clock, till one, and then went off a quarter of a 
mile, and waited till three o'clock, and until a 
hive arrived that, had been sent for. This is bad 
management A great many swarms will not 
wait even one hour “for a hive to arrive.” 
Another error wus in leaving the awarms till 
evening after they were hived, after King clus¬ 
tered six or seven hours. Ninety-nine swarms In 
a hundred will cluster in the vicinity of tho 
parent colony. Very soon afterwards a number 
of bees are sent off to look up a hive. Now, if tbe 
swarm is hived while they are gone, and the hive 
immediately removed to the stand, the chances 
are that they will not find it on their return, to 
inform the colony of their success. Uniform suc¬ 
cess attends only those who are prepared to hive 
their swarms as soon as they cluster—before they 
have time to look np a hive. The bee keeper 
who habitually prepares his hives after the bees 
cluster, will very often find his bees prepared to 
leave before he is ready. This class Beldom have 
luck with boeB a great while. 
In returning swarms, it might be a benefit to 
some to know that, when a swarm is returned the 
same day it issues, the process may have to be 
repeated. All after swarms are liable to have 
more than ono queen, some of them may go back 
with the swarm, and lead it out again the next 
day. The parent hive may also have several on 
hand, that will soon be ready, which the returned 
Ewarm will nurse along very willingly. But if 
the Bwarm is hived, and not returned till next 
morning, the plurality of queens are generally 
destroyed, and oniy one is to bo looked for. 
The bees of the old hive thinned by tho swarm 
leaving, may decide not to spare any more, and 
destroy all remaining queens but one. Now, it is 
plain that a swarm returned under these last con¬ 
ditions, would not be likely to issue again. 
But Mr. Foster inquired after “bee frolics.” 1 
proposed to tell him of some; but the opportu¬ 
nity waa a good one to get in a little practical 
matter. 
^.gvicultural Jflisccllanj] 
“What nonsense!” “I would like one of these 
theorists to rise with me at 5 o’clock A. M., and 
face a keen north-west wind till 7 o’clock, and 
then when wc enter the breakfast room, and inhale 
the aroma of beefsteak and coffee, tell me how 
much food be has obtained from the atmosphere.” 
To such an ono I would say: look at that boy who 
has lived a large putt of his life in tbo open air, 
see how healthfully his curls cluster around his 
brow, note the sparkle of his eyes, the color of 
his cheeks, tbe elasticity of his step, fed the firm- 
of his flesh, and listen to his gkesome shout 
been expressed through tbs Tribune, it i* sufficient for 
the present to state that Mr. G. declared that the Terra- 
cultor involved the true principle of rotary cultivation, 
and should be driven by a steam engine, &o. 
An to Mr. Allbx, it may be stated in this connection, 
that, in addition to hie usual agricultural labor*, he 
edited the American edition of “ Talpa, or the Memoirs 
of a Clay Farm," nearly ten year* ago, in which work, 
special attention was bestowed on Jlotory Culture, as 
preferable to the old proems ot plowing, whether by 
horse or steam. Hs opinions are briefly summed np in 
the following extract* from several letter* : 
“ I have K*-en »b<* Terracultor work, at Feast’s Genesee 
Valiev Nurseries, [on a stiff clayey soil, saturated with 
rain 1 and no repetition of the kind would confirm mo 
more fully in my convictions of the practicability and 
importance of The machine." • • U T aware you that 
no argument is npceraary, to convince roe of tbe VSal 
importance of the Invention to the Agricultural public, 
a* well hh it* p#.-nnl*rv advantage* to ttie holier* of it. 
• • “That it in to'be successful 111 it* results, I can 
have no dout't. So elguvl aud valuable an Invention 
cannot but soon aUncl the attention of men of means 
and enterprise." • • ‘‘Nothing of a secular nature 
could give me greater pleasure than the success of the 
TerraoultOT.” 
— But it is needle** to multiply testimonials, where 
all the witnesses concur in sustaining the declaration of 
Broxtox Mcrkay, that “ the work which the Terracultor 
performs, in fitting land for seed, i» superior to any 
method or seta of methods known in practical Agricul¬ 
ture in tbi* country “—which “was admitted (he *ay>) 
by all who *aw tbe work" Including Proprietors of Nurs¬ 
eries known world-wide for successful cultivation. 
_Inquiry concerning the peculiarities of an invention 
which thu» inaugurates a 11 Involution in the Culture of 
the Earth,” may be briefly answered by reference to tho 
following statement* of the New York World; 
“1. Unlike all other rotary roach!"** intended for 
cultivating the earth, its diggers are attached (not to a 
roller or cylinder, but) to broad, rndltsi chains, which 
Chains pass around wheels and rollers os tho machine 
mown along—which wheels and rollera are *o arranged 
that the (li.-gerv are praised nearly perpendicularly Into 
the earth by the weight of the machine as it roll* on¬ 
ward, while the earth ia thrown up and pulverized by the 
short, sharp leverage aeroi-s Urn bind rollers** the range* 
of tenth or digger* pus* *uncea*iv«lv under [and around] 
the miu! hind roller* while the n-oclitue mow* forward. 
“2. In this novel combination, tbn mechanical mind 
will discover the reasons why the Terracultor is success¬ 
ful, while all former attempt* at making rotary nigger* 
(with spike* or claw* projecting from nolid cylinder*,) 
haw utterly failed, and over must fall. 
“3 The combination of chain* and teeth and wheel* 
requisite for producing this great ellect. is claiihid ar 
original in the Terracultor ; and similar good results (it 
Our “ Kvrai. " Lsttkrs vrov -inn Pkopi.k — Are 
dally becoming more numerous, substantial, spicy, inter¬ 
esting and encouraging. They come from all parts of 
the Union and Canadas, and, though expressed in varied 
language—grave, gay, congratulatory, complimentary— 
the universal sentiment i« that tbe Rural New-Yorker 
is an “ institution ” worthy of continued and largely 
increased support. W# hope wa are not vain, though 
we feel gome pride In these evidences of approval—for 
the reaeon that we have conscientiously endeavored to 
merit tbe kind regard and cnoonrsgement of oar readers 
and tbe public. A* a wimple of the words of cheer 
which at* daily reaching u«, wc give extracts from a few 
of the many gratifying letters received the past week: 
Alabama —J. A., of Macon Co., Ala, orders the back 
numbers of this year, and pay*:—“ Fleapc pend roc sam¬ 
ples, a* I desire <o ronke up a club for the Rural. I 
have read the paper occasionally, and believe it contains 
more good matter and is more interesting than any other 
journal published In the C. 8. I feel confident that I can 
get ten subscriber* here and perhaps twenty.” 
Canada West.—lu renewing his *nhscription, ft sub¬ 
scriber in Oxford Co. writes:—“ It tbe price of the Rural 
were twice or even thrice an much a* It la, I would have 
it,” And »n agent in Wentworth Co. pa>a he purposes 
to take the c.rnoeit oat of some of the Rural's agents 
in the State of New York—Intimating that be will soon 
send In “ a lht as is a list," for “ Everybody wants the 
Rural," [All right, friend R.; if yon can bent our 
agent-friends in the States, you shall have the banner.] 
Minnesota.—A foimrr efficient agent of 1b« RcBAl^ 
(S, E. —ytu, Samuel Eatox, Rsq„) write* from Freeborn 
Co. in thi* wise:—“ Ry chance I eacie across an old friend, 
called tho Rural Nkw.Youkkk, strayed away out bere 
In Minnesota, where I have been eome time. It looked 
*0 familiar I ahoulri like to renew its acquaintance, and 
introduce it to others, as I waa wont to do In former 
tlmea in I.yaander, Onondaga Co., N. Y. Send prospec¬ 
tus, specimens, Arc, I have a letter from you some three 
years old, paying that I am entitled to Wehoter's Una- 
htidged Dictionary- ns a premium, which 1 never called 
for, si I moved W*«t about that time." [Glad our friend 
has “ turned up.” But he need not be surprised at finding 
the RURAL iu Minn., for it ha* a “heap” of readers in 
that young and thriving State—a* most subrcribere who 
go there have it sent to their new homes, and many get 
their neighbors to subscribe. Will attend to the Diction¬ 
ary, at we ahtays pay premiums when ue knou> what is 
wanted and where to forward. If any other friends of 
the Rural are entitled to premiums which they have not 
received, they will pie*** notify us, stating what they 
prefer, (if a preference was offered,) and how and where 
to forward the “ documents."] 
Illinois.— An agent-friend in Macoupin Co., eayB:— 
“ The Rural ha* got a great many friend* iu this vicinity 
since an effort has been uiado to circulate It amopg the 
reading class. It 1* particularly a favorite among the 
ladies; that speak* well for it, a* we all admit them to be 
good judge* of reading matter, as well a* of «vorytbing 
else that ia good. I have given away all of my numbers 
for I860 thus far to those who did not take the paper, in 
hopes thereby to obtain quite a number of new subscrib¬ 
ers, and shall do the best I can for the good old Rural. 
Do you take Illinois currency at parr" [Thftnk* for your 
generou* efforU-p*st, present and prospective. The 
Rural U generally liked by discriminating people every¬ 
where—and if aome men, who happen to be Just a little 
etnpiA, objeot to subseiibing or renewing, their more 
sensible wives and daughters outvote them; (and we 
insist that tbU is a case in which women *hould be 
allowed to rote!) Will replace the numbers you have 
given away in the good canse. Yes, we will take Illinois 
currency at par, though it is greatly depreciated just now. J 
Maryland. — A lady In Ilarford Co. writes —“ My hus¬ 
band ha* been a subscriber to your excellent paper since 
last spring. We prise it very highly — *o much so, that 
we are unwilling to miss a single number, and as we 
failed to receive No. 43, you will gratify ua much if you 
can supply it. Wc have been showing the paper to our 
neighbors and would like to see more of them taken in 
this section. The Rural can certainly recommend itself, 
ness 
a* lie engages in some juvenile gymnastics. 
And now turn your eyes upon that boy who sit* 
by yonder sir-tight stove, whose life has been 
prematurely spent in study, and is pale and languid 
for want of the nourishment of pure air, and then 
say if there is not food in the atmosphere. True, 
either of those hoys would starve on air alone 
hut one of them is already starving for want of it. 
Hour Mi u.kr says:—That tbe conclusions of com¬ 
mon sense when, opposed to tbe facte of science, 
arc often tantamount to nonsense. Common 
srrise without the aid of science cannot be aware 
that there is nourishment In the atmosphere, as 
real, though not hb tangible, as if there were 
loaves of bread floating then—albeit the loaves 
of bread ai e still needed. Shut a man up nightly, 
for years, in a small nnventHated bed-room. In 
duo time he becomes consumptive, and why ? 
For want of atmospheric food. They say the air 
in Iub roam became poisonous. And why? Simply 
the rood contained in it was consumed by him, 
and the residue was poisonous only because it 
would not sustain life. And what is the remedy 
prescribed? Perhaps Cod liver oil. And why? 
Beeauso it oontains nourishment in a concen¬ 
trated form. Often it is a vain attempt to supply 
to hiB exhausted system food which be ought to 
have obtained from the atmosphere. 
No one can donbt that the soil is often, almost 
everywhere, sadly abused, and I for one will 
cheerfully welcome every suggestion for improve¬ 
ment. But the pure genuine truth will always 
best subserve the cause of improvement; and I 
do not want those who arc already doing well, 
frightened by needless fears of prospective sterili¬ 
ty. I am willing to bequeath my plan of opera¬ 
tion to my grandson—who has recently made his 
appearance—inviting him to do Letter than his 
Grand father, hut assuring him that if he does as 
well, he need not fear prospective sterility. 
Milan, Erie Co., 0., 1800. Petbr IUthawat. 
Caution to Dairymen. 
John D. Teff, in the Utioa Democrat, says, 
that for several years, farmers have met with much 
loss and perplexity, in consequence of their cows 
casting their young. Veterinarians have entirely 
failed to account for the canse, or prescribe a 
remedy. This calamily was almost unknown be¬ 
fore shepherd dogs were used for driving cows. 
If this statement be correct, then tho causes and 
remedy arc apparent. It is true suoh losses hnve 
occurred, and may occur, from other causes, but 
the principle is the same in either case. Hknbt 
Ward Beecher tells us that the cow is the saint of 
the barn-yard. Thenkec-p the devil away from her, 
whether he oomes in the shape of a dog, a fight¬ 
ing steer or heifer, or otherwise. Let her enjoy 
her saintly mind in tranquility. At least, after 
the 1st of September, do not let your boy* or 
hired men dog your cows a mile or two each day 
on a full run, or jump them over bars which they 
are too lazy to let down, or rush them through 
narrow gateways and doors, several at a time. 
About Ice Houses. 
“Common Bknse,” writing to the The Rural 
Register, on this topic says:—“I frequently notice 
in tho public papers, inquiries and answers as to 
‘how an ice house should be built' —many of the 
roplicB arc no doubt very good and quite Rcien- 
tifio, but do not, I think, meet tbe wishes of a ma¬ 
jority of those who seek the information — 1 double 
walls,’ filled in with charcoal, saw dust, or con¬ 
fined air, Ao., are all well enough for the rich, but 
are too costly for those in moderate circumstan¬ 
ces. Now it seems to me that if we put our com¬ 
mon sense to work, a plan may he devised, that 
would come within the reaoh of all, ‘a consum¬ 
mation devoutly to be wished.’ Suppose we 
alter the question and ask, ‘what is the best plan 
to preserve ice?' for this is all that we need to 
effect; tbe answer would be plain, viz: protect it 
from the heat. How ? in what manner? Why in tho 
same manner that you would keep a heated brick 
warn when sleigh-riding, or preserve a lump of 
Ice when you have no refrigerator— wop it up in 
THE TIME FOE BREEDING CATTLE. 
Ena. Rural New Yorkbe :—Much has been Baid 
and written in relation to raising stock. The 
quantity and quality of food in tho time of feed¬ 
ing has been properly set forth in the Rural. 
The kinds of stock most profitable to raise for 
use and the market, has also been satisfactorily 
ascertained by the stock growers of tbo oountry. 
Yet 1 have never seen tint little if any thing said 
or published with regard to the proper time for 
breeding cattle, ns though it mattered little when, 
only so that we get the kind preferred and pre¬ 
pare onr cows for early milking. Nevertheless, I 
believe it, in a general practice among our farmers 
to have their cows come in during the spring 
months, most people thinking that to be the most 
healthy and prolific season of the year for animal 
as well as vegetable life. 
Now, it is not my intention to write n long arti¬ 
cle on the best time for breeding calves, for I 
know that most farmers will practice tho old 
beaten way, rather than try an experiment in the 
cold and dreary months of winter, especially 
when the old lady or girls have to do the milking 
and feed tho calves. My experience has taught 
me that winter calves were tho most profitable to 
raise—making the heat stock, besides improving 
tho cow for milk: 1 st, because the cow is stronger 
and better able to bear in the winter than in the 
spring, if she is properly fed ami sheltered. 2 d, 
because she will give better milk for butter tho 
first four months up to July, than she will from 
May to September. 3d, because tbe calves will be 
in a better condition to turn out on grass by the 
1 st of May or June, than spring ealveB by that 
time or later. 4th, because winter calves will 
become fat by the next coming winter, if they 
have fresh fall feed, and better prepared to Btand 
the cold northern blasts than spring calves with 
tbo same care and fare. I have a few this fall 
which clearly demonstrates the above hints; in 
fact they are eqnal in Bize and beauty to “Jo. 
Payne’s two-year-old yearlings .” 
Can any one &liow me a better way ? 
Adams, Mich., Nov. i860. W. M. Comstock. 
for the ice; almost any house or place will answer, 
and so far as the preservation of the ice is con¬ 
cerned, it will make no difference whether the 
house he in or out of the ground, but tho icc 
should be kept dry and well surrounded with dry 
saw ds 6 t, spent-tan bark, pine shavings, leaves, 
straw, or any other material that is a bad con¬ 
ductor; ariy of these would to a great extent keep 
the cold in, and the heat out." 
Water Cisterns. 
Every farm establishment, Bays the New Eng¬ 
land Farmer, should be provided with a capacious 
and conveniently located water ciBtern. If the 
farm buildings are numerous and compactly situ¬ 
ated, a very small expenditure will answer for the 
constriction of all the apparatus requisite for 
conducting the water from roofs into the reser- 
which, for greater convenience, should be 
WHEAT - GROWING, STERILITY, &c. 
The present Besson has been a prolific 
one in unusual phenomena among bees—attribut¬ 
able, no doubt, to the wot, unsteady weather, 
which was very variable—sunshine and showers. 
Several swarms issued, clustered, and were hived 
in the rain, which is very unusual. But I shall 
allude more particularly to those frolics got up 
on the principle of the one related by Mr. Foster. 
During the height of the swarming season, we 
had much showery weather. Tery often a swarm 
would be ready to start jaBt ae the sun was ob¬ 
scured and it commenced raining; and not being 
in the habit of being thwarted in their intentions, 
or having been put out so often, they determined 
now to brave all forbidding clouds or rain. One 
started jast previous to &u approaching Bbower, 
and had they (the bees) been satisfied with any 
one of a dozen placca when they attempted to 
cluster, they might have been hived before it 
commenced raining; but being a second swarm, 
which often seems to like the exercise of flying, 
they continued on the wing a long time, and 
moved several rods from the 3 ara, and clustered 
only after they were pretty wet- The swarm was 
only half as large as it should have been; but on 
returning to the yard, the other half of it was 
found going in with a swarm hived a few days 
previously, the bees of which were killing them 
by hundreds, and soon destroyed them all. ThiB 
indicates that there was no pre-concerted arrange¬ 
ment between the parties. Another swarm issued 
under very similar circumstances, rain, Ac., flew 
but a short time, and then entered a hive with 
another swarm, as did the first; these bees also 
resisted the intruders with deadly effect for a 
time, hut a few puffs of tobacco smoke seemed to 
have a pacifying influence, and they at once be¬ 
came reconciled—dwelling and laboring peacea¬ 
bly together thereafter. 
Two others issued while it was raining quite 
hard; and long before the swarm was all out, 
they commenced going in with two old stocks. 
The endeavor to keep thear out was useless; the 
rain beat them down, and they seemed determin¬ 
ed to gain shelter somewhere; when prevented 
from going into one, they immediately tried the 
next. As it happened, they took shelter in &tocks 
that had cast their first swarms only a few days 
before—consequently had no mature queen, and 
the fugitives were received, probably on that 
account, without the leaBt opposition. They 
issued again in a few days with increased num¬ 
bers, and were hived all right 
Another phase of this principle happens with 
beginners in bee keeping, in this way. A swarm 
will issue, an;l after flying a few minutes, return to 
the parent stock. Another coining out before 
the same lund every other year; of which 1 cer¬ 
tainly am guiltless. The course, which I liverred 
had been successful for a long term of years 
without impairing the fertility of the soil, was 
this: I divided my wheat land into three fields,— 
one in wheat, one iu clover pasture, and one, pas¬ 
tured by sheep in the spring and aB the plowing 
progressed, in summer fallow. Clover seed and 
one bushel of piaster per aore was applied every 
spring to the wheat, field without other manure. 
I fearlessly assert that under thia course the 
Boil was steadily growing richer. Tbe yield of 
grain, on an average of seasons, increased in 
amount; averaging for a long term of years nearly 
26 bushels per acre; the increase in the yield of 
8 traw being absolutely tronblesomo. This last fact 
assured me that barn manure was not needed. If 
any one had offered to apply animal excrement of 
any kind, night Boil included, to my wheat land, 
free of expense, 1 would have refused the offer; 
because it would have caused the wheat to lodge, 
and would have euormously increased tho expense 
of harvesting. The growth of straw was already 
so troublesome that I waB forced to abandon a 
favorite variety of wheat (the Crate) for varieties 
of more moderate growth. Doubtless something 
more wub required, and might have been applied 
to raise the average to 40 bushels per acre, hut I 
think it was not animal excrement that was need¬ 
ed. Where my sheep deposited their ordure in 
large quantities, the crop of wheat was not im¬ 
proved, but the contrary. It is well known that 
soils exhausted of the specific food of the wheat 
crop are not re-adftpted to wheat-growing by the 
application of barn-yard manure. 
The theory which I advocated and still aim to 
maintain, is, that under a course such as I have 
described, on land naturally adapted to wheat, 
plowed well and deep, and either naturally or arti¬ 
ficially drained, Nature will so aid the farmer 
with her recuperative powers that prospective 
sterility need not alarm him. 
I am well aware, that even to a mind well stored 
with the facts of science, a mental effort is needed 
to conceive of imponderable and evanescent 
elementary matter being changed into solid and 
tangible product. Yet scientific men are agreed 
that the sun is the great storehouse of food, and 
if they are right, that food must come to us in a 
very imponderable and evanescent slate — iu the 
form, so far aa wo know, of light and heat- In 
this view of the case it is not difficult to conceive 
that the farmer who deeply and thoroughly culti¬ 
vates and uuderdrainshis soil, and uses improved 
implements, is not only extracting its virtues 
more rapidly, hut, may also be opening the ave¬ 
nues whereby Nature may delight to enter and 
enrich him. 
“ Food in the atmosphere!” exclaims a farmer. 
HoxoraBLB to WOMEN— Invention and Production .— 
Relieving it to be the right of woman to equal or excel 
man in many things not usually denominated her 
“sphere," we take pleasure in recording two instances 
wherein the fair have outstripped the sterner sex. For 
instance, it is printed that “ Elizabeth M. Smith, of 
Burlington, N. J., has invented and patented a much 
desired improvement in reaping and mowing machine*, 
and one which renders their use a matter of safety and 
not of danger. The improvement consists of a device 
for throwing them in and out of gear by means of the 
driver** seat. Thus, when the driver takes his seat on 
the maehine, hi* weight throw* it into gear, and when 
he leave* hi* teat, the machine i* thrown oat of gear.” 
It is also reeordad iu print (and whatever is baptized 
with printing ink, on good peper, ought to be true,) that 
“ a lady in Androscoggin county, Me.,—yet on the sunny 
tide of 40, and weighing only 83 lb*, avordnpois—owning 
a Tami of *ome twe hundred acres, ha* raised, during the 
past reason, 61 buihel* of eorc, 38>i do. wheat, 41 do. 
ryo, 4 2 do. bat lay, 900 do. oats, 4C0 potatoes, 1,000 do. 
‘ ‘ ‘ She also keep* 
voir, 
located in some place where it may supply the 
wants of the animals iu the yards during winter, 
as well as the household. 
Good and substantial reservoirs, perfectly water 
tight, may be formed of split stone, brick, plank, 
or even without either, the interior surface as 
well as the bottom being covered with two or 
three eoatinga of cement We have known them 
made by cementing directly upon the earth, hot 
in our climate of penetrating frosts, such wonld 
not be tho best way. Tjiey msy be made square, 
oval or round; but made in the form of an egg, 
they are very strong, and require no deck or top 
covering, as the opening in the top may be only 
a little larger thau a man’s body, so that he can 
enter it occasionally to clean it oat. 
In a cistern constructed in this manner, the 
water will Boon beoome clear and fit for family 
use, if the roofs of the buildings upon which it 
falls are kept ordinarily clean. Where there is a 
“Facts nbont Bees.” 
Mb. Foster, in the Rural some time since, 
relates “facts about bees,” and then asks of 
“experienced apiarians if such bee frolics are 
common.” I will make this a text for a few 
remarks. There are phenomena occurring on 
this principle quite frequently. Bees, in the 
swarming season, are disposed to unite in large 
colonies. They seem to he on the lookout for a 
situation for a home; these places are not always 
readily found; and we take advantage of their 
necessities, and offer them one which they readily 
accept, usually. As soon as a hive is discovered 
apples, grafted fruit, and 60 tuns of hay. 
40 head of neat stock, 8 horses, and 60 sheep. The value 
of the above products Is estimated at not less than 
$1,600, while the expense ha* been about $600—leaving 
a net profit of a thousand dollars for the gmart tittle 
woman to put in her pocket, If farming will pay like 
this, under the management of a woman, why Bhould 
the big two-fisted fellows complain that they cannot get 
a living by it?"__ 
Thu SbASOX and Crops ix England—I n illustration 
of the late remarkably wet season, the English journals 
say that rain fell on 61 day* out of 92, fog prevailed 
daring 41 days, and hail fell on 13 day*. In some place*, 
grata waa left unrnown until the middle of September; 
wheat ripened very irregularly,some being eut early in 
August, while much was left until October, and some 
WHB Still standing on the 4th of November. Apples, in 
iLft middle of Euriand. did net ripen until the middle 
by a few bees, they immediately set up the call, 
by elevating the body and humming with their 
wings, which any one who has ever hived a swarm 
cannot have failed to have noticed. This is Boon 
Tkb Wukat And Corn Cxors of the West are enor¬ 
mous. Take illlneu for example. A good authority •si' - 
mates the wheat crop of the State at not le6* thau twen¬ 
ty-fire millions of bushels. At a low estimate, the oorn 
crop of Elinois will amount to one hundred atd ten mil¬ 
lion* of bushel*, worth at lewt twenty-five million* of 
dollar* to the producers; being of wheat aui corn more 
than ten times the quantity produced by the whole ef 
New England. The value of lire *toek ia estimated at 
one hundred millions of dollars. 
