BEES.-COMBINING AND WINTERING 
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EDITED BY HKNBT S. RANDALL, LL. D. 
I see that, some one In the Rural suggests that, 
weak swarms he united so as to make one etrong 
hive out of two email swarms. As most do not 
have movable combs they cannot do it in the 
manner recommended ; yet it is desirable to unite 
them. The trouble is how to unite, honey and 
all , in immovable combs; that he does not answer. 
Objection, too, is made to wintering In cellars. 
This is merely a fancy, without a fact, to sustain it. 
You might as well say to winter wife and child 
in a house with comfortable coal stoves that 
keep fire all night weakens them, as to say bees 
are weaker because kept in shelter and in a cel¬ 
lar. Now when I began bee keeping I was told 
that to take off honey boxes would cause them 
to “run ont” and “be worm eaten.” But yet 
I kept on. It was In vain I said lift my hives, 
they are strong in honey. Those that I have 
taken fifty and seventy-five pounds of honey in 
boxes off of, arc twenty to thirty pounds strong 
iu honey In the brood chamber; what more do 
you want? So I have seen more than one man 
who sulphured to death his bees, run out of 
them; but mine do not,—and that, too, when 
every year, I get more and more box honey, as I 
learn better how to do it. So you will not be sur¬ 
prised when I say not the least of my success in 
box, honey and in strong swarms lies in the winter¬ 
ing in the cellar. For see the reason. It iB that 
in the cellar they have less to do of that Inces¬ 
sant breathing or panting in the cold, that you 
see, whenever you open a hive in a cold day. 
This panting to heat up the hive makes the hive roar 
with the buzzing labor all winter long , when out of 
doors and unprotected , as any one can prove by 
pnttlug his car to an out-door hive any cold 
winter day. In the cellar, the temperature be¬ 
ing right, they are very still, and have none of 
this lung-panting labor to do, which is a great 
gain. Intbcccllar, too, they eat less of the surplus 
honey in the brood chamber; and the conse¬ 
quence i6 that they use It in the early spring to 
raise brood or young bees, and thus yon get 
powerful swarms, much more >o than without it. 
If you can get bettor calve.*, colts and lambs 
by wintering their parents out in the middle of 
a large lot, without shelter, then you can get 
better bees, out of doors, by the cold, that they 
wore never calculated to endure; for the bee 
came from warm climates originally. But to 
winter well in a eellur needs several things. 
The first Is good ventilation of th>- hires. This I 
give by one hole at the top of the hive one inch 
iu diameter covered with gauze wire; and at the 
bottom of the hive covering the entrance by 
gauze w ire. This is to prevent the bees, if a few 
warm days come, from getting out and being 
lost or annoying you in the cellar. And to be 
secure against the accidental closure of the en¬ 
trance by dead bees, I make a hole one inch in 
diameter one and a half inches above the en¬ 
trance, and cover it with gauze wire. The rea¬ 
son why ample ventilation in the cellar Is abso¬ 
lutely necessary is to prevent the dampness of 
the com OS tuat, vr<>uUi Otherwise come by the 
cold of the cellar. The second requisite of the 
keeping of bees in the cellar is to have a cellar 
us near 35 or 40 degrees of the thermometer, 
(Fahrenheit's scale,) as can be. If the tem¬ 
perature rises above 45 degrees the bees get un¬ 
easy, buzz, and try to get ont; and many die in 
their uneasiness, if the Urnperatnrc is only six 
or eight degrees above freezing they arc quite 
quiet all w inter long. The third element of suc¬ 
cess in wintering In the cellar is that it be still. 
Noise excites the bees. Then they hum aud get 
the hives very warm, and many die in the at¬ 
tempt to get out. They also eat more if dis¬ 
turbed. So the eellur should be as free from 
noise as can be. Yet. the common walking in 
the cellar and overhead gives but little trouble. 
The bees soon get used to it and do not mind 
it. The fourth requirement is darkness. To 
have bright light, or indeed any light at all on 
the hives, causes the bees to try and find light 
places and heat. So the greater the darkness 
the better for wintering quietly. 
If all these requisites are had the bees in a 
cellar are quiet, and the winter soon passes 
away to them ; they eat but little, sleep or rest 
a good deal, just as they do when they cluster 
outside of a hive for days in the summer, when 
there are no honey plants or honey box room, 
and are not overfull of fecal matter; some die 
and lull to the bottom boards; and they come 
out in the spring good and strong; do better 
every way, and are far less care to the kind hearted 
bee keeper than the out-door, cold, heartless plau 
of raw cold and ice. 
The only outdoor plan that I approve of is to 
get the hives close together in rows and back to 
baek, so a6 to make them front in opposite w r ays. 
Then box them by a cribbiug, 60 that the entran¬ 
ces will be open, and fill in the spaces between the 
boxing or cribbing and the hiverf with sawdust or 
chaff, at least four to six inches thick. By this 
plan any number of bees can be wintered well 
ont of doors. It' the hives are all of one pattern, 
aud the cribbing just 6poken of is mode in good 
sections, aud the sawdust kept dry, the same 
cribs and dust will answer for years. This lets 
the bees out, and yet packs them warm. Bees, 
I again repeat, have no mysteries, hut are to be 
managed on the same common-sense principle as 
anything else. 
I am not a very old bee keeper, yet I have 
learned by experience that nine-tenths of the 
old bee lingo are false. That a good understand¬ 
ing of the bee and its habits, aud common-sense 
makes my bees do well. That leads me to dis¬ 
card all silly fears of the cellar, aud use it because 
I know it Baves me and the bees a great deal of 
labor aud toil, and honey too. 
Ithaca, N. Y., 1867. 8. J, Parker. 
N. Y. WOOL GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION 
Tna Annual Meeting of the N. Y. State Sheep 
Breeders’ and Wool Growers’ Association will be 
held in Syracuse, December 12th, at 1 o’clock P. M. 
Henry S. Randall, President. 
H. D. L. Sweet, Secretary. 
The attention of the Sheep Breeders and 
Wool Growers of New York is called to the 
notice of the Annual Meeting of the State As¬ 
sociation, published above. 
IMPROVEMENT OF AMERICAN MERINO 
WOOL. 
H. D. Tellkampf (Of the extensive wool house 
of Tellkampf «!fc Hitching, New York,) has en¬ 
closed us a paper read by him at a meeting of 
the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, 
Nov. 7th, on the Improvement of Merino wool in 
the United States. Wc huve not spuce to pub¬ 
lish it entire, but shall call attention to some of 
its principal euggcstlons. Esteeming Mr. T. a 
gentleman of great integrity, and of extensive 
information in the wool trade , we shall aim to 
discuss bis views courteously,— but at the same 
time we must speak our own candidly. 
The paper starts with the proposition that 
this year's clip of wool “as a general thing has 
shown that too little care has been token with 
the sheep” from the great number of fleeces 
which are more or less "matted and yellow” 
(cotted,) which Mr. T. pronounces unhealthy, 
causing a loss in working, and injuring the 
quality of the manufactured fabric. He attrib¬ 
utes this to exposure of the sheep to inclement 
weather, Irregular feeding, etc., and justly claims 
that well cared for flocks will be healthier, the 
mortality iu them less, and the product of wool 
larger and more valuable. 
We then have the following propositions ; 
“ There is prevailing in this year’s clip the influ¬ 
ence of the Vermont breed, resembling the old Ne- 
gretti Spanish breed, well known for many years for 
its heavy grease—causing in most cases the points or 
topB of the staple to become charged with a dark, 
hard unbalance, similar to pitch, and for this reason 
called in Austria and Germany pitch tops , which are 
dreaded by the manufacturers, who cannot scour this 
wool by the regular process, and have the trouble 
and expense of clipping the tops by hand, to say 
nothing of the loss of weight to them, seldom less 
than ten per cent. They have found at the same 
time that a wool without a perfect staple will not 
work or finish as well as that of a full or entire 
staple. Furthermore, the wool of this breed proved 
to he lacking In the necessary falling qualifications, 
and does not produce ns valuable and salable fabrics 
as that of Silesian and Saxony Escurial breed.” 
He complains that the production of this 
heavy “ pitch top ” wool is Increasing; ex¬ 
presses astonishment thut the wool growers of 
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio and New' York, 
“ rn-rtduclnp- f«r „v«ars superior and higher priced 
wool tUnn-rcrmoui/, CUUIU DC iuumvou to mmu 
such a change “ merely for the production of 
heavier tleecea;” but he adds: 
“A single or double Vermont crossing, but no more, 
of the flocks In this country, might have led to some 
good similar effects with those experienced in the 
superior Escurial breed of Saxony and Silesia, w here 
the breeding in-aiid-ln for years had weakened the 
strength of the animal# and the fiber of the wool. 
But for this mixture of blood, nothing but the beet 
breed of Regretti was considered advisable or has 
proved beneficial. It is very Obvious that we have 
too much of the Ncgretti blood in our flocks, and 
to counterbalance it favorably: the Escurial breed of 
Silesia and Saxony must be used without delay.” 
Alter making some further comparisons be¬ 
tween the Ncgretti and Escurial Merinos, un¬ 
favorable to the former, he proposes Importa¬ 
tions of the latter, either by the grow ers, or a 
company of manufacturers who shall distribute 
them at cost, adding a moderate commission. 
But he thinks nothing would “ speak plainer to 
the growers” than the establishment of a sheep 
farm of 400 or 500 acres iu a healthy neighbor¬ 
hood near New- York city, on a capital of about 
$100,000. He thinks it would do to commence 
with a flock of 300 ewes and eight or ten rums, 
bnthe recommends double those numbers. He 
closes by suggesting some details in regard to 
sales, expenses, selections, management, sub¬ 
scriptions, &c. 
Let us review some of Mr. Tellkamuf’s 
propositions in the order in which they are 
made. He objects to Vermont, or as it is now' 
generally termed “ American Merino” wool, 
“Tiger” was bred by Wm. R. Pitts of Honeoye, Ontario Co., N. Y. f and purchased when a lamb by J, 
C. * S. T. Short of Hemlock bake. Livingston Co,. N. Y, He was got by the Cub Ram, by Old Dick, by 
Old Itohinson of Vermont. Dam of Cub by the Peek & Leach Ram, bred by Mr. Cutting of Vermont, 
Dam of Tiger, tired by .1. C. Taft of West Bloomfield, N. Y,. and got by his Gardner Ram by Young Match 
less, by Wooster. W’eight of fleeces respectively 19,V. 25jtf aud 28X lbs. 
and the other fine varieties mentioned. Should 
the Chicago Exposition be decided on, there will 
be abundance of time to import a lot of twenty- 
five, fifty, or u hundred Escurial Saxons from 
Germany' for exhibition there, to test the pulse 
of public opinion concerning them. The good 
motives of the importer and exhibitor will at 
least ensure them a kindly reception, and, we 
doubt not, proper appreciation. If the verdict is 
favorable, Mr. Tellkampf will have opened a 
good business for himself or for others ; should 
It be unfavorable, he will learn his mistake. 
excellence of American wool for all lhe fabrics 
to which it iB applicable. 
If Mr. Tbli.kampf merely means to say that 
American Meriuo wool has not equal feltiug 
properties with that of Escurial Saxon sheep, 
lie is perfectly correct. Everybody knows thut 
the latter Is the finest, and that the liner Merino 
wool is the higher is its felling properties. If 
he means to say that American Merino wool ie 
not us well adapted as the Escurial Saxou for the 
manufacture of broadcloths, and other fabrics 
requiring the same kind of wool, he is also cor¬ 
rect. The wool of the improved heavy fleeced 
Amcricuu Merino Is both too coarse and too long 
for fine broadcloths and some other special fab¬ 
rics. But what of that? It is signally adapted 
to manufactures which consume fifty or a hun¬ 
dred times as much wool as do the broadcloth 
and other manufactures of the United States 
requiring the finer wool. Records whose accu¬ 
racy Mr. Tellkampf will Dot dispute (sec them 
In Practical Shepherd pp. 91-04,) prove that when 
the class of sheep now recommended by him 
(the Escurial Saxons) abounded iu this country, 
their wool did not sell for enough more than that 
of the Spanish or American Merinos to come even 
uear the additional cost of producing It* 
Mr. Tellkampf may be unaware of the fact— 
ho may not have been a resident of the United 
States then,—but wc can inform him that prime 
Electoral sheep, prime Escurial Saxons have 
been imported into and tested in the United 
States when our broadcloth manufactures were 
far more extensive Hum they now are,—and thut 
„.. ... n ... »u* ueueacy »m i.ne cwusutnuons ot 
these sheep, their lightness of fleece and its 
small additional price over American Merino 
wool, they proved wholly unprofitable and were 
almost universally abandoned. 
To prevent misapprehension on the part of 
any of our readers, we wish them to note the 
fact that the Silesian sheep imported into the 
United States by Mr. Chamberlain, do not be¬ 
long to the class recommended by Mr. Tell¬ 
kampf. Mr. C.’s earlier importations were 
crosses between Negrettia and Infant-ados— 
without the Escurial blood. His last, importa¬ 
tion was of pure Negrettis. They are fine 
w ooled, large, strong sheep, with abundance of 
yolk,—but we venture to assert that not one of 
them has any of that “ pitch top” on it* wool 
which requires to be clipped off, and which Mr. 
Tellkampf declares to be a characteristic of the 
variety. 
When the demand for medium fine wools for 
manufacture in our country is 50 or 100 percent, 
greater than the demand for broadcloth wools; 
when the American Merino coueededly supplies 
medium fine wools which are entirely satisfac¬ 
tory to the muunfuclurer, aud which, by their 
unusual strength and wearing qualities, are 
peculiarly profitable to the consumer; when 
the sheep itself has proved peculiarly hardy, 
productive and profitable (when any breed of 
tine wool sheep are profitable)—we ask if it 
would be judicious to attempt to convert the 
American Merino sheep generally into a broad¬ 
cloth wool sheep, by crosses with the Escurial 
Saxon? We confess, with all due respect fur 
Mr. Tellkampf, that the proposition strikes us 
as a self-evident aud unmitigated absurdity. 
Had he made a different proposition, viz: that 
the Escurial Saxon be again introduced to meet 
u special demand in our market—on the sound 
hypothesis that the United States should as far 
as practicable produce all the wools which are 
consumed iu them—we could have made no ob¬ 
jection to the experiment, though we have sup¬ 
posed that we already had enough sheep iu the 
country hearing broadcloth wools to start with, 
viz; the “Silesians,” and the descendants of 
older importations which are still to be found 
in Southeastern Ohio, and adjacent portions of 
West Virginia and Pennsylvania. If Mr. Tell¬ 
kampf thinks otherwise, and if the manufactu¬ 
rers fail ,(as we have no doubt they will,) to 
adopt lus proposition to import, sheep for the 
purposes mentioned, we suggest that he him¬ 
self import one or two hundred of his favorite 
sheep, and attempt their introduction among 
American 6hecp farmers, in such way as he 
deems best. To a gentleman of his large w'ealth 
the loss, even if the experiment should not suc¬ 
ceed, would be of no consequence, while in the 
opposite event both the credit and the pro tit 
would be due to his philanthropy and enter¬ 
prise. Let us see these sheep at our Fairs 
alongside of the American Merino, the Silesian 
The Season—Water Wanted.— The “remarkably 
dry spell" still continues. November is usually lib¬ 
eral in Its dispensations of snow and rain.—but the 
present month is a striking exception to the general 
rale. Up to the present writing (Nov. 23d.) the fall 
of rain and snow combined would scarcely equal the 
depth of half an inch, in this region. The season has 
been a remarkable one. on many accounts, but espe¬ 
cially conspicuous for the lack or aqueous liberality. 
The sale of water In the street- is a novel feature in 
the commercial transactions of the “ Flour City.” 
Drouth in the West.—Since the above was placed in 
type we have received the Prairie Farmer (Chicago) 
of Nov. 2.7, which speaks dolefnlly of the want of 
water—stating that “ the ‘oldest inhabitant’ has never 
known a season of drouth so extended. No rain of 
consequence, lu many localities, since June Cis¬ 
terns long ago gave out; wells are fast failing; and 
sionghs aud small streams are dry. The effects arc 
most disastrous.” 
Condensed Correspondence, Items, &c 
Young Rogers’ Scoured Fleece.— With the cut 
and pedigree of Mr. A Leach’s ram Young Rogers, 
recently published in the Rural, we accidentally 
omitted to state the weight of his scoured fleece. Wc 
have a letter of Hunt Brothers, proprietor# of Cus¬ 
tom Woolen Mill. North Bloomfield, N Y., stating 
that the fleece weighed, ae they received it, 23 Jbs.; 
that when cleansed and dry It weighed 7 lbs 3o/,,, 
and that, they “ considered it more than ordinarily 
clean.” A sample is forwarded to us. It appears 
clean, and is of fair qnality. 
Agricultural Journal? — Changes amt Improve¬ 
ments. —Ah the new year approaches we note proposed 
changes (which will be decided improvements) in 
several of our exchanges. For example, Caiman's 
llutal World , a seini-montUyat St. Louis, (published 
by Norman J. Com an.) ie to be lstmed weekly on 
and after Jan. 1st, with C. W. M HOT VELDT, Esq., an 
excellent writer and experienced fanner, as associate 
editor And the Journal of Agriculture , (late Far¬ 
mer’s Advertiser.I another St. Louie semi-monthly, 
published by L. D. Morse Co., is also to become a 
weekly at the above named date. Messrs. Colman 
lyni Morse arc un the right track, aa the farmers and 
horticulturists of the country are too progressive for 
monthlies and semi-monthlies. We give both of the 
proposed weeklies a cordial greeting in advance, 
wishing each abundant success. 
Cuts — Pedigrees.-— Wc must again request that 
gentlemen be more particular about stating to tis that 
cuts of their sheep arc in the Rural office, until they 
are assured of the fact. If properly forwarded by ex¬ 
press or mail they ought. It Is true, to arrive there as 
promptly as a letter. When the owner so forwards 
them, let him inform u&, giving time and mode of 
forwarding, and then we will ourselves ascertain 
whether and when thgfc reach their destination. The 
- -' T* ' .mm ..J., .L, 
Rural office on the t9th of November, or it would 
have appeared, with the pedigree, last week. There 
are still in ttili office nuts of sheep whose pedigrees 
have not been sent, ti- the editor of this department. 
Let them be sent to us, or let the owners write U6 
that they- wish the cuts published without pedigrees. 
Pale Disease. — In regard to this malady, T. P. 
Skinner, See o. Perry county. O., writes ns;—“The 
disease is tape-worm, and the remedy is pumpkin 
seeds, steeped In warm water (not boiling hot.) 
Either take the outeide lmll oft’, or grind the seed - 
pour a half gallon of warm water over a pint of seed, 
let it steep two or three hours, and give each sheep 
affected about two gills once or twice a day for, say 
three days, and if it does not cure the disease it is 
because the sheep is reduced so low that it. can not 
rally at all Tluqway T got the Information was from 
a conversation with my brother, C. ,J. Skinner, M. D. 
ol Somerset, iu this county. After near one-half of 
my togs had died in the fall of 1865,1 had examined 
them carefully and found every one to be infested 
with tape- worms, I asked what would kill them. 
His answer was that pumpkin seed was a remedy for 
the human race in such eases, aud bade me try it on 
my sheep. 1 did so. and the result was that not one 
died thus treated, unless reduced to a very low state. 
Last year I prevented the disease by simply feeding 
the seeds to the sheep, and this fall the disease has 
not appeared in my flock." 
If the pale disease is actually caused by tape-worm, 
the remedy above stated is undoubtedly a good one. 
So would be oil of turpentine administ ered in cathar¬ 
tic doses. But wc arc not prepared to believe that 
this worm, so rarely the cause of death In other ani- 
muls, produces so widespread destruction in sheep; 
that Is, wc urc not prepared to believe so without 
proofs which Mr. Brisker, if he possesses them, has 
failed to furnish 
Reclaimin’!! a Desert.— It appears that the French, 
iu their occupation of Algeria, ure gradually reclaim¬ 
ing the great Desert of Sahara from its sterility. 
There arc four boring brigades engaged In putting 
down artesian wells, over one huudred of which are 
now’ flowing, and around which shrubbery and fertile 
gardens are multiplying. Two thousand have already 
been formed, and one hundred and fifty thousand 
date trees planted. These well* are relied upon to 
render the desert fruitful and beautiful. 
the hen FEVER.—' ruts dleease-onc occurring at 
repeated and short intervals —is again taking an 
active form. Poultry Associations are being organ¬ 
ized in various States and sections thereof, and fairs 
announced, showing that the fever is about taking a 
general run through the country. This is as it should 
be. Chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese are good, 
severally and aggregately, and blessed be the man 
or society which shall give the production of them a 
now’ impetus. 
-.- 4 —- 
Wheat in the South. — According to notices iu 
the Southern papers, it seems that the quantity of 
ground sown to w’heat this fall will exceed that of 
last more than fifteen fold. Owing to the disorgan¬ 
ized state of labor there, and the domestic tax on 
cottcm, the growing of the latter will be much dimin¬ 
ished the coming year. Wheat and corn promise 
better, a& they are exempt from the tax and less 
liable to damage from unpropitious weather. 
We a*k him for the facts which 
show that the disease i* produced by tape-worm. 
Let him give us the details ol premortem or post 
mortem examinations which establish that conclu¬ 
sion. In how many instances has he found tape¬ 
worms In the intestines of sheep ? Where did he 
find them in the dead subject ? What were the size, 
length and other appearances of the worms ? We 
suggest to him to submit some cases to bis brother, 
Dr. Skinner, for post mortem examination, and re¬ 
quest him also to communicate to us the result. Let 
others who find the “ pale disease" in their flocks do 
the same. If Mr. 8. has actually ascertained the 
cause of he disease, he has made a very important 
discovery. 
Steaming Food for Cattle —One of our readers 
asks for the benefit of experience respecting the 
steaming of food for cows and other cattle. The 
best methods of steaming, the best kinds and mix¬ 
tures of food, the proper quantities to be fed, and 
the saviug effected by the process, are all questions 
of great, interest to him, and no doubt to thousands 
of our readers besides. Read the leading article on 
our first page, and the continuation of the. subject. 
Poultry Show at Toronto.— 1 The Canada Farmer 
stales that the fall exhibition of the Ontario Poultry 
Association, which took place at Toronto on the 6th 
and 7th of November, was a highly creditable and 
successfal one. The number or entries was 2Us, ex¬ 
ceeding the spring exhibition by nearly one hundred, 
Nearly the same number of entries was declined in 
consequence of being offered too late. The mostno- 
ticeablo birds were of the Cochin China. Brahma 
Pootra, Gray Dorkings, Spanish, Hamburg, Poland 
and French varieties. The display of turkeys, ducks 
and geese was a creditable one. In the turkey line, 
Burr li. Nichols or Lockport, N. Y., exhibited one 
which weighed over 40 pounds and walked off with 
the first prize. We infer from this second show of 
the Ontario Association that its to tare prosperity is 
not problematical. 
Biddy’s Freaks.—A few weeks ago Miss Laura 
Brooks of Brooks Grove, showed me two distinct 
eggs firmly united at the ends — regular Siamese 
twins; and as If that was not enough, another egg, 
almost black, having been laid in that way apparently 
to show that questions of color were not confined to 
our sort of folks.— h. t. b. . 
A Tall Oat Crop. — The Livingston Republican 
states that C. A. Jackman of Lima, in that county, 
raised the past season from eighteen acres of ground 
1,300 bushels of oats. This is at the rate of 72 2-9 
bushels to the acre. Until better advised, we place 
Mr. J. at the bead of the oat department. 
The Chicago cattle yardB have 150 acres 
floored with plank. There are pens for 75,000 
cattle, 20,000 sheep, and 30,000 hogs. 
