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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. 
Letter from flic? Koval Funning Arntlrmy 
«i Eltlenn, I'i'UHMili, The North llollaml 
Faille iifi Duiry Stock, Arc. 
Eldbna, XU a it G ki;i imwi.d, i 
I’OMMiaiA, PRUSSIA, June lSlll IHQQ. ( 
X. A. Willard, A. M .,—Dear Sir: Know¬ 
ing Unit, you take great interest in, und work 
continually for the prosperity and Improvement 
of the American dairy, I send you lids letter, 
wltidi I liopo you may have published. 
Prom what I luivo seen and read in many dif¬ 
ferent Gorman and French works oil eutl le, I 
have come to the conclusion that the sooner 
America imports Holland cuttle (he sooner she 
will improve Her dairies. 
Mr. CiiKMjjur of Kelmont has A herd of Hol¬ 
stein cattle, which hu Iiils Imd for several yours. 
This breed has acquired Quite a renown around 
Jlosion. These animals belong to (lie Ncthor- 
Jaml race, and arc consiilored excellent milkers, 
but do not give so great, a quantity as the North 
Holland breed, nor are they us large. 
I send you two catalogue-, which I had at the 
German Annual l air held in Breslau in May. 
From them you tan sec that Hie Holland race 
was well represented at Breslau, although it is u 
thousand miles from Holland. 
Believe mo, sir, yours truly, 
C. Mi noun, Jr. 
In connection with the above, Mr. Mil- 
i.Ktt sends ns a very interesting paper, em¬ 
bodying Ids observations on the Nelherland 
race, of cuttle and its great merits for the 
dairy. Indeed, such cows as those referred 
to, owned by Prof. Rohde of the Royal 
Academy at Lhleuu, one of which yielded 
(5,142 Bei lin quarts of milk in a year, equal 
to 1,548 English gallons, are most remarka¬ 
ble, uud are far ahead of any milking stock 
of which we have record in this* country. 
If we est imate a pound of cheese to be made 
from a gallon of milk, we have the enor¬ 
mous product of 1,518 pounds as the yield 
of one cow in a season. Now the average 
make of cheese from American dairies is 
less than four hundred pounds per cow. A 
cow that will yield six hundred pounds of 
cheese during the season is regarded as an 
extra good milker; indeed, there are but 
lew dairies that will reach that average, 
even when the cows arc selected with refer¬ 
ence to their milking qualities. Occasionally 
Ave hear of a little bolter yield, where ground 
grain or milk feed is given to the cows in 
addition to an abundance of the best grass. 
The largest, average yield of cheese from a 
herd (at least so far as we have seen re¬ 
corded of American dairies) was that ob¬ 
tained some years ago by Mr. A. L. Fish of 
Herkimer comity. From a herd of selected 
cows, numbering some twenty-five, he got 
an average yield of between eight hundred 
and nine hundred pounds of cheese per 
cow for one season. The cows were, fed 
high on bran and shipstulfs in addition to 
a lull supply ot the best pasturage. 
Taking the herd of twenty-two Holland 
cows mentioned by Mr. Miller, and count¬ 
ing a quart of milk to weigh tw o pounds, and 
ten pounds of milk to a pound of cheese, we 
have an average for the season of seven hun¬ 
dred and ten pounds; but, as a Purlin quart 
The Ayrshire, Jersey and Alderney breeds 
have a good reputation as milch cows. Tin 
only fault we have to find with them is that 
they do not give enough milk, for the sim¬ 
ple reason that they are so small, the average 
number of quarto annually being under two 
thousand. Holland cattle have as yet re¬ 
ceived little attention from American dairy 
men. The Netherland race has long been 
noted for giving a larger quantity of milk 
than any other. In North Holland there 
are six hundred thousand head of cattle 
pastured on two hundred thousand morgen 
(at 1 *..<j m. per acre.) This breed of cattle is 
considered the best, the live weight of cows 
being from twelve to fourteen ewt., and that 
of fatted steers twenty cut. The annual 
average produce of milk per cow is over 
three thousand quarts. The peasants of 
this province (Pommera) are almost exclu¬ 
sively engaged in dairying and cattle breed¬ 
ing. Here is made the noted Edam cheese. 
If some enterprising dairymen should dub 
together and send a good judge of cattle to 
Holland for the purpose of importing and 
introducing this stock into the United States, 
they would not only greatly benefit them¬ 
selves, but also all lovers of line uml profit¬ 
able stock in the country. 
Prof. Rohde of the Royal Academy of 
Eldcnn, has a wonderful cow of the North 
Holland breed, Avliieh took the premium at 
Hie .Stettin Fair in 18(»5. In that year the 
cow gave 0,142 (six thousand one hundred 
and forty-two) Berlin quarts of milk. One 
Berlin quart, equals one and eight-thous¬ 
andths English quarts. In this year Prof. 
Rohde kept thirty-two cows, with the fol- 
loAvinc results: 
weighs more than two pounds, and as it jority of the stock was of Holland blood.” 
i rom tohuoiii navi, 
together. n.&17 qts.—per cow, 2.;«4W qts. 
l Ureo Bi*rt«nbiirg., S.ftitt “ “ 2 ,wa ;.; ’ 1 
Three Ayrshire.S.IiSil “ ], 7 ‘.C>“ 
Twenty-two Holland 78.100 “ “ 3,61(56-11 ** 
The daily average of fodder per head fed 
in Avinter av.-is as follows:—Ten pounds sum¬ 
mer straw, cut line; two and a half pounds 
oat. and wheat cliiilf, twenty live pounds 
beets, ten pounds hay, eight pounds barley 
husks from the beer brewery, and three 
pounds of rye bran. Reckoned in hay, 
worth forty two and nir.e-lenlhs pounds. In 
summer they receive, daily per c.oav one hun¬ 
dred and thirty-five pounds of green fodder, 
(clover and vetches,) and eight, pounds hay. 
In hay, worth forty-five pounds. On account 
of poor pasture, these cows arc kept always 
in the stable, where they are fed, Avutercd 
and milked thrice daily. 
Dutch calllc drovers have for a long time, 
and still continue to carry on a prosperous 
trade by stocking German farms Avilli Hol¬ 
land cattle. 
At the German Annual Fair held tit 
Breslau, I saw over four hundred head 
w hich they sold at very remunerative prices. 
The cattle of the Netherland race, which 
comprises the following:—Holland, Fries¬ 
land, Oldenburg and Holstein, made by fur 
the best, show at the fair, taking the majority 
of the premiums both for milch and fat 
vows. One Holland cow on exhibition had 
given in a year 5,000 quarts of milk, and 
another had given 4,300 quarts. 
While at Dresden I visited King John’s 
Dairy at Pilnitz, and (bund that a large Hin¬ 
doos not take quite ton pounds of milk for a 
pound of cheese on an average through the 
season, the yield of these Holland cows, avc 
think, may be safely put at eight hundred 
pounds of cheese per cow. Again, in the 
summer it appears that, the Holland cows 
get no grain as ail extra feed. Whether this 
race of cattle, if introduced here, would make 
as good yields as reported of it. in Holland, 
is a question w hich must, be decided by im¬ 
portation and trial. Some of the leading 
members of the Farmers’ Club at Little 
Falls, Herkimer county, have long been im¬ 
pressed Avitli the superiority of the Dutch 
cattle for the, dairy, and considerable dis¬ 
cussion has been had from time to time in 
regard to making an importation, and thus 
introducing the stock among the dairymen 
of the county. Quito recently Judge Loomis, 
Hon. Wm. I. Skin-nick, and other members 
of the Club, have been agitating the subject, 
and perfecting an arrangement bv which an 
importation of the North Holland breed 
may he made; and the day is not distant, 
we trust, when wo shall know how far these 
cattle are adapted, as a dairy stock, to mu- 
soil and climate. 
In the communication to which we have 
alluded, Mr. Miller remarks as follows: 
“ The enormous production of cheese, and 
the greatly Increased demand for the same 
in foreign markets as well as out-own, cause 
the American dairyman to endeavor to pre¬ 
serve the most profitable milch cows. 
England has been resorted toby importers 
for the Durham, Devon, Hereford, Ayshire, 
Jersey and A Idcrney breeds. 
The main point English cattle breeders 
have in view is the production of meat, and 
they have, lbr a great many years, bred 
Short-Horns, Devons and Herefords for the 
purpose, and not as milch cows. The 
Englishman has sacrificed -the milk for the 
sake, of beef. All know that, a great quantity 
of milk cannot, he obtained from a fat coav. 
Mr. Mtu.kk’k suggestion in regard to 
dafi-ymon clubbing together and importing 
is a good one, and we presume the members 
of the Little Falls Farmers’ Club would be 
glad to have dairymen join with them in 
making an importation. In this Avay ihc 
stock Avill lie obtained at cost, and much 
cheaper than of breeders. 
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BAD MILK—OVERDRIVING COWS- 
Hot weather is hoav upon us—a season 
Avhen the greatest caution should be exer¬ 
cised in driving milch cows from the pasture 
to the stable. Some people make a practice 
of driving cows Avilli dogs. They think it 
makes but little difference whether the beasts 
are hurried tip and raced to the stable or al¬ 
lowed to go leisurely. The cows move so 
lazily along and it is so much easier to send 
a dog first, to one and then to another loiter¬ 
ing animal, that a good dog is considered 
indispensable. Now, it, makes a large dif¬ 
ference in the receipts of a dairy in what 
manner the cows are treated ami driven 
from the pasture, Cows that arc habitually 
dogged, fall off in milk. In hot Aveatlicr they 
get heated, and their milk in consequence is 
of bad quality and is not a healthy art icle of 
food. 
Every nursing mother is familiar with the 
fact, that she cannot overheat her blood with¬ 
out doing injury to the health of her child. 
The same principles apply to Ihc bovine race. 
If we arc to have good, healthy milk, I lie c.oav 
must be kindly treated, never overdriven in 
hot weather, nor worried and frightened by 
dogs. Immense losses are annually sustained 
throughout the dairy region on account of 
not observing this principle. Intelligent 
and sensible men often fail to see the wrong 
Avhieh is done to animals and the damage 
sustained in loss of product from overdriving 
and worrying their stock. 
Animals often become wild and even 
frantic from fright and overheating of the 
blood. We have seen several instances of 
the kind. In one c-'ase a fat coav avus to he 
slaughtered. There avos some difficulty in 
driving her from the pasture to the stable, 
and the dogs were set to work. When 
stabled she became so Avild and unmanage¬ 
able that she had to be shot. 
Home time since the Turf Field and Farm 
gave an account of a cow belonging to a 
drover in New Hampshire which became 
mad, owing to fever in her blood produced 
by thirst, heat and overexercise. Site 
rushed furiously at, everybody who ap¬ 
proached her, and came very near being the 
death of a mother and her son, and a 
young lady. 8o wild was the cow that it 
was found necessary to kill her. The editor 
remarks:—“Had this incident occurred in 
Southern Illinois we should have heard 
forthwith that the animal came from Texas, 
and that the terrible rinderpest had again 
broken out to ravage the herds of the North." 
We have, in many instances, examined the 
milk of cows (logged and overdriven in hot 
weather, and avc always found it bad. In 
some eases decomposition avus rapid, making 
t a stinking, putrid mass before it became 
sour. How often this character of milk gets 
to the factory to contaminate and poison the 
good milk and make trouble for the manu¬ 
facturer can never be kitown ; for, if all the 
eases Avere enumerated, their name would he 
legion. 
Men talk about improving dairy products, 
and wonder Avhy progress is so slow. We 
must go back and correct evils that have 
been so long in practice that they are over¬ 
looked or assumed to he right, We must 
learn how to get good, healthy milk, and 
how to preserve it in good order. We must, 
earn that cows, with full udders, cannot he 
raced from the pastures to the stable Avilli 
impunity, and that dogs are a nuisance upon 
dairy farms. When we begin hi pay a little 
more attention to these matters, there a v i 11 
be less complaint about preserving the fiavor 
of cheese in hot weather. 
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CHEESE MARKET DAY AT 
LITTLE FALLS. 
Wk copy thi“ following from Hie Syracuse 
Courier: 
“ From about (ho first of May until early Dncom- 
byr. each Monday witnesses in Hits village ot Lit,He 
l ull;*, Now York. :i sootn* of the liveliest,description, 
1'iom the early day* of dairying In Herkimer ••■•unity, 
Monday lias been nol apart an the market, duy for the 
productions of the dally. Aererrtlnv.lv In tin* early 
iriornlnn I hu bill-side of tbnl region bevies lo rever¬ 
berate will* ibe /ouiMHik nl the liuavv freighted 
wagons, wlilcli for linnirv continue to ta.iir Into Mint, 
village from every direction Those farmer* having 
tons distances to drive frequently Mart L*r niarlu-t 
«oon alter midnight. hoping Him to Keen re a |ilaee in 
the line of teams iiiilomling al the frolght house, 
which w ill enable them to return home a Rain before 
tliodayls mule. The lardy ones uIiiiohI Invariably 
have to wait for liotir* for their turn to unload. It is 
really a earloas and mteresMiiii scene which this 
village presents on such occasions. It.*, parallel can 
scarcely he found oil this ronllneut, .'iltlinngh the 
villages -if Herkimer and I lion have followed the 
example of Kittle Kalla, their cheese market days 
occurring tin Tucaduv ami Wednesday, and in Ver¬ 
mont the village ot Kt, Albans is taking slops m the 
Billin' direction, and Is already one of the largest 
(miter stations III tills country. Therailroad com¬ 
pany alfoidfl every facility for the shipment of dairy 
products, so Llint cheese and nutter which leave's 
Lillie Kail" on .Monday evening readies New Vork 
early on Tuesday. The bunking facilities are also of 
the tieisl favorable character and the amount of 
money which Changes bunds bunion Monday, when 
the market Is brisk, is very largo, indeed All mar 
bids foreign and domestic. Kujturn. Western and 
Southern, are represented by their respective hav¬ 
ers. and the competition which results from the 
jirevoicc ot scon s of. pan liasers Is amusing to u 
Mtlomalergmil. 
| Questions to nn»w«re4 in llm Dopurlmentywhei) accompunlptl 
by specimens, should he sent directly to C. V. Uilry, vi ifU Clark 
Ave., St. Louis, Mo.] 
A STRANGE BUG. 
Ox the 25th of June I discovered an im¬ 
mense cluster of little bugs near the root of 
a honey locust, tree. Two days later the 
children found them in great numbers on 
several trees in the yard They were gen¬ 
erally on the honey locust, though 1 found 
them on one apple and one cherry tree. 
They appear to he sucking the bark. They 
travel in droves up the trees, resting tinder 
the hark now and I hen. A few of them 
have perfect wings. These are about Hie 
size of a sma ll, slender house-fly — the wings 
being much longer and folded sharply in¬ 
stead of being spread like those of the fly. 
On examining them with a glass, I found 
them very much in appearance like the 
periodical locusts — though vastly smaller. 
Their eye protrudes; they have two antlers 
Avhieh are one-eighth to a quarter of an inch 
long, and incipient Avings Avere revealed on 
the sides of all Before their wings are visi¬ 
ble to the naked eye, the bug is the size of a 
small grain of wheat, and not unlike it in 
shape,— the body being black and closely 
striped Avitli Avhite streaks, which curve 
regularly around like silver ribs. 
I have found no person who has ever Been 
their like before. Whether they come as 
friend or foe, harmless or destructive, 1 yet 
cannot tell. North Caholina. 
Our correspondent should mail specimens 
to Mr. Riley, as directed at the head of this 
department, avJjo av i 11 name them. 
death ; but if lie does he is a choice hand, and 
you should employ him by all means. I found n 
tree this spring where the birds had dug to the 
bed of three borers. I did not mistrust the 
borers tilt 1 found the damage the birds hud 
done. They find thorn (as ducks do worms.) by 
looking- for them ; and they look three times to 
it smart boy one; going- at almost railroad speed. 
How much good hits been done by shooting 
charges of shot at them in orchards?—- a. n. 
noker-on anil profitable for the seller, 
“Nut nnfrequently English cheese shippers, or 
niemberaol Hrnm from England, are on tile ground 
seeking to buy direct from t ie! producer 
tt, will readily be seen Ibat dairymen and cheese 
fnetorlox, tillVlog the liutictlt, nf nil these lineqimled 
liM-illlies, lire much mure favorably nil nul.ed foi pel¬ 
ting the very highest price lor their Imllnr nod 
cheese I Inin me I hi me id her « Ihc tfrou insMinceil. This 
should be noire generally considered hy those in this 
region who a re cut; need in the same pursuit. Besides. 
• tie tftet that most of the Herkimer cheese Is heller 
I lian much of ours. Its average quality prolmbly bo- 
ing higher Hum any othiu county in this Stale, helps 
to make wider tip. discrepancy exist lug lietwocn 
prices id, Utile Falls and at oilier points. Again, 
dealers who have spent the hitler pan id the pro. 
vions week in liuytng largely of cheese In Oneida, 
.Madison, I .ends. Herkimer and other counties at 
moderate prices, will frequently go to Utile Kalla on 
the following Monday anil pay from one-half cent to 
(wo rents per pound above thn market price. They 
do this us a matter of policy, hoping thus to lollneupe 
the New t ork market, winch always sympathixes 
with that of 1,11th* Kails. These dealers ninv lose 
money on their fill,lie Fulls purehnso; lint If they can 
Influence New York prices in nu upward direction, 
they will probably tnnko t heir own week s traitauc- 
rlun pay them handsomely. 
It should be I cuieiri bored, loo. that the published re¬ 
ports which ronoti us from Uti le Kails generally have 
reference to the best prices obtained, Those who 
at ■ obliged to -,li theft choose at lower llgurcs are 
too reticent n> to their t rniisactlonn. 
II would seem to be wise on Llie part, of any dairy¬ 
ing community, situated sonata make!! pracllciiblo, 
to imitate the example of l.ltile Kails In having regu¬ 
lar market, day* and In providing every facilltvror 
the handling and shipping of butler and cheese with 
dispatch,ami thus attract bliyOraand create the same, 
sharp compel I Hun which them results so favorably 
to Ihu producer. 
We Instanced, hist week, the ease of Yorkshire and 
three other rhee.se lactorlea in the western pun of 
tills State, where the cheese Is sold nt auction on 
apeoifled days. From Ihc fact that the prices thus 
obtained were higher than any other reported from 
that region, tnis system would seem to work success, 
fully. 
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Large shipment of Cheese. Tlioohee.se shipped 
at Little Falls on Monday ami Tuesday, .1 uly l“th 
mid llith, was one of the largest shipments ever 
made nt, one time from I his market. The whole 
number of boxes Avas 6,7;«i, weighing ,||s,4(i:’ 
pounds. At fifteen cents per pound Ibis would 
amount to $02,773.80, all of which was paid for 
in cash. On th© 12th the cheese train made up 
between Little Falls and Syracuse consisted of 
forty-live well loaded cars, mid on Tuesday of 
forty. Elghty-flvo car loads In tv,o days may be 
said to be “ some cheeses." 
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Hemming Wart* from Cows’ Tents A writer 
ill the Boston Cultivator says warts on cows, 
teats may bo readily removed by using a solut ion 
made by dissolving two ounces of alum in a 
pint of water. Wash the warts frequently with 
it and they will soon disappear. 8. N. Tarek in¬ 
forms the Maine Farmer that he has been suc¬ 
cessful in return ing Avarls from horses by wash¬ 
ing the warts with a strong decoction of cedar 
boughs. 
HOGS vs. CURCULI0 
It is reported, in Hit* various agricultural 
papers of the country, from time to time, 
that the curculio can be headed off by 
making a hog pasture of the plum yard, ihc 
rationale being that the hogs eat the fallen 
fruit, containing the larva.*, and thus destroy 
and prevent the insects coming to matm ily. 
This certainly has a reasonable look. But 
many a fine theory proves valueless when 
put in practice. Now what, are the facts in 
this ease? Who has had the experience? 
Who has made a thorough and systematic 
trial? We have tested so many of these 
curculio remedies, anti found them entirely 
worthless, that, we beg leave to he skeptical. 
We kmiAV that the curculio will migrate. 
Ho what avails it if the hogs eat them all up 
in my yard, when my neighbors are raising 
them by I he million? We Avill wait the 
Currant Worm. -T notice a statement passing 
around that, “bushes or ihc black entrant placed 
near those of the red and white, will prevent 
their being attacked by Hie currant worm." I 
have merely to say that I have a patch of black 
currant bushes exclusive, and another where 
the Red, White and Black are indiscriminately 
mingled ; and that the currant worm, or borer, 
is just as destructive upon one as the other, the 
black, if anything, being most injured by it.— 
Anni, 
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( olorado I’otato ling,—At a meeting of tho 
Mei-fttnoc, Mo., Hort. Sue. recently, (.'has. V. 
Uu.ka', State Entomologist of Missouri, said that 
he hud proved by actual demonstration, that 
Paris green, united to common flour, was a cer¬ 
ium remedy for the Colorado potato bug. The 
green costs thirty to forty cents a pound, which, 
with the flour, will go over an acre. 
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AVir«* Worms. A Vermont correspondent asks 
if any one can give a sure remedy for Avlro 
worms. 
(The Aptartim. 
WHITE CLOVER HONEY. 
Does White Clover Yield Honey or Pollen? 
I noticed some lime since, in the Rural, 
that. Mr. Wm. Bonnix, Clyde, N. Y., com¬ 
municates the liu:t that bees gather “ brown 
bread’’ from white clover, instead of honey, 
as is generally believed. 1 was surprised 
•bat any one would make such a statement 
in such a journal us the Rural, Avhere it 
avouUI be read by the most intelligent bee 
keepers of our country. I had always sup¬ 
posed that honey, and nothing else, was 
gathered hy the bees from Avhite clover. 
This was in accordance with the writings of 
such bee keepers as Quinbv, Langhtkoth 
and others, some of which 1 will quote. 
Quinby, in the Inst edition of his “Mys¬ 
teries of Bee Keeping," speaking of the 
“ principal sources of honey,” says“Clover 
is the only unmrml dependence, as that is 
found almost everywhere in greater or less 
profusion.” Lanostrotii, in his work on 
bees, "The Hive and Honey Bee,” third 
edition, speaks of the honey producing qual¬ 
ities of white clover in the following terms: 
"Of all the sources from which bees derive 
their supplies, white clover is usually the 
most important. It yields large quantities 
of very pure, Avhite homy, and Avherever it 
logic of facts, before avo place too much I 'Oiuicla the bee will find a rich harvest, 
faith in the efficacy of porkers as curculio n,0f d par's ot this country, it seems to ho 
destroyers. So trot out your facts! You 
that have had experience, Avrite it out for 
the papers—let us have the benefit of it. 
Give us full particulars. Let us have the 
failures, if any, as well as the successes. 
L. L. Fairchild. 
ltoiling Prairie, Wis. 
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PEA BUGS. 
Talking about pea hugs, or weevil, E. 
asked Avhere they came from, as lie sowed 
only imported peas every year, and never 
had one to mature seed on his ground. He 
had written of a system for destroying them 
years since, viz.: enclosing the peas, ns soon 
ns ripe and gathered, in tight jars, with a 
small quantity of pulverized camphor; hut 
aa hat is the use of destroying them ? As the 
pea is not native to this country, and the 
bug only known here originally, Avill not 
some entomologist tell us In what plant it 
lives? — for live it must, in something, to 
appear annually in such numbers, where no 
harbor of its love lias been left or deposited. 
Let us know something more of Bruchun 
pint. E. says he has one tree of Catalpa, and 
if t he insect lives in the pods of that, he can 
easily exterminate it. Alger. 
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Remedy Tor Potato ling*. - w. p. G.—A corre¬ 
spondent of 1 heGalonnGoze11e gives the follow¬ 
ing remedy lor lliese. pests, which the editor of 
the American Entomologist says “ We cun con¬ 
fidently recommend ns the most effectual, and, 
probably, the cheapest yet. known.” This Is it: 
Take one pound of Paris green (cost sixty cents) 
and mix with iwoponndsof flour. Sift the mix¬ 
ture through n coarse muslin cloth upon tho po¬ 
tato tops, early in tho morning, when the dew is 
on the tops. The lings will drop lo the ground 
by thousands, never to rise again. The above 
quantity of Ingredients will answer for an aero 
of potatoes. 
A Hug Resolution.—We notice that some of 
the horticultural organizations In the West are 
marking the year by rc«oMii(i that tlie curculio 
is far less abundant and destructive this than 
last year. It would be a good Ihingto resolve 
that they shall continue to groAv scarce and less 
destructive to fruit, and lake measures to en¬ 
force the resolution, as tho Viuelauders have 
done. 
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To Prevent Boren* in Tree*.—If you shoot the 
Avood-peekers (that have Avings ils angels tire 
said to have,) hire a man at twenty or twenty- 
live dollars a month and board and Avasliing— 
worth as much more -and send him around 
with a knitting needle. Perhaps he will Hint one [ honey from one stand of bees it knows of was 
Avhere the bird will ten, and punch them to j 156 pounds from an Italian stock 
tha chief reliance of the Apiary. Blossom¬ 
ing at a season of the year when the weather 
is usually both tlry and hot, and the bees 
gathering its honey after the sun has dried 
oil the dew, it is ready to be sealed over al¬ 
most at once.” 
King, in the “Bee Keeper’s Text Book,” 
says: — “The month of Juno brings the 
white clover, which, in the older parts of the 
country, is the chief source of surplus honey, 
and of great value everywhere. It. continues 
in blossom about two months, yielding large 
quantities of superior honey,” 
Tims it will be seen that our very best and 
most widely known apiarians all agree that 
white clover produces large quantities of ex¬ 
cellent honey, But that they have discovered 
the whole truth in the mutter, I do not believe. 
I had determined not to write on this sub¬ 
ject until, by observation, 1 could rightly de¬ 
cide. For more than five tveeks during tho 
present summer my bees have been working 
upon this plant. I have closely Avatched 
them Avhile^thus engaged, and fully one half 
were gathering tfoth pollen and honey, while 
the others Avere gathering honey only. Now, 
if white clover yields only honey, from 
Avlicncc came the pollen? if it yields only 
pollen, Avhere did the bees get the honey? 
They could not have collected the pollen 
from other plants, for bees visit but one, 
species of flowers at, a time. That white 
clover produces large quantities of superior 
honey, I firmly believe. But. I also knotv 
t hat it, does produce some pollen. 
The importance of this subject when con¬ 
nected with one of the most important de¬ 
partments of rural economy, and the interest 
Avhieh I take therein, is my only excuse tor 
the length of this article. 
Herbert A. Burch. 
South IlaA-en, Mich., July, IfKiil. 
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Drone* ot a Hybrid Queen JYot Pure.—I lmA'e to 
thank J. It. Nei.lir for hts article In tho Rural 
upon “Artificial Queen Rearing." Yet I have 
good reason not to believe his and others' theory 
that “ tho' drones of an Italian queen that lias 
mated with a black drone are pure Italian." Let 
Mr. Nellis rear queens from queens that have 
mated avIiIi such drones, and see If marks of 
impurity do not show them-elves in the queens 
thus raised. Z. C. Fairbanks. 
Appleton, AVis. 
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The Bee Journal says the largest yield of 
