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OHIO AGRICULTURAL INVENTION. 
The annual meeting of the 01r« State 
Board of Agriculture, together with 
gates from the several County Agricultural 
Societies, forming together the Agricultural 
Convention, was held in the Senate Chamber 
of the capitol, at Columbus, commencing on 
| tastes and sympathies, and therefore had much 
to commend it to our careful attention. 
The Judtfc sketched the difference between 
the careless and the careful breeder of cattle, 
i Host rati Mg' the good Influence of line stock by 
citing examples. Although much attention has 
of late years been devoted to breeding of do¬ 
mestic animals, it. uinnut be claimed that the 
business is reduced to a science. The laws gov¬ 
erning animal life are very imperfectly under¬ 
stood. We know that certain tilings are gen¬ 
erally true, but we do not know why they are so. 
It is an established principle Hint we cannot bo 
confident ol our ability to transmit any desired 
i ouullty, unless we are assured mat such quality 
a, -o belonged to the nueeaiors of the animal we 
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PEANUTS vs. COTTON. 
A correspondent at Lotvndesboro, Ala., 
writes tbe Rural New-Yorker:—“I con- 
tcoplate substituting in the place of cotton, 
tie culture, to some extent, of the peanut. I 
Convention, was held in the Senate Chamber seieu-.—unless, indeed, the animal belongs to n espectfullv ask if von will hr* kind onnnn-ii 
of the canitol at Columbus eommcnrimr nn ra £° ID, ’hlch such characteristic is established. . f . * , w,u " e Kmu e R°«gh 
! I 1 ’ at ^oiunmus, commencing on Upon tu, BO uiul foundation rises the argu- to Rlfoim me whether or not this step will be 
\V etlnesday, the 4th day of January, inst. montin favn r or a pedigree. An animal may ljUelv to be a nrnfiinl.ln mm Tim . 
.... . '. J be ever ho uertwsi in hluSeir. but utterly valur J, auy to oe a pionianie one. lhe points 
At these annual conventions, it is custom- less as a breeder. iiecnusa he does not belong 11 upon which I seek information arc • _ What 
ary to talk over matters of interest to the “ .* fo0(J l > rt! ed. In cross breeding we mint*] m : ce . nhlniolu , . ^ . 
, every costBCMJirPB pure Mood ou one puce mis uiiicit cotnriiHiuls ill JNcitlieiii 
tanners oi the State, anu especially to elect RenmiHjr|t Ls bt^t *m<i must convenient ici r| ‘ ee( J markets. The market nrice in UiU emintrv 
members of the State Board Tliis bndv £ rom thorougli-bpwlsires. Cross breedm ““‘V . ”, , , , „ , y 
memous oi me ntati isoara. ibis body be contimicd for generation* with co^^y is $1.00 to $2 per bushel. If sent on in large 
consists ol ten members, elected for two years increasing improvement bo long as *° nave al iautilies North will the evnen<e« nf ebb, 
...i. a . .. ,. . , pure Wood on one side. TheaDcnker. nerefore, H ua ' UL,l,B8 xxorm, win mo expenses or felnp- 
tach, ol v\ Inch the terms ot live expire each did not oppose rh«- practice of cross reeding, it. incut, freight, commission, <fcc., allow a mar- 
each, of which the terms of five expire each 
year. 
At this meeting, the retiring President, 
James W. Ross of Wood county, delivered 
an address, reviewing the general operations 
of the Board for the year, congratulating the 
people on the prosperous condition of the 
country, the abundant crops of the past year, 
and particularly on the final location of tie 
Agricultural College, which had been so 
long a matter of vexatious dispute a>-d delay. 
Tbe reading of tbe Preside!)'' 8 Address 
was followed by a like paper ftotn the Secre¬ 
tary, Mr. John II. Kluppa-'L giving some 
results of 
State Fair ^ rein In ms 
for twenty years pae»and considerable argu¬ 
ment on bis tavo'du theories of science and 
education. A? il sample of I lie results of I 
offering Ian* 5 premiums for tbe production 
of farm o ops, i lie Secretary slated that all 
premii '08 heretofore paid for these objects, 
hud been awarded to accidental productions, 
ra'ner than to those which had been original¬ 
ly planted and cultivated with a view to 
Competition for prizes. Two years ago lhe 
State Boaril had offered the sum of $5,000 in 
prizes for wheat crops, in such way as lo 
necessitate the whole operation being en¬ 
tered upon and prosecuted with a view to a 
specified result, and a report of the whole 
process of preparation, planting und cultiva¬ 
tion. The result of tins very liberal offer 
had been to enlist the competition of a single 
individual, with the prospect very much 
against the success of even this one individu¬ 
al, competing by himself! Comment is un¬ 
necessary ! 
Dr. Norton 8. Townshend read a paper 
on the importance of 
A Knowledge of Veterinary Science, 
and the position it should occupy in the cur¬ 
riculum of the proposed Agricultural Col¬ 
lege. This paper was full of practical sugges¬ 
tions, of great interest to stock growers. 
Dr. Townshend stated that the livestock 
in Ohio, in 1870, was reported worth $100,- 
000,000—the income from this lie estimated 
at over fifty millions. The owners of this 
stock w'ere subjected to losses from defective 
growth, bad feeding, unskillful breeding, and 
from disease in various forms — all these di¬ 
minishing the profit on stock one-half. 
To avoid this loss, patient study of the 
sciences that relate to animal Jife is neces¬ 
sary, not only to cure disease but to main¬ 
tain health. Anatomy, physiology, general 
and special pathology, and the whole circle 
of the natural and medical sciences, would 
be of the greatest utility. The manner of 
teaching veterinary science must be that of 
teaching any other branch of physical and 
natural science. 
The doctor defined science to be “ the In¬ 
terpretation of Nature.” In scientific re- 
sesearch we deal only with thing*; books 
are a nuisance in tlm Icclure-rooni of science, 
while practical and visible demonstrations 
are essential and indispensable, and in the 
College should be all the necessary accom¬ 
modations, apparatus, &c. 
Dr. JonN A. Warder delivered an ad¬ 
dress on the subject of 
Fruit Culture, 
in which he slated that in planting an or¬ 
chard he would first cultivate the whole 
plot very deep, then murk out as for plant¬ 
ing corn, and set lhe trees shallow, planting 
as closely in the rows as twelve or fillcen 
feet, and then, when the trees have grown so 
as to interlace their branches, he would cut 
out every other tree in the row, to give 
space. He would not crop the land with 
any grass that should be allowed to ripen its 
seed ; a few scattering spires of corn might 
be allowed lo grow for a while, and pigs arc 
very good cultivators for an orchard. He 
advised close planting to ensure the shading 
of the ground, by which it would he kept 
mellow and free of vegetable growth. Hon. 
T. C. Jones read a lengthy and valuable 
paper on tbe 
Principle* or Breeding Domestic Animals, 
particularly applied to horned cattle. He 
said: 
Our entile do not bring half the sum that ent¬ 
ile of highest excellence oujetit to Itrinir. The 
improvement, of stock was so ensy that no 
apology could bo offered for our inferior stock. 
There was no reason for apprehending- an over 
supply of stock, if it is of xrood quality. The ex¬ 
perience of the last few years is that the con¬ 
sumption Increases much more rapidly than the 
supply, and the price of meat Is generally much 
better than is realized from other farm pro¬ 
ducts. lhe subject of Improving- stock had 
a rename and euaubling iufluenco upon our 
did not oppose r he practice oi i i ; n ,sV eed j r ur. It. inent, freight, commission, &c.. allow a inar- 
vhs a mistaken notion thut a new "‘ced or Va- . a . 
rloty i-an be established by any setein of cross § ,n * 01 a gi cater, a less, or an equal price for 
breeding “ „ the article?” 
In oonsidorfug w-hut oonsUtnfJ exeellooee In , Tr 
farm stock, burse*, cattle, slie«* »«d swine, the 
speaker claimed that we no 1 have compact¬ 
ness of form, with dense str <;l l,r e of bone and 
muscle, to give strength ,lT "l activity in the 
horse, und to give line quality of flesh to sheep, 
cattle and hogs. Coarse pines and muscles are 
objectionable in alt. 
In speaking more ;>artlcular)y of Short- 
Horn cattle, he argpifl tlmt the ribs should 
be barrel-shaped, p-» as lo contain the intes¬ 
tines above their points, as fiat-ribbed ani¬ 
mals become “paunchy,” which is a serious 
fault iu form. The Judge concluded by the 
following natement of principles to govern 
the improvement of stock : 
1. Tbs rule that like begets like can only bo 
relied upon as being generally true where the 
pur ots belong to tiio same nice or breed. 
6. When pure bred animals, male and female, 
emumt be procured, cross breeding should not 
be attempted. 
h. tv here telltales of 1 he pure blood cannot be 
obtained, we must take tlm best ot common 
stock and breed to thorough-bred sires. 
4. But the offspring of tnis cross, even In the 
tilth or sixth generation with the continued use 
of the pure bred sire, wili not do to breed to 
cuoh other. 
The Convention proceeded to the election 
of five members of the State Board, which 
We submitted the foregoing to our Market 
Reporter for investigation, and here is his 
response:—We do not think the change from 
a cotton crop to one of peanuts would be 
judicious. The keeping qualities or perish¬ 
able nature of produce intended for prospect¬ 
ive markets must not be overlooked; and 
in Hi is respect” cotton is king ” undisputably 
its a crop that can be held over. Besides, 
the market, (at least the market in this sec¬ 
tion,) has been abundantly supplied with 
peanuts since the war, through the increased 
area that lias been latterly devoted to their 
cultivation in the peanut growing States— 
Virginia and North Carolina. It should also 
be remembered by all who wish to turn their 
attention to easily grown crops, that an item 
which lias a hold upon tlm local demand as 
a luxury only, (which is mainly true of pea¬ 
nuts,) lias to compete will) a diversified 
assortment, and, consequently, a frequently 
perverted taste. In other words, that which 
will sell readily one season is sometimes 
resulted in the choice of the following gen- neglected another for something ch eaper or 
tlemen James Buckingham of Mus- novel; hence the frequent overstock of some 
kingum Co., D. C. Richmond of Erie Co., special product that depends upon a local 
(both re-elected,) L. B. Sprague of Clark outlet, and sales at a sacrifice made to wind 
Co., S. ITarmount of Tuscarawas Co., and il "P to make room for an incoming crop. 
Dr. John A. Warder of Hamilton Co. The following are the quotations for the best 
The five Members holding over are Wm. grades of peanuts iu this market (though it 
B. McClung of Miami, Wm. Lang of Sen- is proper to remark that the market is not 
ecn, R. P. Cannon of Portage, L. G. Dela¬ 
no of Ross, and J. B. Jamison of Harrison. 
The new Board organized by the election 
of Wm. Lang, President, and James Buck¬ 
ingham, Treasurer; continuing Messrs. 
Ivlippart and Babbitt as Secretaries. 
The next Ohio State Fair was appointed 
to be held at Springfield, commencing on 
the 25th of September, aud holding five 
days. The Board adjourned to meet in 
Columbus on the 10th day of February. 
s. D. H. 
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ECONOMICAL^ NOTES. 
A Stump Puller. 
George Kraft, Hillsdale Co., Mich., 
sends us the following description of a 
stump puller which he found in a paper 
which he “doubts not will answer a poor 
man,” and asks:—“ Did yon or any of the 
readers of the Rural New-Yorker ever 
see one like it; if so, is what is slated true, 
to wit—that it will raise almost any slump? 
Where can 1 get a pair of strong jack- 
screws. Could you give an illustration of 
the machine in the Rural New-Yorker?" 
Here is the extract: 
" I bought two jack-screws, and I had a stout 
log Chain. These jacks have one and one-half 
foot lilt, working- in ea-o iron pedestals. I pro¬ 
cured e stout beam, eight feat long, and about 
as heavy as two men would want to carry, and 
t wo pieces of plank for I he jacks to stand on, 
together with some blocks, Are., and all was 
ready, t place the beam across the largest and 
stoutest root of the stump, as I think the roots 
will allow, and resiing on a piece of plank. The 
ehiiiu Is passed around the root mid iln- beam. 
One man at each jack will raise almost any 
stump to the full lift of the screw, which, in a 
niiijmlly of cases, is sufficient; if noi. place a 
stud under each end of the beam, let down the 
jacks, and placing blocks under them, give the 
stump mini her lift. Two men will pull from 
thirty to fifty Btumps a day, aud tlm machine 
will cost from $1.3 to $:.'u, white I lie jacks a re use¬ 
ful for many purposes besides pulling stumps, 
and would be saiul.de at any time. There 13 no 
patent on this puller.** 
V c hardly think an illustration necessary 
with that description. We never saw a ma¬ 
chine just like this used, but wo have seen 
the same principle applied successfully for 
the same purpose. Your nearest hardware 
dealer can probably get the jack-screws for 
you. _ 
IIow to Apply Manure. 
I wish to ask the best mode of applying 
my manure. I have been in the habit of 
drawing out, in the fall, several hundred 
loads of fresh horse manure and refuse hair 
from tannery, making large piles and cover¬ 
ing say, one foot deep, with spent tan bark, 
tin- manure lying in the piles until spring, 
thou drawn out on plowed ground and har¬ 
rowed in. Do you think it would do as 
well to spread the manure while fresh in the 
fall, and save the work of one loading aud 
hauling ?— Isaac Burr. 
If we were going to apply horse manure 
uncomposted to the soil, should draw it out 
as made. Indeed, we should rather have 
the horse manure applied fresh than pre¬ 
pared as above described. 
yet completely open) which your correspond- 
eut can compare with his home prices and 
decide if the margin would be satisfactory 
were ho now ready to ship:—Norfolk pea¬ 
nuts, fair to prime, $1.25@2.25 per bush.; 
Wilmington or North Carolina do., $2.25@ 
2.60. These prices are exceptionally high, 
owing to the scarcity of pecans and hickory 
nuts, peanuts being in greater demand for 
consumption in consequence. 
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FIELD NOTES. 
Weed for a Nume. 
Can you tell me the name of this infernal 
plant, or weed, or whatever you may call 
it? It made its appearance in my garden 
two or three years ago, and seems to defy 
the summer’s heat and winter’s snow. In 
the summer of ’69 we had four months’ 
drouth, wliiclu willed and almost destroyed 
everything else In the garden; but every 
morning this little vixen could be seen—as 
Moore would say, “All bespangled with 
dew,” and lively as a cricket. Last winter, 
when the snow and ice was six inches deep 
upon the ground, and “ All nature wore her 
winter’s garb,” this pestilent little thief would 
push its head above it all, and bloom and 
smile, aud shake its purple head at the rag¬ 
ing storm, as if it had just landed from the 
Arctic regions, and was really rejoicing in 
the clime of the “sunny South.” I have 
buried il, and burnt it, and denounced it, 
but all to no purpose. It still “ Conies at 
will, thick as the hairs upon a dog’s hack.” 
Now, you understand, I am a poor “Chero¬ 
kee,” and know nothing of what you wise 
men of the North call “ Bot any.” So if you 
can tell me how to scalp these tilings, do so. 
If there is no hope, then 1 will strike tent, 
gather my little squaws and little pappooses 
together, and follow my braves towards the 
setting sun. — Cherokee Chief, “ Wig¬ 
wam,” near Knoxville, Tenn. 
The noxious weed mentioned above is 
known to civilized men as Lamium am- 
plericaule. The generic name is derived 
from tiie Greek, Laimos, the throat, in allu¬ 
sion to its gaping flowers. It is a native of 
Europe and Northern Africa, and was intro¬ 
duced into Eastern gardens many years ago, 
but appears to he traveling Westward. Al¬ 
though it is a troublesome weed, persever¬ 
ance and a liberal application of the plow 
aud hoe is sure destruction. 
Corn in the .South. 
Gen. Robert Toombs, in his address at 
the late Fair ut Columbus, Ga., said he re¬ 
garded the practice of making Louisville and 
other Western cities the corn cribs and smoke 
houses of lhe South, as a most wretched and 
impoverishing policy. He declared that it 
would not do for people to follow it, even if 
they could get corn for nothing iu the West¬ 
ern Stales. “ The freight and other charges 
would still amout to more than the real cost 
of raising it here, when the proper propor¬ 
tion of cotton and corn is cultivated. Such 
a policy would be the building up of the 
prosperity of other sections, to the impover¬ 
ishment of our own.” Gen. Toombs is not 
alone in entertaining this opinion. Intelli¬ 
gent Southern gentlemen have expressed 
similar views in the office of the Rural 
New-Yorker, repeatedlj*. 
The Peerless Potato. 
Wm. Mackey, Pleasanton, Kan., writes 
the Farmers’ Club that he bought one pound 
(two tubers) of this potato, last spring, for 
which he paid $1. He adds:—“From this 
one pound I dug 142 pounds. In shape 
they excel. In quality (so far as tried) as 
good as the best—no hollow* ones. When 
cooked with the skins on, they are dry and 
mealy, and do not crack aud waste away be¬ 
fore thoroughly done. I think they have 
done well iu the American Desert, and this 
is llie hardest year in five that 1 have tried 
in Kansas.” Dr. IIexamer, first-class au¬ 
thority on potatoes, said that this was like 
the testimony which had come from all parts 
of the country where the Peerless had been 
planted. It deserved all the good said of it. 
Sncni- from California Been. 
The Scientific Press says:—“In the 
course of the experiments and lests of the 
beet in Sacramento a singular anomaly 
seems to have been developed, according to 
Mr. Gramont’s report, whereby California 
beets, instead of retaining permanently tbe 
saccharine value developed at the period of 
ripening, lose a portion of that principle by 
a second growth, which appears to set in at 
that time, if the beets arc not removed from 
the ground. Hence the view is expressed 
that the beets must be taken up before this 
second growth commences; the loss being 
so great as to render the lata pulled roots 
unprofitable for manufacture. Messrs. 
Bonertel & Otto of Alvarado, however, 
aver that they have met with no such ex¬ 
perience in the beets grown by them; so 
that in this, also, we must aw r ait further de¬ 
velopments to learn the truth, or prove 
whether the fact, if it be one, is a local or 
general peculiarity.” 
Storiini Sweet Potatoes. 
John G. Kueider, iu the Lancaster 
Farmer, says:—“Farmers who store sweet 
potatoes for winter use should be very care¬ 
ful not to keep them too moist, too warm or 
too cold. A very good wuy is to get a box 
large enough for the quantity you have, and 
then select 6and aud dry it thoroughly be¬ 
fore using; when dry, cover the bottom of 
your box with the sand to the depth of three 
inches, and then place one layer of sw*eet 
potatoes, biu not so close ns to lie agaiust 
eacii other; then one layer of sand of the 
same depth, and so on until your box is full; 
then place it in a room where the tempera¬ 
ture will not fall below 40°, nor rise above 
65*. In this way they may be kept until 
new ones are to be had.” 
Different Knot* on tlie* Same Soil. 
A CORRESPONDENT of the Farmers’ Club 
says by growing together in the same field 
carrots, sugar beets, rutabagas, Ac., in al¬ 
ternate rows, he thinks he lias gained from 
10 to 15 pel' cent, over lhe yield of the same 
plants sown separately. He adds:—“My 
theory is that in a given quantity of soil 
there is a certain amount and variety of nu¬ 
tritive elements, and that w ith several plants 
blended you cun extract more of those ele¬ 
ments and thus get. n greater aggregate result 
than with either plant separately. I do not, 
however, tally rely on my first experiment, 
as it was on a rather limited scale. 1 there¬ 
fore intend to repeat it another season over a 
larger surface, noting the result carefully,” 
Tlic ('11 iihi* of ICiiHt iii Wheat. 
The Germantown Telegraph says:—'“It 
is getting to be a pretty general opinion 
among farmers, that the sowing of grass seed 
—clover or timothy—with the wheat in the 
full, as has been common in nearly every 
wheat growing district here, as well os north 
and east of us, is the cause of the rust on 
wheat, by reason of the moisture which the 
grass retains, affecting the grain stalks when 
maturing. These gross seeds, sown after the 
wheat crop has been harvested, will produce, 
it is claimed, as good crops the following 
year ns if sown at Die time of the wheat, nine- 
months previously.” 
We are not inclined to endorse this theory 
as the sole cause, though it may be accessory. 
Alsike Clover. 
The Canada Farmer says that Alsike 
Clover is better than the common red clover 
in the following particulars:—“ It makes 
finer and better hay, for the stalks are not so 
thick and woody as those of red clover. It 
yields aboutone-thiril more seed, and, when 
threshed, the hay makes excellent feed for 
calves and sheep.” This may be true con¬ 
cerning it for the moister and cooler climate 
about the great lakes; but we doubt if it will 
prove equally profitable in the Middle and 
Southern States, where these conditions of 
climate do not obtain. It will do no harm 
to try it. 
(Tbr apiarian. 
INQUIRIES ANSWEEED. 
Bees Working in Boxes. 
II. E. Field asks :—“ Why don’t my bees 
work in boxes ? My hives are the common 
box hives, twelve by fourteen inches. Are 
my hives too large ? Will bees fill the. hive 
before they work in the boxes ? A person 
who kept bees said he (listened a piece of 
comb in the top of the box for a ‘ guide 
comb.* Will some one answer through the 
Rural New-Yorker?” 
There arc many reasons why bees do 
not store honey in boxes. If the hives used 
bo too large or high, or contain too much 
drone comb, we need expect but lit lie, if 
any, surplus honey. Hives should not hold 
more tan 2,300 cubic inches in the clqar, nor 
be more than ten inches in depth, to obtain 
much box honey. Bees kept in movable 
frame hives will yield more box honey than 
those in box hives. The locality in which 
bees are kept has much to do with the 
amount of surplus honey; for in one place 
bees may store large quantities, wbile in 
another, not, more Ilian twenty miles dis¬ 
tant, yield none whatever. Pieces of drone 
comb, fastened to the top of honey boxes, 
will induce bees to store honey in them, 
when they otherwise would not. They 
may he tun inches square, ami one edge 
should lie dipped in melted wax or resin to 
make them adhere firmly. Honey boxes 
should not he made more than six iuches in 
depth. 
Artificial Swarming. 
Frank Sawin asks Hie following ques¬ 
tions in regard to artificial swarming: 
“ 1. IIow early in the season will it do to 
form new colonies ? 
“ 2. Is there 110 danger of taking the only 
queen from the old swarm, thus leaving it 
penniless ? 
“3. How many swarms may he taken 
from the parent swarm in one season ? 
“4. By what means may the queen ho 
captured? 
5. “ Can a swarm be artificially obtained 
from a common board hive?” 
Answers.— 1. Not till the bees are strong 
in numbers and drones are numerous in the 
apiary. Artificial swarms should he made 
only when the flowers are yielding an 
abundance of honey. 
2. This depends altogether upon the 
method employed by the operator. Even 
if the old queen should be removed, the 
bees will at once proceed to rear another to 
supply her loss. In the Rural Neav- 
Yokker of December 17th, 1870, will he 
found a method of artificial swarming, bv 
which a new colony can be made, without 
removing the old queen from the parent 
slock. 
3. This will materially depend upon the 
condition of the bees and the season. If 
the bees are strong and have a vigorous, fer¬ 
tile queen, and the honey season be good, 
two and even three swarms can safely be 
taken from the old swarm. But 1 would 
not advocate the making of but one new 
swarm from each old one, thus doubling 
the number of stocks annually. Even at 
this rale of increase, ten swarms will, in 
four yean?, increase to one hundred and 
sixty. In bee culture, as iu other pursuits, 
the"slow but sure" method is best; for it 
will he found to lie by far the most profita¬ 
ble aud satisfactory in the long run. 
4. If in a movable comb hive, take out 
one of the center frames and examine each 
side of the comb carefully * it not found, 
look over each comb till'she is; she can 
then be secured between the thumb and 
fore finger and placed in a glass tumbler. If 
in a box hive, place a small box, (one six 
inches square will do,) having two glass 
sides, over an opening oil top of the hive, 
and then close all apertures where bees can 
escape. Now, with two light sticks, rap 
gently upon the sides of the hive. Watch 
the box closely, and among the first bees 
that enter it you will generally see the 
queen. Now remove the box and secure 
herns before. Care must be used in hand¬ 
ling queens, so as not to injure them. 
5. Yes. Blow smoke into the entrance ot 
the hive, and as soon a.s the bees have as¬ 
cended, turn it over, bottom side upwards, 
placing an empty hive of the same size 
upon it. Tie a sheet around the hives 
where they come together, to prevent the 
bees escaping from the hive. Now rap 
upon the lower hive with a couple of small 
slicks a few seconds, and then wait for the 
bees to fill themselves with honey ; then rap 
briskly- until the bees have mostly ascended 
into the upper hive, which will be in about 
twenty minutes. Now remove the upper 
hive and set it upon the stand where the old 
one stood, removing the old swarm two or 
three rods distant. The new swarm will 
commence work the same as a natural one 
would, while the oh) one will proceed to 
rear a queen to fill the place of the one re¬ 
moved with the new swarm. 
Jar* r<ir Straini'il Honey. 
P. S. W. asks:—“ Will not some of your 
readers tell what kind of jam strained honey 
can best he sent to market in, where I can 
get them, and the price?” 
Small fruit cans, made of glass or tin, for 
canning fruit, answer a good purpose for 
putting honey in for market. Those hold¬ 
ing a quart are of the right size, and can he 
obtained at almost any country dry goods or 
hardware store. The price will vary from 
ten cents apiece for the tin to twentv-five 
cents lor tbe glass ones. 
South Haven, Mich, Herbert A. Burch. 
