bt JOmemtrir. 
V,Q APE TESTS. 
Report or lti«? atocireinry or rite Committee of 
the 7lon«flut Volley Crape Gi-oirtn' As¬ 
sociation, upon the Grape Tent*, ot llam- 
tunnrlMporf, N. Y„ Oct. 14, lSJjO. 
The Annual National Convention for the 
testing of grapes, was held at Hammonds* 
port, Steuben Co., N. Y., commencing on 
Wednesday, Oct. 12lli, 1870, and continuing 
through that and the next following day. 
There were present. Col. Marshall P. Wil¬ 
der, Boston, Muss.; Mr. Chas. Downing, 
Newburgh, N. Y .; Dr. John A. Warder, 
Cincinnati, Ohio; Mr. James S. Ricketts, 
Newburgh, N. Y., and J. Stanton Could, 
Hudson, N. Y. Col. Wilder was, with 
great unanimity, elected Chairman ; Dr. Jno. 
A. Warder, Chemist, and John Stanton 
Gould, appointed Secretary. 
The tests of previous years for Sugar were 
made with OEcnsLE’s scale, but on this oc¬ 
casion it was made with Twitchell’s scale, 
which has the decided merit of giving the 
exact, number of pounds of sugar in the oue 
hundred gallons of must without the trouble 
of computation. In order to facilitate com¬ 
parisons with reports of previous years, wo 
will give the results according to Oecuslk’s 
scale also. 
Heretofore we have ascertained the amount 
of acid in each specimen of grapes, by satu¬ 
rating their juice with ammonia, iu the fol¬ 
lowing manner: — A tube was provided, 
shown in Fig. 1, which was marked near the 
top by the line a, and it was then filled ex¬ 
actly up to that mark with the juice, which 
was then poured out into the testing glass, 
which may bo a common tumbler. The 
acidumeter, Fig. 2, is first filled with ammo¬ 
nia of known strength, through the tubeo, 
tip to the extreme left hand mark of gradua¬ 
tion, o, the graduation marks being numbered 
from the left hand, and express one part of 
acid to a thousand parts of juice. The am¬ 
monia is now poured from the acidomctcr, 
through the critic c, into thcjitico, until it is 
ascertained by the application of litmus pa¬ 
per, that it is exactly neutralized. As soon 
as this is effected, the bight of the liquid am¬ 
monia remaining in the tube is carefully 
noted. Suppose it stands at the division 
mark, 5, that signifies that it contains five 
parts of acid in 1,000 parts of the juice ex- 
ainined ; or if it stands at 7, it signifies that 
there are seven parts of acid, and so on. 
At the present time, we ascertained the 
amount of acid by Twitchicll’s, because it 
admits of a finer graduation, but chiefly be¬ 
cause the work can be done very much more 
decimals it will of course give the amount in 
one gallon of juice.) Acid, 000-100,000. That 
is to say, 900 parts of acid in 100,000 parts of 
juice. Soil, a clayey shale. Eximure, South- 
Eastern. Cultivation , plowed and hoed in 
June and August. Distance between vines, 
8 feet by 8 feet. Summer pruning, none. 
Age of vines, five years. Time of picking, 
Oct. 11th. 
2. Harvey Washburn, Pultncy, Steuben 
Co., N. Y.— Sugar, 194 lbs. Acid, 700-100,- 
000. Sul, heavy clay. Exposure, Eastern. 
Cultivation, plowed the preceding fall, to- 
Age of vines, four years. Time of spotted as the leopard. Mr. Fish gives us 
picking, Oct. 1st and 11th. Training, to a 
Wire trellis. 
12. Nichols & Co., Bluff Point, N. Y. 
—Sugar, 198 lbs. Acid, 750-100,000. No 
other statements obtained. 
13. Trevor Moore, Uammoiulsport, N. 
Y.— Sugar, 194. lbs. Aeitl, 775-100,000. Soil, 
gravelly. Eximure, Eastern. Cultivation , 
the liberty to use his name iu this connec¬ 
tion. This sow bus, in every instance, been 
bred to one of the finest Chester boars in 
this section, imported from Chester county, 
Pa., by Mr. Sotham of tliis town, and 
reared with the best of care. Be it remem¬ 
bered that both hoar and sow are pure 
while. Now, readers, if these marks are 
P* ^pwriatt. 
THE MELEXTRACTOR. 
Bee keepers are much interested nowa¬ 
days in the' 4 Melextractor,” and its probable 
influence in Airmailing treble the quantity of 
w J - d. ~- v>» til VlWIilrVlVVtVH'i | ^ , . * - ---■ v». HIIV 'JUtllHIl ) Wl 
plowed, cultivated and hoed. Distance be- c ‘aractemtio ot thorough-bred stock, then honey, unequaled iu quality by anything 
tween vines, 7 feet by 8 feet. Summer prun- ' v< ;' Confess that we do not know what it hitherto sent to market in this form. I pro* 
t/ty, none. Aye of vines, eleven years. Time , 1<J constitute pure blood, and should pose to give our experience with it the past 
of picking, Oct. 11th. Training, to trellis. >(i ghid to have Mr. Whitehead give us the season, and our views concerning the ad- 
peculiar characteristics of his lioirs that tin vnninm.. «** o..._ i .. . 
recapitulation. 
Ray Hyatt. 
ueiweon me rows, hummer pruning, none. I [ l ,“ rV( ' r Wash burn. i<u it>». i w smi-iixtow 
i ... . l Pleasant Vat. Wine Cn.; 209 ib». ; 94’ HOO-liJO 001 
Age of vines, four years. Time ot picking, o. s. wnmivr*. 240 ius. iav 725 loojwx 
Oct. 12th. Training , to a wire trellis. ft “v^$ie 'Z jg;! Z ,W! 
3. Pleasant Valley Wine Co., Hammonds- ! 1$fa: I $ [ fcfe 
port, Steuben Co. Sugar, 209 lbs. Acid, Mn^«c 0 :;;:: : !j g: 
000-100,000. Soil, gravelly drift. Exposure Si v , v -i t *", l ' l U jr .; au n.s or i 550 - 100 ,uk 
southeastern. Cultivation, tail plowed to f « v »r .Moore.,| nil ios. 88" 775 - 100 ,«« 
the vine. Plowed and hoed twice iu the -r— „- ! -—-— — 
,, i„ • - - . , * Branches of the Inuiciies very dry, aud (trapes 
SUtnmei. Distance between vines, 7 feet by shriveled. 
8 feet, ‘bummer pruning, none. Age of The average amount of sugar contained 
vines, five years. Time of picking, Oct. (3tli. | in the Catawba grapes is 202.23 lbs. to the 
Training, on trellis. 100 gallons of juice, which Is equivalent to 
A D. S. Wagner, Pullnoy, Steuben Co., OO' f on Oechsle’b scale. The average 
N - Y—Sugar, 240 lbs. Acid, 725-100,000. amount of acid is 729-100,000. The max- 
Snl, soft simly. Exposure, Eastern. Culti- imiun amount is 240 lbs. of sugar; or, re- 
vation, plowed to the vines in the fall, aud jecting this amount as having beeu too 
from them in the spring and hoed; iu the much dried, the next highest is 214 lbs.; 
summer they were cultivated and hoed acid, 775-100,000. The minimum amount 
enough to keep the vines free from weeds, is 183 lbs. Minimum of acid, 500-100,000. 
Distance betweeu the vines, G and 8 feet apart —[To lie continued. 
and 8 feet between the rows. Summer prun- — -__ 
mg, none. Age ot vines, seven years. Time Protecting («mpo vines, 
ot picking, Oct. 3d. Training, to a wire Where it is necessary to protect grape 
trellis from 12 to 14 inches high, caucs at- vines in winter they should be trained upon 
tacked to the wires above. a svstem that, will mlmit nr l»vinr» 
Sugar, by 
| SiiKnr, bv 
i rwllchcH’R 
' Oerhslo rf 
Add. 
j Smle. 
| Svnle. 
1 214 
11)3. 
86** 
700-11X1,000 
194 
lbs. 
87" 
fXXI-100,000 
; 209 
lbs. 
84’ 
ooo-uxi.ino 
240 
lbs. 
iav 
725-1011, IXX) 
200 
lbs. 
94’ 
610-100,00) 
'• 19S 
11)3. 
90’ 
► 500 loO.lXM 
. 189 
11)3. 
8H’ 
575 11X1,0011 
1*2 
lbs. 1 
83’ 
53,'1 IlHI.OIXI 
1 UK! 
ib». 
89” 
.ViO 11X1,1(10 
! 202 
lbs. . 
91" | 
075 nxi.noo 
! 2114 
lliS. 
92’ 
AVt-IOO.OM 
19H 
11)3. 
:«i* 
700-100.000 
| 194 
lbs. 1 
88" 
775-100,01XJ 
peculiar characteristics ot his hogs that (iu vantages of honey thus obtained over or- 
IvuraloI May 14th, page 314,) lie calls pure dinary strained lioncv, aud comb honey as 
blood Chester White. But hu did not offer usually sold iu boxes, 
one word in proof of his allegation, but says The general idea in the construction of a 
that any one who says they are coarse- mclexlraotor ie to place the combs, with the 
boned, long-snouted, large, lop-eared crcu- sealing of the cells sliced off, in a framc- 
♦ Brunches of the hunches very dry, and unices 
shriveled. 
The average amount of sugar contained 
in the Catawba grapes is 202,23 lbs. to the 
100 gallons of juice, which te equivalent to 
90' V on Oechsle'b scale. The average 
amount of acid is 729-100,000. The max¬ 
imum amount is 240 lbs. of sugar; or, re- 
jecliug this amount as having been too 
blood Chester iv liito. But hu did not offer 
one word in proof of his allegation, but says 
that any one who says they are coarse¬ 
boned, long-snouted, large, lop-eared erea- 
tures, lias not seen the genuine article. If 
“the genuine article’’ really exists, we 
should like to see it, and really think it 
would be worth a trip to Hew York to see. 
Now, il Mr. Whitehead has the real 
genuine article, a hog entitled to the name 
of a pure blood Chester White, we should be 
glad to have him tell us how he same by it, 
and by what authority he calls them “ pure 
blood.” Lot him describe them, so that iu 
work where a rotary motion can be secured, 
and the honey caught in an outer box or 
tank as ij. Hies out, by the centrifugal force 
thus produced. I will not go into a detailed 
description, as there are several forms adver¬ 
tised, and those interested can choose for 
themselves. 
One chief advantage lies in the pure quali¬ 
ty of the honey thus secured. It is precisely 
as taken from the flowers, without a suspi- 
the future no purchaser can be humbugged, cion of a flavor of pollen, or any other 
MlVil MIA .... .1_I I. 1. .1. Jl . m . ‘ ' J 
acid, 775-100,000. The minimum amount 
is 183 lbs. Minimum of acid, 500-100,000. act eristic that is so positive as to be with from one of our ownapiadesthe'past Tu'.n- 
| to be continued. certainly transmitted to itsprogeny; and we mer. A good colony, with quadruple the 
++■* ■ have seen them in New Eugland, Canada, usual number of clean empty combs (viz * 
ProtceHiut Grape Vines. and all over the great West. Wo demand thirty-two combs arranged iu two tiers six- 
Where it is necessary to protect grape facts. Saying that, the people have been teen on the bottom and sixteen above them) 
vines 1.1 winter they should be trained upon humbugged with Norway oats, Rose pota- gave between June 10th and Sept. 5lh three 
a system that will admit of laying down Iocs, etc., etc., will not do. It is the hog hundred and sixty-one pounds of honey all 
0 question we are dealing* with, and we want of which was the clearest clover and bass- 
1 .^ proof before believing. We believe that we wood, excepting about forty pounds of 
and wo have no doubt but that Chester 
county and the State of Pennsylvania will 
award the gentleman a gold medal; and we 
really think he will be entitled to it when he 
proves them pure bloods. 
Nowhere that we have seen this so-called 
Chester White does he possess the firsteliar- 
disagrceable ingredient* usually found in 
strained honey. The quality cannot he ex¬ 
celled, aud the different grades of clover, 
basswood, or buckwheat, are pure as can 
possibly be found in the freshest, newest 
combs made in boxes. 
Now us for quantity. I will give figures 
.Fig. 2 
5. C. II. Perry, Vine Valley, Yates Co., 
N. Y. Sugar, 209 lbs. Acid, 010-100,000. 
Snl, gravelly loam. Exposure, Southern. 
Cultivation, plowed and cultivated once each 
and hoed. Distance between the vines, 8 
feet by 8 leet. Summer pruning, none. Age 
of vines, not stated. Time of picking, Oct. 
111*. Training, to a trellis. 
0. Thomas Van Tile, Jerusalem, Yates 
Co., N. Y.— Sugar, 198 lbs. Acid, 566-100,- 
000. No other particulars given. 
7. IT. Cole, Branch port, Yates Co., N. Y. 
Sugar, 189 lbs. Acid, 575-100,000. Soil, 
gravelly. Exposure , Southwest. Cultivation, 
H proof before believing. We believe that we 
have in this vicinity some as good hogs as 
q can be found iu Chester Co., Pa., or in New 
Jersey, but none of them called Chester 
upon the ground. We have never found White reproduce with certainty any special 
any other material so satisfactory for cover- characteristic. When they do then we will 
rapidly with it. On trial, it was found that plowed once in July. Distance between the 
ing vines as earth. Hay, straw, or any such 
light substance only forms a good retreat for 
all kinds of vermin, who will usually do the 
vines more injury than the cold weather, 
even if they were left uncovered. Vines 
should not ho covered until late iu the sea¬ 
son, and after the earth lias become cooled 
by fi'oafe. If the vinos are to he laid down 
and covered with soil, the pruning should all 
be done in autumn, because the ground will 
usually remain frozen until it i 3 too late in 
the spring to do this work with safety. 
the tw*o methods agreed very nearly in then- 
results. By this method the results are not 
ascertained by the amount of alkali required 
to saturate the acid, but by the amount of 
carbonic acid liberated from the carbonate 
of soda by the acid of the grape under trial. 
Fig. 3 shows the form of the apparatus by 
which this is ascertained. The tube B is 
first filled with juice exactly to the mark c, 
and from this it is transferred into the bottle 
c; the bottle A is then filled with water, and 
the spoon seen just below the letter C is 
filled with super carbonate of soda. The 
brass rod c passes through a stuffing box in 
the cover, and care must be taken to raise 
up so that the alkali shall not come iu con¬ 
tact with the acid until the clamp F is se¬ 
cured. 1 he run ol each bottle is covered 
with a cushion of India rubber, and the 
covers, which have a channel of communi¬ 
cation through G, are put in place, and the 
whole clamped firmly down by the llunuli- 
sciew F. 1 lie rod c is now pushed down¬ 
ward into the juice, and rotated so as to 
mingle the alkali completely with it. The 
carbonic acid of the super carbonate of soda 
now rises in the bottle c, passes over through 
the channel G into the bottle A, and forces 
the surface of the water contained in it 
downwards, which, in its turn, escapes 
through the tube D. When the water ceases 
to rise, the altitude that it has attained b 
noted on the scale, which gives a measure of 
the volume of gas which lias been liberated. 
A simple calculation, founded on the law of 
definite proportions, shows us exactly the 
amount of acid which would be required to 
liberate this amount of gas; and we have 
thus a complete solution of the problem pro¬ 
posed. That is, we have an exact measure 
of the acid contained in the juice submitted 
to experiment. The method by which our 
results were obtained having been thus de¬ 
scribed, we will now proceed to detail the 
results themselves. 
G'attiwbn. (trapes. 
vines, 8 feet by 8 feet. Summer pruning, 
none. Age of vines, five years. Time of bfri , r£») . 
picking, Oct. lltli. Training, to wire trellis. C!yi)C 
8. Levi Millspaugh, Branch port, N. Y. 
Sugar, 182 IDs. Acid, 532-100,000. Soil, — 
clayey shale. Exposure, Eastern. Cultiva- CHESTER WHITES CONDEMNED 
tion, plowed aud hoed once. Distance he- - 
tween the vines, 8 feet by 8 feet. Summer tbo Rural New-Yorker, April 23, 
pruning, none. Age of vines, four years. P H o e 270, appeared an article written by the 
Time of picking, not stated. Training, to subscriber, headed “ Chester Whites no 
wire trellis. breed.” Now, after a few months of careful 
9. H. O. Fairchild, Hammondsport, N. inquiry and observation, we are prepared to 
Y. Sugar, 196 lbs. Add, 560-100,000. S>il, defend what we then said, and to add a few 
shale on a clayey subsoil. Exposure, South ,ni)l '0 facts for the benefit of all readers of 
ern. Cultivation, twice plowed and hoed, dm Rural New-Yorker, and all others 
Distance, 1 feet by 7 feet. Summer pruning, interested iu the breeding and spreading of 
none. Age of vines, four years. Time of good stock, and especially Mr. Mortimer 
characteristic. When they do, then we will 
call them pure bloods. 
YVe have several races of pure blooded 
hogs, viz.: Suffolk, Yorkshire, Berkshire, 
F.ssex and Cheshire; and they will all breed 
to perfection, and no thorough-bred Essex 
will drop a Suffolk pig, more than a thor¬ 
ough-bred Devon cow can bear a thorough¬ 
bred Alderney, or an Ayrshire, or a Short- 
Hom calf. The thing is impossible. But 
we are glad to see the gentleman open to 
conviction, for he says that if there is a bet¬ 
ter breed than Chester YVhilos, lie wants 
them. YVe will inform him that the thor¬ 
ough-bred Cheshire is as much superior to 
the Chester as daylight is to darkness. It is 
a breed entitled to a name, and a place in 
the pen of every farmer from Maine to Cali¬ 
fornia. They are pure white; have small, 
thin, upright ears; thin, very fine skin ; full in 
head and check; long, compact bodies; 
deep in the sides; broad in breast and loin ; 
very full in the quarters; comparatively 
Short legs; fine, firm bone—all, I think, 
buckwheat. The yield in one week iu the 
bight of the season was eighty-fom* and 
a-lmlf pounds. The best yield of box honey 
from an equally good hive was one hundred 
aud fifty-five pounds, only three-sevenths as 
much. 
There are several reasons for this differ¬ 
ence in the proceeds from two hives, equal 
in all respects at the beginning of the season. 
One is the fact that no time was con¬ 
sumed by the bees in the manufacture of 
combs, plenty of empty combs being at hand 
at all times. This not only prevented auy 
loss of time, but the ample room afforded, 
and frequent emptying of combs, stimulated 
breeding to a very great extent, and the work¬ 
ing force of the hive was thus largely in¬ 
creased. Fourteen of tho lower tier of 
combs were filled with brood, and it was 
also found in the lower part of the upper 
tier. A smaller item to ho remembered is 
the honey which is necessarily consumed in 
the manufacture of comb, aud which, saved, 
helps swell the aggregate amount. This is 
now one of our best and strongest colonies, 
and is well filled for winter. 
But this extracted honey must establish a 
reputation in market for its Indisputable 
that can be desired in a hog*; easy keepers, superiority over strained honey, or consum- 
picking, Oct. 6th. Training , to a wire trellis. 
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rat 
Si 
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sSafiMS 
YYijiteiiead, Middlebush, N. J., as lie ap¬ 
pears to be about the only defender of a hog 
called “ Chester White,” au animal that wo 
claimed last April possessed no merit, stat¬ 
ing facts to prove what wo then said. To¬ 
day we are prepared to add a few more facts 
to prove more clearly that the so-called 
“ Chester White" is not entitled to the name 
of a pure blood. 
This summer we have spent three months 
traveling iu New Englaud, New York, and 
the Canadas; and in every town visited 
made it an object to look at all the good 
-stock, including hogs. In almost every town 
in New England you will find more or less 
hogs called “ Chester White;” and in no 
two pens will you find them alike. Many of 
them have very coarse hair, very large, thick 
ears, coarse bone, long snouts, etc., etc. 
Quite often you will find that they have a 
kind of wool or fur next to the skin, which 
extremely quiet aud docile; most excellent 
breeders and mothers; will fatten at any 
age, and at maturity weigh from six to seven 
hundred pounds, 
I have one of the finest specimens of a 
Chester sow, that I selected from a litter of 
twelve pigs, that 1 intend to cross this fall 
with a thorough-bred Cheshire boar, and am 
ers will expect its very purity to he a sign of 
adulteration ; as a wise grocer near by once 
refused ajar of the finest strained honey we 
ever had because he “ didn’t believe it was 
honey.” 
I think the most feasible plan for making 
this honey popular in market is for responsi¬ 
ble and honest apiarians to put it up iu 
in hopes that the result will he good; at all sealed cans or jars, with labels designating 
events, I will, at some luture day, give the the kind, and stamp it with their own name, 
readers ot the Rural New-Yorker the The unbroken seal assures the purchaser 
result of my experiment; and hope that that it has not been meddled with by intcr- 
wliat I have said may result in good to all. mediate parlies, aud the name of reliable 
It it will cause all who may road this article firms will soon be a guaranty of quality, 
to investigate for themselves, I know that Thus tho consumer can secure the finest 
the agriculturists will be benefited, and tho 
final result will he a good breed of hogs. 
Groton, Conn* tj, Hewitt, 
-- 
NOTES FOR SWINE-HERDS. 
quality of honey without paying for combs 
and the glass and wood of boxes. The cans 
used may be of tin or glass, and in sizes to 
suit, the demand. By filling to the bran and 
sealing air tight, I think there can he no 
danger of its candying; and should it do so, 
it can always be Jiquified by warming. 
M. Quinby. 
results were obtained having been thus de- ' 
scribed, we will now proceed to detail the 
iwuto tbomsel.es. ,0. Uiuutu Wise Oo„ HamraemWt 
. Gatawba Grapes. N. Y. Sugar, 202 lbs. Acid, 575-100.000. Soil 
Ot these thirteen specunens were presented, gravelly, with a shale subsoil. Exposure 
Die juice was first pressed by a small porta- Eastern. Cultivation, plowed, cultivated and 
ae press from two pounds of grapes in every hoed. Distance between vines 7 bv S feet 
CllSlO r, ' ’ J 
hogs called “Chester White;” aud in no Re,ncdy for Ho* Lico. 4 «*omu it uo so, 
two pens will you find them alike. Many of 1 nEREwrm send a remedy for hog * ' Can a WayS bc J,qu,tied by 
them have very coarse hair, very large, thick lice ’ that wil1 P rove 00 trial, infallible. Pro- gt . johnsvttie, N. Y. (,iuINIJY - 
ears, coarse bone, long snouts, etc., etc. curc sonie tobacco, boll to a strong am- I — 
Quite often you will find that they have a ber ’ in watcr to float it; mix in The Widow and the Honey Bee. 
kind of wool or fur next to the skin, which whi,e hot ’ enougU lard or refuse grease to The willow, of different species, the ever- 
engenders scurf, and makes them very filthy; IU;l ^ e a thin salve; rub on the pigs or hoga green oak, aud cottonwood as well, produce 
at other times you will find quite a respect- troubled, aud in less than twonfy-fbur hours j much saccharine matter, and when run 
able-shaped hog; but this latter is an ex- tllC * y wiU not haye a louso them, if well ; through the laboratory of the honey bee is 
ception to the rule. rubbed, Also put enough leaf tobacco in converted into fine honey. The heads and 
Then, again, you will find nearly all the !f e ' r , becls 'v! midte smell strong, and horns of our domestic animals to-day are 
shapes, forms and sizes that oan be imagined lG . °S S ' Vll ‘ never be troubled with lice besmeared with the lionty dews, as they are 
iu the same litter. Borne State will make a fe r!U 11 w,ldo they sleep in the beds. The to- driven among the brushwood by drouth and 
hogs that will weigh from eight hundred to , 1 n0 1 t , luu ' t 1,1 ‘mv aspect, even troublesome flies litre in California. 1 have 
one thousand pounds, and others that uever ' tl<ayo(| * A P armer, Hickman, Ky. known empty hives to be filial with good 
could be made to weigh over three hundred Crease with an ointment made us fol- honey in tiie month of January, collouled 
pounds. More than this, they freouentlv lt)ws; ■Halt pint ol tanneis or tram oil,and trom the willow mostly, — Bolomon \V 
in the same litter. Borne Slate will make 
hogs that will weigh from eight hundred to 
one thousand pounds, and others that never 
could be made to weigh over three hundred 
pounds. More than this, they frequently 
case c' ► - J w xv-vi/. iULwiu wum uijgy iney nequentiy ... wn,ami uum un? wim/w 
i t j , „ .j tj ,, _ MUMMr pruning, none. Age of vines, six have black and white pigs, and very often one-fourth pound of Scotch snuff stirred into Jewett, Oct., 1870. 
"J'r,"’*: *•*"• of picking, Oct. 10. Trainin',, black spo* o» tho ,ki,J’ it; rub nlmig lljc Imcli, orouml Uie caw anil 
214 lbs., to the 100 gallons of to trellis. , mr ... XT „ under the legs.—YV. J. Camp Aninci.. 
jmce. (All future statements will be given 11. E. W. Parker, Bluff Point. Sugar has a sow y 1 ' 0l p 1 H) ' K ’ ‘ A ' rrAX 8. Jisn, - Anna Haywari 
m this form, so that when we give the num- 204 lbs. Acid, 500-100,000. Soil, jLle for White ”n , ^ V ,M J r ? u ff ,l * br « l ‘ , c,ie s- Sweet Apple r or n««. much interested in 1 
*r of pounds of sugar it will be understood mixed with clay. Exposure, East by South of 1 1 ^ ^ * Mir , or flve ,Itters 1 woULr> liko to learn from any oue who Swarming of Bees' 
Bit a is from one hundred gallons of juice; Cultivation, plowed and howl once Distance ted ,L'.‘ „„ i ^2* ‘ tU ? !‘ aS hft( onf! spot * ,1!IS testetl lhe raisin 8' and fattening of hogs Yorker of Oct. 22. 
)y cutt “S ott Uie tvvo right hand figures for between the vines, G foot. Summer pruning now l4 / i" “ tei ° 1,nu ' t . e(? I n that sLe on s 'veet apples, what they may know of the ent give farther info 
t uuing, now has, uo less than seven of them arc as merits of this kind of food.-* a. h. through the Rural 
driven among the brushwood by drouth and 
troublesome flies hero in California. I have 
known empty hives to be filled with good 
honey iu the month of January, colleefod 
from the willow mostly. — Solomon W 
to trellis. 
11. E. W. Parker, Bluff Point. Sugar. 
204 lbs. Acid, 500-100,000. Soil, shale 
mixed with clay. Exposure, East by South. 
Cultivation, plowed and lined once. Distance 
between the vines, 6 foot. Summer pruning, 
Artificial Swarming. 
Anna Hayward writes : — I was very 
much interested in the article on “Artificial 
Swarming of Bees” in the Rural New- 
Yorker of Oct. 22. Will your correspond¬ 
ent give farther information on this subject 
through the Rural? 
