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THE CULTIVATOR. 
]>!acf' in tlie cocks, proved so much to have diminished that princi¬ 
ple or inclination to prevent its heating injuriously in the stack : and 
the whole operation of making, whether it takes four days or eight, 
requires three days’ labor only, and the hay being left in that state 
every night, in wtiich it is the least possibly exposed to the injuries 
of the weather, and in which it may remain for a day or two in un¬ 
certain weather, without injurious exposure, much painful anxiety 
and useless attendance of laborers are obviated. 
Miscellaneous. 
IMPROVED SYSTEM OF BEE MANAGEMENT. 
There is no branch of rural economy connected with more agree¬ 
able associations than that of bee management. The proverbially 
indusirious habits of the insect, and its extreme ingenuity in the con¬ 
struction of its domicil, and the deposition of its treasures, are such 
as to excite the admiration of the most unobservant. The common 
necessity of destroying the stock, in order to obtain the produce of 
their labors, has been always matter of regret. Many plans have 
been hitherto devised for the purpose of obtaining the hon< j y with¬ 
out the destruction of the bees, but they have only been attended 
with partial success. The object has, however, been latterly and 
more perfectly attained by Mr. Nuti, a practical apiarian of Lincoln¬ 
shire, whose system of management has given this branch of rural 
economy an importance and value of which it was not before consi¬ 
dered susceptible, both in the greater productiveness of the bees, and 
the much superior quality of the honey. 
The first part of Mr. Nutt’s plan of operation is to leave the hive, 
into which the stock is introduced, untouched. When it is filled 
with honey (the contents of which are to be reserved for the use of 
the bees,) the capacity of the hive is increased, by the addition of 
another box to the side, communicating with the hive by apertures, 
which give free admission to the bees in all parts of the box. 
The next important object in Mr. Nutt’s system is to ensure a 
regulated and uniform temperature in this portion of the hive, without 
diminishing the temperature of that which contains the stock. The 
ventilation necessary for this purpose is effected by the means of a 
perforated tin tube, extending down to a considerable distance from 
the top into the hive, and connected with an aperture at the bottom, 
which may be partly or wholly closed by a tin slide, thus modifying 
the circulation of the air and consequent degree of temperature. 
The temperature of this side box, which is indicated by a thermo¬ 
meter introduced into the tube, ought to be 70°, which is the natural 
temperature of the working hive; but, in that which contains the 
stock a temperature of 90° is necessary, as well for the incubation 
of the queen bee, as the maturity of the young. The parent hive is, 
then, as well the residence of the queen bee as the nursery of the 
young, whilst the side boxes are but additional store-houses for the 
reception of the superfluous honey, which may be taken away with¬ 
out impoverishing the stock, or robbing them of their winter suste¬ 
nance. 
When the thermometer, placed in the side box, rapidly rises to 
90° or 100°, the necessity of again providing the bees with fresh 
room is indicated ; and this is effected by establishing another box 
on the opposite side of the hive. The bees, finding an increase of 
room, will readily recommence their labors in this new apartment. 
Then follows, in Mr. Nuti’s system, the operation of separating 
the bees from this second hive. This is effected by the ventilator, 
by which the internal temperature of the hive may be reduced to 
that of the external atmosphere; and when, on the approach of night, 
the bees recoiling from the cool air, go back into the middle box, 
the connexion between the two may be closed, and the full hive 
withdrawn, without the imprisonment or destruction of a single la¬ 
borer. The same arrangements are to be again renewed, as the 
bees continue their successful labors. In this system no provision 
is made for swarming, which cannot occur under this arrangement, 
the emigration of a part of the stock being only occasioned by a 
want of room in which the bees may pursue their labors. 
The honey furnished under this system of management is found 
to be far superior, both in quality and quantity, to that obtained un¬ 
der any other arrangements. The honey and wax are as white as 
refined sugar. This superiority in quality, it owes as well to the 
modified temperature at which the bees secrete their products, as 
to its total exemption from all extraneous animal and vegetable mat¬ 
ters, and, in particular, from the pollen or bee bread, which is taken, 
in considerable quantities, into the stock-hive for the support of the 
young. This superiorify of the honey is only equalled by the quan¬ 
tity of the supply: the usual annual supply from one stock is about 
one hundred weight of honey : whilst, in the course of one season, 
Mr. Nutt has procured the large quantity of 296 pounds. This in¬ 
crease in quantity is owing to the excellent disposition of the ar¬ 
rangements, by which the industrious efforts of the bees are never 
ratarded, nor their strength weakened at the time when the fruits 
and flowers most abound from which their treasures are obtained.— 
Penny Magazine. 
An experiment on Oats. —Having sown the same oats for several 
years without changing the seed, my crops became fuller and fuller 
ever}' year of the black dust head or blast , until the loss from this cause, 
amounted to one-half the crop ; and when threshed out, the black 
dust was so suffocating that the laborers were made sick by it. I 
determined in 1832, to change the seed, and got one hundred bu¬ 
shels of the purest seed that could be procured in Richmond ; they 
did not quite hold out to sow ail the land intended, and I had to 
use some of my own impure seed—which I washed effectually in 
very strong lime water, and allowing them to remain in the lime wa¬ 
ter the night before sowing. It proved an effectual remedy; the 
product was decidedly more clean on harvesting, than that from the 
seed procured in Richmond, although that was tolerable pure.— 
Farmers’ Register. 
Cure for the Bolls or Grubs in Horses. —If you will excuse the 
subject, (for although graceless, it is valuable, not only to the agri¬ 
culturist, but to all classes using that valuable animal, the horse,) 
I send a remedy I used while our coals were brought to market in 
road wagons, which obliged us to use a great number of horses ; and 
I never knew it fail of giving relief in from one tofive minutes. Pour 
out half a gill of spirit of turpentine into the hand, and rub it on the 
breast of the animal while suffering. Let it be applied to the hollow 
or pit of the stomach, just at the point where the neck joins the 
breast, on a space six or eight inches in diameter. The relief is 
certain if the grubbs have not already cut through the coats of the 
stomach.— Farmers’ Reg. 
Brimstone for Cattle. —Dr. Bartlett: It is probably not known, to 
many of our farmers, that brimstone is valuable for cattle in keeping 
them free from ticks. These vermin are not only filthy in their ap¬ 
pearance, but an injury to the cattle. A piece of brimstone as 
large as a grain of corn, well pulverized, given in a little salt, will 
cause them to drop off, and prevent os hers from getting on for eight 
or ten days. I consider brimstone as necessary for a cow in sum¬ 
mer, as salt.— Southern Planter. 
How to destroy Moles .—Dr. Bartlett: In the last Planter it is stated 
that the Castor Bean will destroy Moles. I have tried the red Palma 
Chrisli (which some say is the same,) with success, merely by plant¬ 
ing a few of the kernels in their paths or ploughed places ; also ca¬ 
lomel, by making holes in grains of corn, and inserting it in the holes 
and placing the corn in the ground for them. The calomel will not 
kill them till there comes a rain, when they will be found on the top 
of the ground.— lb. WM. H. RAIFORD. 
Clover among Corn .—A friend of mine sowed red clover among 
his corn after going through with the cultivator the last time ; the 
seed was protected from the heat of the sun by the corn ; it conse¬ 
quently vegetated very soon, and after the corn was cut off, there 
was a luxuriant growth of clover, which afforded fine pasture for se¬ 
veral successive seasons. The red clover is an excellent manure. 
I have raised a fine crop of wheat by ploughing in the second growth 
after harvest.— Am. Far. 
“Every bird thinks its own nest beautiful.”— Italian Prov. This 
may be an allusion, either to the innate attachment which all living 
creatures feel to their home, or to the natural affection we bear to¬ 
wards the place of our own nativity, or that of our offspring. 
“ The beginning is the half of the whole.”— Hesiod. The most 
appropriate illustration of this, is to be found in our own proverb, 
“ well begun is half done.” 
“Emulation begets emulation.”— Latin . A spirit of emulation 
excites industry and diligence : these, by their natural results, induce 
prosperity, and our success stimulates our neighbor to similar exer¬ 
tion. 
