The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-08-06
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own use. il not more. They toll wit
unremitling industry, asking but fuI
sweep Of the wing and no monopoly
Every man in either town or countr,
can Keep bees to advantage. DIR. Smith
Of Boston. has an aviary ON his house
top, from whence his little winged Ia
Lorrrs traverse the air eight or tel
mics in search Of food. What deli
ciuus banquet they afford from the ricl
nectar gathered They collect hone,
and bread from most kinds of forest
trees, as we'll as garden flowers; or
char,ls, forests and trees, all contribut.
ing 10 their wants, and their owner gra.
titled with the whole. Sweet mignion.
cite is especially mentioned as easil,
cultivated by drills in a garden, and il
one Of the finest and richest flowers In
the world from which the honey. bee
can extract food.
The cobweb mustbe kept away from
the immediate vicinity Of the hive, and
all other annoyances removed.
Never kill bee. The smoke Of fun
gus maximus or common puIfball, when
so as to hold hire, has stupefying ef-
feet on the bee, aud renders them as
harmless as birthstone does without any
Of the deadly effects. By means Of this,
weak swarins, which would not live
through the winter, may be united in
strong stocks. II is fact borne out by
experiment, that hive thus double
will not consume more honey in the
winter than a stock in its natural state.
This was discovered by Swiss pastor,
DE Collier. The additional heat seems
to serve, instead Of additional food, to
keep up the vitality Of the half torpid
bees. A cold, dry room is the best
winter quarters for bees. They will
consume less honey than il left ON their
summer stands, and will not be weak
cned BY the loss of thousands, which,
tempted out by the premature warmth,
arc caught by the cold winds, fall TO
the ground, and never rise again.
Dryness is essential, and vcntilla-
ton OF proper airing Of the hives in
summer, Is the most valuable improve
ncnt in Bookkeeping.
Western Emporium.
WHEAT AND WHEAT STRAw.-lt is
the opinion Of the best judges, that
wheat straw OF this years growth, ow-
Ing to its clearness and freedom from
rust, will prove good substitute for
hay and fodder, which are becoming
more and more scarce every year. We
trust the farmers of this state will take
care of their wheat straw; it is easily /
stacked, and should not be suffered TO
lie in bulk after being thrashed, expo
scd TO rain and dew. Ii used only for
manure, it should never take the rains,
which wash the substance out of it.
The sooner wheat is thrashed after it
is cut and cured, the better for the
wheat and the straw both. Farmers
should act on the maxim, that a dollar
saved is dollar made but how many
suffer their crops to waste after the la
Dor and expense of making them. "a
word to the wise is sufficient"
GrcenriNc Nouniainstr.
We have ever doubted the policy of
allowing the oat crop to become fully
mature before cutting, when the straw
was to be fed to stock. We have heard
objections to cutting the oats in green
state, that when they become dry they
are harder than when allowed to ma
ture: but thanks to the invention Of
The straw cutter, that objection is done
away with. The matured oat in the
head, is but small portion of the real
nutrlmcnt contained in the stalk, if ju.
dciously cut and carefully saved.
It is not only cheaper, but infinitely
better, to feed stock of any kind on
ground food. One half the diseases of
our horses spring from indigested and
heating food. We venture the asscr-
ton, that there would not be found one
blind horse where there are now tweE-
ty in the South, If corn went through
the mill before going into their sto-
machs. Better pay big toll at the mill,
than to purchase cho,ic and horse re-
medies, and too frequently lose your
horse. ~ Soicf The South.
IMPORTANT TO FARMERs.-The Hart
ford Times mentions farmer who
took up a fence after it had been stand
ing fourteen years, and found some OF
The posts nearly sound, and others rot
ten oil at the bettom. Looking for the