New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-14
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

| hard one upon bees, and many swams, IL e1smined
now, VIII Do found quite destitute Of honey and during
the protracted cold weather that confines than N the
hive thousands win perish unless fed. yv.yv. onny
day will tempt the bees TO leave the hiv. IN ses,ch q
food, which yet Mature has not provided. DenrnS
upon our word, you will lose your nsy makers IN
Msy unless you give them the means Of life until the
flowers lend their in sufficient quantity 10
| reward their industry. The following recipe viii
answer for artificial bee feeds Take little old honey
and twice the weight Of honey Of common sugar and
as much water By weight; dissolve the sugar and
b, ney in the water, over q slow fire, skim Of tho
r, fuse end put the sirup in shallow pan covered
With thin float f Of hoes upon which tie hees cen
alight and feed without being drowned.
CArxRpnLAas- Look over your orchards at this
time before the leaves grow, for the cafepiars ses
You will find the frs, few sunny days of May will hatch
out myradr of these pests, and they may be Destroyed
with very little labor while young. If permitted to
ow they will destroy your crop Of fruit. very good
way to destroy these nests is this: take piece Of
sheep skin with wool on and tack upon the end Of
pole. DIP this in fsh oil and wipe out the meet from
the forks of the tree with its young brood Of worms
and the work is done for all that touched By the
swab, WI lie meny more will perish by exposure Re-
peat the process as often as the nests appear.
Corn Cons WORTHLESS FOR FEED. We have been
several times called TO account for stating that al IN
yentops for grinding cobs valueess to the world.
because nothing was accomplished OF any value oy
the grinding; because the cob Of the Indian corn con-
tanned secretly much nutrment as the wood OF sew
e,a species of forest trees. In fact would be de-
cdedy better to grind the stalks Of the corr or stalks
of wheat OATS barley, any Of the common grasses
In this opnisn we corroborated By the analysis Of
DR.. Charley T. jackson, showing only II per cent Of
nuriive matter, consisting Of gum. starch and deg.
trne This shows that cobs are worth more for fael
than for food of animals.
CIsrERSs-E Every barn should have cistem for
the use of cattle in Winter. cistern lie generally
cheaper and better than we'll and as the distance to
raise the water is 80 much lees than from well,
vast amount of labor thus saved in pumping mp the
water cistern 10 feet in diameter and feet deep,
will hold les barrels. That is very good size to
make barn cisterns. you want more capac ty, make
two A cisem feet in diameter will hold 81 barrels
to zach foot in depth and feet diameter, % barrels
per f,ot feet nearly 10 barrels; feet, l3i barrels;
10 feet, l93 barrels per foot
PRICE OF DURHAM Srocx IN EScLASD.-On the Cd
of April, ~ Durham Cattle, 4s cows and heifsrs, and
50 bulls and bullcelves owned by Sir Charles Knight
w. were sold at auction at average Of little over
| $500 head. The cows and heifes averaged Gals.
| Several head of the best were taken by American
buyers. Mr. Thorne, of butchers County, bought
.Amaranth," sevenyear-old red cow, for $500, and
! a yearipg heifer from Amsranth, for $50; also,
"Blouzelind" three-year.old hefer, for $500, and
| "Elgitha," a oyear-old heiftr, for $500.
|
| WHrAr.-rrom all parts Of the country favorable
accounts come to us Of the prospect Of sgood crop OF
| growing wheat. True. wheat has 90 many enemies
and difficulties 10 contend with before reaching matur-
ity thet no certain calculation can be made from
present appearances; yet the chances of crop ale
much better when the fields look green and vigorous
early in the season. In GONE of the Southern States,
the wheat harvest comes on in May and June.
CATTLE DYIEG.-It is said thA cattle and horsee
are dying by hundreds on the American Bottom and
10 that region in Ilinois-suppossd to result either
ON the effects of POISONOUS herb growing there
or ZONE vrulent disease, which has become epidem
icsl amorg them. All those attacked manifest the
same symptoms, and it is therefore probable that 1t
10 from the same cause
FERTILIZER FOR OAra-T. Mather, of Windsor,
Connecticut sowed field very late with q bushels Of
oats per acre. and bsnowed in with the seed bushels
of superphosphate of lime. The result was, Sotwth
standing the late sowirP very fine crop, the soutest
be says he grown in that vicinity yielding ~
bushels per acre.
CALIroRIA MUsrARD.-There is found growing wild
in that most wonderful of all lands California, kind
of mustard that said to be superior to any other Va
rety One man has cultivated field Of forty acres,
ard lat year he ground up a thousand bushels for
market. 1t is said that il can be sent to New-York
ard cold for profit at less price than the csrent
rate in this market.
Ssow.DRFTs IN MAYA correspondent OF I've
Rural Nee. Yorker says he saw q snow drft IN Farm
inetOp, Ontario County, N. Y, since May dsy, iour
feet deep without any prospect Of an immediate DIS
solution.
PRICE OF OXEN IN CAsADA.-We have reports Of
Gales of three " ke Of in Mssisquoi County q
the following prices; One pair e2lo equal 10 lie.
pound for the b. eff one pair $40, equal 10 l2ci one
pair s4Oo, equal to l2lc. pound for the beef Our
correspondent thinks this pretty fair for such cold
region as CeDada.
PROGRESSIVE FRIEsDs. The Waterloo Yearly
Meeting of Friends of Human Progress" win Assem-.
BILE in Waterloo s. neca County, n Y, on Sunday,
June /, at II O'Clock a. and continue its sessions
during thst and the two following days. We usdsf'
.tand that the Rev. Theodore Parker 10 e1pectedb
be present.
C.M. CLAY AND THE MEXICAN SoLDIER.--Whfe
many az M Clav's enemies seize hold of his late