, 1861-09-27

for the fret upper part, about four fees
beald3 the ascent Of the roof, Was ms1e Of !
wood. 1twaA separated from the lower part |
ebss h bs1E SegEe os tn ,eesh TS II q .afs ss
aud air could freely pass, but sufficient to
catch any ham that might accidentally fall,
and thus cave it from The fire. The upper |
part, % well as the lower, Was entered BY I |
door from the outside; tbs upper door may
be kept locked, except when admitting or
Withdrawing ha1ns but the lower may be- lsft
unlocked, fer the hired man to build fires,
without any danger Of the contents above bs-
ing stolen, IS the thief cannot pass through
the openings between the joists.
Introducing Italian Queeaa,--A correspond
enr OF the Bee Journal says: Most methods
Italian qneens, are attended either with con
sidered delay, or great danger OF losing the
queen. In tWo instances, this season, hare
had queen stupg in introducing her. One
Vas killed instantly; the other, although PAT
italy paral5 zed, recovered entirely on retura-
now to be as fertile as ever. / took away
queen hom colony Of halfb breeds this sum
mer, and on Offering them IN Italian queen,
they refused to receive her. I then placed her
IN e cage, and suspended her in the
hive for four days and nights, off5r.
refused to receive her, bnt went on making new
queen cells fast as destroy ed them Olthe
third evening took from the colony al the
brood and eggs could find. The next morn
ing, as they still refused TO receive her, ex-
an am,nsd IL tie hiys again aud found fsW egg
removed these, and that evening they received
htr very quietly. One Of the best ways hsYe
1ound OF introducing the queen is to make an
artificial ETarm in the usual way, by removing
the parent stock. The bees will usually re-
eetve her in two or three hours without any
difficulty,
Shelter for SAep.-We have heard farmers
contend that the Only shelter needed by sheep
vas stone fence, htll, or piece Of woods, to
ksep oH the wind, and one (of this class We
take ~ learned better from the following in
elaent which be relates in Fsad Noas: "Last
OF, as above stated. Helping themselves to
taj from stacks, OF to "old fog" on the mead.
or, with little grain daily.l had in an ad
joining held en- old house. I made the way
open to TIE meadow did not force the sheep
judges about going in. Col 1t would hs7e
doIe Jou good to zee them marching out In
the morning to their feed, in single file, and
back in the evening to shelter, from the chill
ing blasts Of q cold winter night and If the
lire Of march twice day back and forth I
think they did not lay ont in open air to ex-
coed hall dozen nights during the whole
winter, and those nights were moderately
Waru~ l was so well pleased with this ar
rargemeut in the spring that immediately
1hirty.two feet By fourteen, posts four feet
high, weathe1boarded and rooted, to be used
at pleasure, by the sheep as above stated. TIE
other built in one corner Of field, by act
tl1g up three rows Of posts in the grou1d,
the highest in the middle AMI rooted both
MY ewes and young lamb7 Of nights and
stormy days."
Iloeing Corn asu R;pens. Recently in riding
| past an excellent field Of eorn, just alter the
| owner had finished his having and harvesting,
| we obaer7ed his men busily engaged in clesr-
iDg out the hs1tg1own weeds (the few that
| could be found) among the rows. As oae
| need will produce a thousand, this WIS
| doubtless IN economical operation. If the
eeeds. Of weeds we're completely eradicsted
trem the soil, the labor Of hceinag corn aud
almost nothing. Let the labor b6 al applied
in ncrse. cultivation, and it Weu1d produce ex-
| ceilent results We recently examined fiae
| corn field that had been thus cultivated Six
times. Throwing the necessity Of destroying
| the weeds ont OF The question, one cultiyatlng
is worth half dozen hoeiDgs to the crop, and
coste fur less.
,Hou to Manage Bones.-A correspondent O!
the Journal Of agriculture gives the following
az his experience, every o-her yesr for the
past ten years; that being as often as he could
elcdge hammer break the bones into pieces O
ere, two or three inches; take hogshea6
tub, put in two OF three inches Of hard 8oo1
asLee, the same depth Of bones; then ashes
az d bones until full pound or press so1id g
convenient; fill with water or urine, all that i
will absorb. II done In the spring or summer
By the next spring it will be fully decomposed
the bones being Soft as chalk. Then add al
5eur hen manure, shovel and rake it over onc
week, for three or four weeks before plant
ing tine; by that time it Will be finely pow
Cered. Put about equal to a handful o
cemrost into bill, 1or corn, potatoes
sq2aehes, &c, when it will be found to fcs
ward the crops to wonderful degree.