Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-28
MANAGEMENT OF pEEs.

have ever tried, IN the common man
agement of bees in my aplary, IS, whe
/ wish to handle a hive or stock, to blo'
little tobacco smoke upon them. Al
ter moment or two / can remove tn
honey board and take il out of Tia
\ frames, without any fears of beinI
lstung. 1t is not necessary that mai
should learn the detestable habit O
smoking to do this. A pipe should b
so constructed that you can blow
through it and direct the smoketo an.
part of the hive. Let any one who Ina
heretofore had trouble N the handling
of bees try little smoke, and he vii
be surprised at their easy management
He will find that honey-boxes can b,
removed, the bees and combs examined
with an entire freedom from stings
with perhaps now and then an excep
tional case. If you want hive of beer
in your hat, all you have got to do is to
cage the queen of the gOTged swarm i:
small wire box, and fasten it in the
top Of your hat. Shake few bees into
the hat from one of the combs, and
their love for their queen will make
them cluster around the cage in the
hat.
BEET ROOT SUGAR.
A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman states the following facts
respecting the manufacture of beet root
sugar in Illinois. In 1862 land was
purchased, a factory built, and other
preparations made to manufacture the
sugar, by the firm of Gennert Brothers.
In the spring of 1868 one hundred acres
were planted. In the meantime prices
of skilled labor advanced 800 per cent.
The machinery was yet to be imported
from Germany, with gold over two dol
lars. The funds of the firm were not
sufficient, and, as consequence, with
meagre appliances, only 5000 pounds
of sugar were manufactured. The yield
from the 100 acres of beets was ascer-
tanned to average ten tons per acre, and
the percentage of sugar was ia per
cent. The percentage actually obtain
ed with the imperfect manufacture was
per cent.
Last September a company was form
ed with ample capital, and the under
taking again resumed. The Superin-
tendent has pur hased the requisite
machinery aGd 1900 lbs. of seed. Six
hundred acres of beets will be grown
the coming season. We have conf
dence that sugar making from the beet
will prove highly successful, and if so
the rich prairie, of the west can supply
the world.
COTTAGE CHEESE.
Considerable has been printed about
how to make butter; but thus far i have
not noticed anything recommended to
be done with sour milk. / am aware
that there are many farmers who would
say at once, give it to the hogs; but as
feed can be purchased for them at about
one-ffth of what sour milk or curd will
bring in market, think it best to sell
it and buy food
There are different ways of making
cottage cheese or curd. Ia the Winter
season, there is more labor attending 1t
than in the Summer, as it is difficult to
get the milk to become thick without
standing it about the stove. When
thick 1t should be put in cans-cream
cans are what we use. When there are
several to cook, we make a fire in the
agricultural boiler (which every farmer
ought TO have then set can of it in
the hot water and stir for a few minutes,
and it will soon separate. 1t is then
cooked sufficiently, and another may
be put in.
In summer time we use tin can that
will hold about twenty gallons, with a
spiggot near the bottom; this is stood
in the sun and the sour milk is put into
it as it is skinned. The heat OF the
Sun will separate it, and the whey can
be drawn off by the spiggot La this
way it can be done with but little trou-
BILE.
have seen many ways of draining
it, but the one we have adopted L think
the least labor of any mode / have seen.
1t is this: we have box in the shape OF
al hopper, about three feet square on
the top, and about half that size in the
bottom, with Stats nailed on the bot
tom; this is set over wash-tub, to save
the whey; large coarse cloth is placed
over the top of the hopper, in which
the curd is poured, and it will soon
drain.
In the summer it il better to leave
draining until the day before going 10
market, as it will not keep so well after
the whey is taken from il. 1t can be
taken to market either in cloths or III
cans, and sell it in bulk; the latter is
much the least labor.
NV cows have made one dollar each
per week in curd-an item, think,
well worth attending to.-Cor. German
tom Telegraph.
CURE FOR ''HEAvEY HORSES
A correspondent writing to the Mas
sachnsetts Ploughman, i'll answer to an
article under the above heading, give:
the following directions how to cure the
worst cases of heayes:
Having had large experience with
animals afflicted with the disease in
question, always with success, with lit
tie or no medicine, and with a small
amount of labor. 1 submit the following
First, procure Gf you have not one
already IA head halter, aud tie the horse
SO that he cannot eat the bedding; give
for few days but little food, and thai
wet, not more than half the usua
quantity, which will relieve the breath
ing; after which, nutriti us food is fec
literally with grain, and less hay, anC
SO long as you do so, your horse will no
have the heaves.
Ifthe owner wishes to hurry recovery
La dose of physic, IAN ounce of powdered
aloes, will unload the bowels quicker
L have owned several heavey horses
and after treating them as stated above
/ have doubted whether they ever haC
the disease, but after (by accident) !
large amount of hay had been devoureC
the distressed breathing and double
action of the TANKS reasserted the facts
| vruo.,e