The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-20
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AERItlL1VRAL ITEMS.

MANAGEMESr OF BEEs.--tihe NEST conven-
lent method that have ever tried in the cons
m on management Of bees in my apiary is.
when | wish 10 handle hive or stock 10 blow
a little tobacco smoke upon them. After a
moment or two | can remove the honey.
board and take it ont OF the frames. without
any fears of being stupg. /. i not necessary
that man should learn the detestabie habi,
Of ssnoking to do this A pipe should be SO
constructed that you can blow through it aud
direct The smoke to any part Of the hire.
Let any one who has heretofore had trouble
in the handling Of bees try alttle smoke, and
he will be surprised at their easy manage
inent He will find that honey boxes can be
removed. aud the bees and comb examined,
with an entire freedom from stings. with per
haps HOW and then an exceptional case If
yon want Q hire Of bees in your hal all you
pave got TO do is 70, cage the queen of the
korged swarm in small wirebox and fasten
It in the top OF your hat Shake afew bees
into the hat from one of the combs. asd their
love for their queen will make them cluster
| around the cage in the hat, ----------
l. SuNFLowEas FoR FrEf2--Hoeen Rnrnes, of
kenosha country, Wisconsir. writes that see
ing an article in the fCo&stry Gtntlsaaa on
corn for fuel. he wishes to suggest an econ
| omical substitutes.
s'There is, perhaps, no annual plant which
viii furnish 50 much woody fibre asstAe san
| flower, yet have never heard Of the stalk
and seed Of the well known plant being used
for fuel. trequires but htile cultivation, .
| great quantity will grow on an acre, And the
seed is valuable, if gathered when, ripe, for
| feed, sstd much more valuable th3n com for
fuel, ss if contains great deal Of oil Alter
the heads HAVE been gathered in sutuMa, stet
| the stalks remain uatl the frost. kills them,
and then gather, cut sad dry, and Is cSnnec-
ton with the seed yon have . stock Of fuel.
| Sunhowers will do well planted as thickly as
corn Try it and see il it il not better and
cheaper than corn at twenty cents per bushel,
| Of wood at Sl2 per cord. It must be remem-
bered, however. that there are few. crops so
Iexhaustiag to the soil as this, on account OF
the great amount of potash it takes up,''
| LINE UsEp IN CrRISu HAY-H has been
! affirmed by eniReHt aericultsriste that hay
could be safely deposited in semi.green
state, andceme our green, fragrant and ex-
ceedinglY palatable to stock, By sitting upon
each load from four 70 six quarts Of air-slaked
lime. The philosophy of i lies in the chem.
ical fact that lime Is a powerful absorbent.
The Rev. 4. Willis, Of this city, tested this
/ process last season. 1t will be remembered
1 that the weather was most uupfupitiuus for
] making hay. Finding itweuA be impossi-
BILE to sans his hAy b. oatdeor expsa1rS, he
carted il into his barn in a heavy, green con-
ation. lie sifted the lime upon it, and il
/ cured handsomely, and came eHt This spring
| as in yiiiAg as flowers pressed il heibasiom.
His horses and stock devoured il .areedily,
and preferred Il to the best sun cured hay.
/ This i assalpsble chip If ka0sAdPefos
fssmers. Necessity often compeis haymakers
to choose between the alternates Of leaving
out in = drenchi4e siAAfN les{G0 hsaf
cured hay, thereby spoiIing It, or hurrying. il
into the bsrn, with Alright smart chance" 81
its heating and moulding. Lime, will absorb
oil the vegetable moisture. and savs the hay,
while ssss sea.Ae4 Rqje.sras snSa iasa.as
speci this hay can do so by calling ou Mr.
Willis and learn more fully his experiment
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