Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
AGRICULTURAL.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
ARRANGEMENT OF SUMNER FLOWERS

i y ARRANGEMENT OF SUMNER FLOWERS.
Although some of our readers will
have planted out their summer bedding
plants ere this number reaches them,
yet many will not have done so, and
even to those who have, we wish to
suggest a word by which perhaps they
may improve. It has been and vet is
with the most who group, to think only
of colOrs; but they should go one step
farther, and adopt in a measure the
system by which practical bouquet
makers give such effect to the arrange
ment of few flowers, and that is, ''use
| filling IN" To this end, as we now
have large number of variegated and
colored foliaged plants, we suggest
their use as "a filling In among the
plants whose great beauty is their
blooms; by this means more satisfac-
tory and less mOnotonous tone is given
to the group; and if then we add few
more whose beauty is in their form and
grace, as well as color of foliage, we
shall have created mass closely resem-
| bling, but more artistic and scarcely
less graceful than nature in her widest
and most harmonious Horfic,tI-
ttriSt for J,eae.
PLOwING UP OLD ORCHARDS. "A uues-
| ton frequently arises rs TO the best
course to be pursued with an old neg
| lected orchard, which has become COW
cred with a dense sod of grass, and this
often of an inferior character, and full
of disagreeable weeds. Orchards that
have been widely planted, and which
have gaps from the decay of trees, es-
pecially when these have been trimmed
mp with high stems and long, naked
| branches, do not cast sufficient shade
upon the ground toprevent the growth
| of grass and weeds. These intruders
occupy the surface soil to the disadvan-
tage of the roots of the fruit tree, and
| we may wonderfully improve the health
OF such orchard by blowing the ground
and at the same time severely pruning
the branches and cleansing the bark of
these old trees. These good results
may be- continued by shallow culture of
the soil with suitable applications of
manure where needed. By giving IL
dose of line, or mari and ashes, we
shall infuss new life and growth and
productiveness that will astonish and
| delight us, and reward us for our labors
| and outlay.
1t may be urged as an objection TO
! breaking up the sod, that the most
! careful plOwman will unavoidably dam
age some of the roots that approach
| the surface, but this is an injury that
musr be submitted to; and after all, it
Is not such a serious affair, and is over
balanced by the advantages of renew
ing the productiveness Of the exhaust
ed orchard - IYdgLler's american Pom
Ol0gH
NOTES ABOUT BEES. The past season
has not been very favorable for bees in
this section. During the months of
May and june we had much cold,
stormy weather, which prevented the
bees from getting good start. / had
occasion to look IN several of my hives
about the 10Th OF June, when | was
surprised to find them almost destitute
of honey one hive did not contain
pound. The consequence was as l ex-
pected, none OF my eight hives swarm
ed, and very few of those owned by my
neighbOrs. Still l have obtained nice
lot of surplus box honey, averaging 20
lbs. per hive-One hive yielding 81 lbs,
another 81 lbs; two feeble stocks not
giving any surplus. This is "a small
Weld compared with some of the ac-
counts which we read of yet, when
the season and locality are considered,
think it is doing very well.
use the movable comb hive, rec
commended by Mr.. Quimby. and like it
very well yet, in former years, l have
been unable TO induce them to work
freely in the boxes, owing to the diff
Guilty in passing from the frames to the
boxes, giving the bees free access to
the boxes, from any part of the hive,
by simply passing up. / am satisfied
that bees will store much more honey
when they can pass easily from the hive
to the boxes than they will when they
have to pass through small entrances,
and difficult to reach at that.
There is some danger that the queen
will pass up aud fill the boxes with
brood If the honey board and bottom
of boxes are removed, as L have des-
cribed, although If the hive is large
enough TO accommodates the queens
without. do not think it will often be
done.
have found brood in the boxes only
in two instances, and those in the hight
of the honey harvest. / think thin
strips, an inch wide, fastened together.
one-third of an inch apart, and laid ut
the top of the frames at right angles
with them, or perhaps wire cloth, with
coarse meshes, would prevent the queen
from ever going into the boxes.
took away all the drone comb from
the breeding apartment OF my hives
early last spring, aud replaced it with
worker CONT so they have not been
taxed to support host of useless con-
sumers. All the comb so removed,
which was white and clean, | put in the
boxes for guide combs, and am satisfied
that is the best use to put them to. My
bees are the common black kind. If L
had the italian, perhaps | might show
n better record. Ct. +. p, an Country
Gentleman.
GAPFs IN CHICKENS. The best in
strument for removing cape worms is
made of very fine iron wire-as fine as
hOrse-hair and finer. 1t is made four
inches long, with q loop on the end
that enters the windpipe. On the other
end it is enlarged, TO enable the oper-
ator TO hold aud twist it easily. 1t is
so enlarged by winding another small
wire around the main one, or twisting
them together. The loop must be
somewhat angular. Care must be Ia
ken not to have the loop too large, nor
vet too small. for in the one case it will
REQUIRE violence to introduce (which
ought not to be thought of for a mo-
ment-and In the other it will not thor
oughly sweep the inner surface of the
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