The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-10-03
MiIkI,am rs. MOmenl,Of.

To the class Of popular prejudices against hon
~ bees belongs the singular notion prevalen
among daiTymen, that white clover, on who's
blossoms those busy insects have been foragilg
Is lee. valuable ~ food Tor milch cows than /
| would otherwise have been or that n hero
VIII yield less milk, cream aud butter Ia u white
clover region stocked with bers, ihan in ole ia
which no bees are kept. This conccit, We appre
hend Is ON par with that Of the fruit.growrrs
who Imagine that bees injurc blossoms and de.
,criOratc crops.
The nectar of flowers Ia generally REGARDED a,
u seerdioa intended by nature TO attract bets r,d
other insects. 90 accure the fertilization " plants
Yet. 10 reality, II Is an srerciion. designed To rid
the plant fsupcrtluous matter by natural process
II 10 cIiruded aud thrown or because not ncti.
or ~ longer needed, for the growth and develop.
mint Of the plant as y herbncrous or vegetable
production though In this e1irndtd condition.
u s'il snbscrves the important purpose Of repro.
dH iiOn, hy s,curing fertilization, through the
fundamentally a. honey loving aud honey.
gathering insects Ba; here 's Office ur function
ends. M whatever has not bern gathered h., the
Insect irl''es ia almosi immediaiel, dissipairi or
ssi',~d Ia suinr blossoms II is ~ cxcrtdinslt
Vuiaiil that II ryavUfa'es rsi Is in the day, aud
hr'- ~" never -'rn exploring ;hria after noon
Vital u not gath"ni 10 day is iOst Il cannot
i~ gathered iu-'I1iF"~. Still, Il Is not 70 a5.
'oT,rd. u dles not re- Ilrf the pliai and again
form part oi ils substance. l., on drying. mirnie
poriion % II ma, he surpo,,d 10 rrmain on thr
"ec"ry. the ininl,ys'linaliy tn film ~ sacchariue
niii's thus de-" >iied. 10 speedily dissolved nui
washel away T., 'ie~s aui rain or lsi,. to a.
ground With the unirriii iEr,i blJsa0nis Prrr!u.s
little "f II would f"d its WAY iniu the dairyman
mix pail. cram tot. or bIit-r rhutn. though
not hse had eve, ,Iisi-d, or the whole rare
~rr, hnh,hrd from the land by ~ ,s,etntr,i town
inreuh.s
II I. universally eonce.ied that the white clover
i u mncii more valuable forage plant Tor mich
ruws than the red, Yet the latter Ios,s hS ia.
srct abstraction comp 'raiiveiy little of the stc-
,hafiue element 80 Abundauily srr,trI or tx.
crriei ia the neciaries Of i's blossoms Hence,
Un the dsirynen's theoty, IL should ~ far ~ the
sweets ~ - honey bearing h,rhAgr hre concerned.
hr Ai l~a-i hiIy fold more valuable than the for.
mer While white clover patch ia bloom il
s~Hribing and musical with hone, hrt-s sea- cyl,
ic" 'i"zvu '',iFonIng hutBiers'' eau he found on
'u itr' ~ t..r fV,i. though ia 'Il flower aud re-
i"'ni With sNrri SAVIOR. u then. the retention
q" '''' sn'thafiu" rirn,nt so Essentially rou,.i-
i.ns tie value ~ the forage, ~ one ~ its milk.
Producing constituents. that the market rice of
cream and butter is affected by what the Lc,s
eafr! oil, how CulnrA il that tue milk product o.
III" non.t"priVed red clover IL sO greatly in'efior
10th ia quality and quantity. to that Of the 10.
ccssarilt drsVvird Whiir Here is = fair test
"lru 80 tSe'y One anIi1Us TO search out the
secret things Of naiuIr' The facts too. are
- imlPible aud plain that even weaha,uit- q;
ihe ,~"-th:rds order might be expected Ia draw
spnc pre- ~ conclusive inertnces irou them.
un'i"usiy the milk producing qun!i,ir, Uf b,
: l'ni DO no, depend Oh the retention or ab.,rnc
ton "f the sarchsrns matter sccfr;sd o. excr-',d
~ III" neciAfy u the blossom. That Il the t, -
: Icrss the poison which the plant nu longer
mtd-. Whether the sun dries II W, or the rains
@ash IL n, or the hees carry il away. the rr.u,l
= al" ~" same in tho mlkpsn-- though. ia de- |
'a.I' 90 H., l','rr the difference would he cuu,i
t"r"' le ~ the hive aud tl'c hOneyPoi. .-.imr,cin
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