, 1869-08-06
FARM AND GARDEN.

En- TlT Hose Potato mud PRtnt0c3 In
Gencrns-.fhc Grape Crop-k3&ack.
berries - The Weather md I'll
Crops.
trkoA OCH AGRICULTURAL cokKEsrOSnEsr.1
C1lA4rAIGS. ILL.,, August 3, 1860.
ITALIAN HREs Ta- BLACK EEks.
Mr.. Chas. Dodant, an importer Of Italian bees,
takes soEe exceptions 10 my remarks IL regard to
tie italian bees, Had nc coutented himself with
q mere difference Of cp!Ciou, should not stop TO
notice It, but he 5ailB into serious error La regard
10 the facts: "Wheren the Italiao bee Ii De-
clarcd s lu,n11tq.' No such position has been as-
dpmed on that point. II has not been stated that
the Italian bees !n1ettor to tho black bood; bnt
on The other hand tlai the dealers and importers
OF these bees have d trlte oyelstatcd their real
mertte- When the novelty OF the thing weara Oh
and we come down TO the resl working facts. It
will no doubt appear that large suuas ui money
have been pall out for the new style OF
color without any corresponding cash value
In p,nin English, AE. Dodant, practically,
the black bee worth Just IS much IS the italian.
and perhaps no more The only thing Of real
bencht growing out Of the whole tnatter ID q be1-
ter understanding Of The hab'ta ol this valuable To-
sect The boo men must have an oEgan and the
Ete Journal caEe into existence and the Inf orna-
1iph that this has disseminated has been
OF more value than MI the Italian bees thnt hare
been imported
That both black and Italian bees haze slipped
honey from an occasional head OF tho rel clover
may be true--at least they Often attempt it-out
practically II Is or no value. do not think 3Ir.
DodautB bees ever gave him pouul OF red
clover honey. II he Will let mo know When they
are IN full working order on that plant, wilt take
great pleasure In making him q ylst and atlglse
ills readers Of THE TR,BrkE Of the result We
can theh also measure the respective bills, to see
the difference OF length for must acknowledge
that, without some nice instrument that Will mag
Nifty at least 4 thousand times, my poor vision
canEot zee this Fast difference.
know many bee5eepcra who honestly c.a!Ca
that the 1tallan Is the best worker. But these
men forget that they have given them much more
s,ttatlon, and that this little fact accounts for
the tnk in the cocoa nut. suspect the gst Of The
matter Is contained to soue extent In this par
aeraph Of a1r. Doiant:
~ viii further say that In certain yeass and
certain soils, Italians gather with no better sncs
tess than the colnuo1 bee, whilst 10 other tis-
trets md different soils, fhese last EAher with as
much ca~e as the 1tatans; 1t I'LL depends on the
length Of The etrt|1 Of the flowers"
Just so, Please excuse me, Nj. DodaAt, for
think this one Of the districts Just Us well sultei
TO une as the othe. Of these variety Of bees aud
this Is tho SIMPLE reason why would not give the
Nag OF my anger for dozen OF your bstt Imported
| quceua. I would suggest Tint ln Justice 10 your
cus'omers you ouKct TO Est ascertain II the soil,
climate and the length OF tho coEolla Of the
| lowers, arc su!tabse for the 1taf11la Acc
Iot Ieud them inlscrimlnately through the snita.
| BE ntld unsuitable rS1onA In those regions
where they do better Ita1 The hacS bee II Is =
luss ii ttlr and monty 10 snyest IN them, II this
theory and auMlAsloh OF Mr.. DodAnt IL correct.
have hhA Italians and their crosses ior several
yc4rs, and have tceI upalIe 10 see any advantage
TINT the} possess over The common black bee, and
luok upon the twenty 1--we OF Thirty dollars Invest
| cu IN them IL lost.
| !amaEare, also, Of smnQ bee war III resA:t to
impure 11al!ans-as regards the number Of stripes
! on ,tri. jacke1s-thnt has been waRed among The
dealers in Tits variety OF beeA all OF which Tas
Eystcry 10 tLc, unll now Nr. Dolant has male II
] cutie clcat, and thAnE him for the Information
| therefore dlsclntm any intention OF calling tn
| ltpllan bee kumtta, ard deny the charge: but
! have called In question the correctness OF many
statements LII regard 10 them which Is fanlt Of
t!1e lees hut OF those who attempt 10 lake money
| t3 reason OF thrse false statemcns- Tine El33
| prove, ea Mr. Dodant aI1ftDs, that IN some dis
1ricts they may II, found y4luao ole but the anne,
| OF Il1iiirx them on the market BY many pef"out
has :lot tended to theIs popularity. To drua It IL
the uIlIiest iorm some Of those enthusiastic deaf
1 err have been slightly mistaken.
| Ht!e !s an ,allv.dasl who ceraes to the rescue
| Of tie
EARLs HosE ro1ATo.
h.vc len living 4 n,s II. 1 ~ end
h.v itru eeI4taI st4dcr II sour PAPER nt.tly 4 q
Il. i9a naSF essa Wse bS ': at
hrrl !, T. ssI II s Il q nS .na Il
hrcttcn, L for oSe win thtnE hin. lu:nbas He ~
Is lss: g e y VI 4; xF. f:fE ~;
h:a
Il y Isn ts h Ut tSa sns h5} n;
Ny Wits cooked them md wc fund them te + rsE,
nsas Eli. s ~ M
1s1 81 ioe: tSs :,a IE ttaa ; i T.; I'll sn =, y M
| Measure Mr. Wilton that he Is most decides1l.
ulstaAen when he charges ne with c4lllng tht
Ea1ly Hose potato hnnbug. No such thing ha
! been stated but the manner and mode OF puItin{
these things tho market, and the petty hutlbuS
| and sn Indies In rceard to them, have been mod
es,lt alluded to. ME. W. thinks that hts singlc ex
pererce settles the point OF relative r2lue bu
perhaps when he lives few years more he NE,
Lc wiser II not hetter. 1las he forgotten the BIZ
! ztoncs In srcaEd TO thf Goodrich varieties. ant
| the AMOUNT Of money taken out Of the public b,
| The ttortes--not the potatoes. And does he no
lnoT that ret one of those raunted an1ts Wer'
better, II rs good az SOME well. .AnoFn varieties
I thAt day. That several enthusiastic friends o
there varieties subscrtbcd fund 10 repay Ar
| Guo!rich tor tie great beArrts conferred Oh n1au
I kII. It Is this gigantic huubug Of Few varieties
| that nns been aimed al, and tho manner In ~n.cl
the people have itecn fcecth, to which exception
have been taken. The Early Rose, ut two dolar
bushel, Wilt Lt put aside for the new JonuuJ
! Whorptr, tin: ripeus four hours ahexd OF tht
| Early Iose, and r 1ltufn out twenty tEo tnsfeu
| OF s1cntJ to the hui. When a boy. ne saT q recl
o[ petetoeS dig trutu single hl aud that neatt,
! every LII u the patch was as Ecod and that tAi
| rafrh averaged 1cnrlt 6Jo tnsael5 10 the acre
Now, II VIC Obtain 40, :: Is esteeHeo COOL Yield
VIII The Ea1ly Roee bring us hack to the good Ok
! ua3es
Early Yc1S Oh uew laad, teadrd tArtz
well, not allowing aoy wee1a IN ths
patch, but on account pf dry Weather, they pro
| diced less than 1fty bushels 10 the acEc. Al ths
tuulc t.ne planted :r4!f au acre on taah taal ha.
letn cultivated for ten ycars without manure, bat
ul:r- the potatoes canr up, |; was pretty heAytl.
| iel-trtssed With ha1u-sAr manure, and the te
silt ~As efehty busheis-1nore tf1u four-foH thA
ct ,ne planting oa thc uem land The faull Wa!
t.ut a the pusato or thu land, but IN the mode O
| tu'turt. In the ere Gaze the sol was tep: csu
aE'i L pist-,he condition required By tile potato
| IN the other, It rAs dry. Both had the s3ulc crI
futt, sud 1t the Kamc Cost, With the exception Q
tht manure. For len rcars hare p!latcd tn
| Early tcsk for regular crop, nnA, durag tia
tlne, lore than rlty new and OIL sorts have beei
-eiti and have also seen mn1y Others In this ant
Aj(ulntnx States bat have not seen vag1ety for u
grounds ihstl'leas4tl the 80 we'll. The EARLY Rost
| wa4 grouu Ut ,etz potat before It WIS disseGI
haleu at large, and this t"Ason Is the 1Tst timc
has attracted suJ attention. Year nfier year neR
:ortS have attracted the R1tentio1 OF p1anters bu
ss etc3dT, reliable yteldtr the EaY1y York poE
stand st she TOP Of the list In this county. on
kcason may re favorable to variety while tn
next Is It's opposite. The EARLY Hose 1n.y prove
Ytr} valuable acquisition but Nhen nrst sent pG
Ito org1na:ors did not know that fact for taey haI
Nrprtl II. In point Of est:laeSA II has no NJ.
vAnsase over many Of the old sorts, aud II is ye
to he p1oreA whether II Il the bet, al thngs con
siIL1Ll. We have seen 20 many at thess ucV
ta!IEa fall, afItf the nrst norelty wore Gr thnt
ac rot 70 enthusiast]c ove1 them putl latir r1ef
rs arc made arparcnt-
We hare = sat Of men who make It taer husl
10 deal IN new thlnyA. the last b<tEE the bcst
Some Of these have real 1per1ts and some hsve nut
Ny A1 Is ros 10 prcrent LIT dIssc cul0at Gn Of ral1
able ncF lhlnch but to project the public from thl
c!a4s Ct ahaspeIs who tattcu on sne.crcdutg Of th
tcuElt. and who st!Culale thcE mottid anpcui
for ceH thugs.
TIC ON neys Of other new vursctlcs claim tha
they better than the Earty Rose Id MI respects
Tbcte atseftlous DaI prove trpe but Is It wlsc Il
pay txo or thrrc dollars a pound for nntr,et
scr+s: Wou.d /; nos bc be...f 10 hire one or t..
lcts rlbtskozs nf Clkssic Literature N our 1ndus
Till University and put pFscca! Etn !u thes pisce
who would take these new things ald test thei
sulGe: The Regent might spend bis Summer o1
the experimental farEa In the s1pc1insendeucc 0
thtse experiments, provided VIC had person l.
ihat once who hal any practical faov:edsc O
farming. Some day In the future, when publ
Option thal compel The surrender .! this iustltr
tics into the Eanda q those for whose bsucnt !!
"ns inatIiuted. VIC shall then hope to be pto;ectct
from this whole el27s Of plant shAtka. A ma
pcRa up an old npp.e CT strawberry and rename
1t; scuas 1t out With 1oursa aud neecc
the Flal1:- The aVa.c or strawberry l
nncr thr wp~r 10. the ncE name; bu