The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-27

purposes, anu Tor future strong vinegar !,
and thus ends my crop Of warkct apples.
am satisfied with the result, for il
not direct cash, it saved other grain, and
| never had my little stock in better con-
diion to enter upon the winter
TO answer some inquiries that may
arise, will add that the milk was Of a
good quality, making good butter. In
feeding the cows had no trouble from
choking, as | had no small common fruit,
but fed thu apples whole, except some of
the very largest which halvrd with a
shovel after they were in the feed box.
| also boiled some apples for the three
fat pigs, adding very little meal but
was satisfied that they relishcd them raw
better.
DO not defer feeding apples ill one
half are rotten or lrozcn,or till the wealth.
cr is so cold that mess becomes one
half frozen before they are eaten up.
The same of turnips or any root crop.
DO not Judge Of the effects or value of
such feed by the result of AN accidental
one : eating or feeding in too cold wealth
err. ii. ii. DooMTTLE.
Oaks Corners, n. Y. Moore'S Rural.
From The Vermont Record and Farmer
Bee Keeping.
While very important improvements
are introduced in most departments OF
the farmers business; bee keeping has
not yet received the attention or had the
Improvement of which the its importance
renders it worthy.
The swarming hive with its 1000 Gu
bic inches of room, and surplus boxes
upon the top, under cap, is probably
used in this section Of the country much
more than any other. The evils result
ing from the rapid use general of this
hive are the rapid increase Of stocks, un-
til the fields is so crowded as not to yield
the needed supply. The keeper receives
little surplus, some Of the colonies be-
come so weak that the moth proves too
strong and prevails against them; and,
short Of stores, onc-half or two thirds, or
more of them starvc to death y neigh
Dor Of mine, with stand Of between 30
and 40 last fall, had all had all but two
starve to death last winter. Two-third,
or thrcc-fourths of all the bees in this
vicinity persisted last winter. SO long as
the small swarming hives are used we
must expect to witness the frequent oc-
currencc Of this state of things.
What is the efficient remedy?
think the remedy lies in the chang
ing of the small swarming hive for the
large, non-swarming hive. Give the
bees central apartment for breeding,
and for winter sufficiently large for those
purposes in the honey season give them
in intimate direct connection with the
breeding apartment surplus honey boxes
Of sufficient capacity in the aggregate to
store all the honey they may gather in
the season and if well shaded they will
not be likely to swarm, hut will give their
whole energies to gathering and storing
honey. Those who have never tried the
the experiment will be surprised to wit
ness their progress; while they are filling
anu NHllih5 thN NNiiH III ~ VI Nv NV
pound boxes at one time.
here give something which have
proved in my own experiments. In such
hives | have taken in surplus %, lO5,
l23 and Ia pounds from four such hives
in one season. An average of l25 pounds.
Last season five colonies gave me 629
pounds; one Of the five gave me 200
pounds of it, and it had fine supply for
winter.
| need not ask if this is not the better
way. Who would not be pleased to take
200 pounds in boxes from one hive, all
white honey? | think this may become
the rule instead Of the exception. The
colony that gives me but 10 pounds sur
plus and consumes the balance gives me
but onc-seventh Of the fruit Of my field,
for they consume 60 pounds or more for
breeding season and winter. The colony
that gives me 200 pounds in surplus give
me more than three fourths of what they
gather, and consume less than onc-fourth.
WHAT class Of instruments for their la
bores will farmers employ? j. ITAzEN.
Albany, y. Y, Dec. 1870.