The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-04-20
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| nave TWO OF three ulVeS thai WOuiu CIV
them an average of 100 pounds with n
trouble of hiving swarms, and it'll
trouble with their bees but to put tn
surplus boxes in place in the hive in tn
spring, and exchange them as filled 70
empty boxes; then remove them in tn
fall and fit their hives for winter. the,
would be glad to keep one or two hives o.
more
Do not imagine that twenty large
hives can be kept and each give hun
dred ponds of surplus, in field where
but twenty sUarmers in small hives have
been kept, and some of them have
starved to death in the winter. IF the
field has given to the swarmers an aver
age Ct ten pounds of surplus and
their support, twenty non-swarmlng
hives could only get whatthe field yields.
Begin say with two hives the first years
or more, according to the number OF
bees in the neighborhood around you.
Build or buy as many large hives with
boxes of an aggregate capacity of 140
pounds or more; take them to a neigh
Dor who keeps bees; agree with him to
transfer one of his best colonies to each
new hive in the following manner:
When the first swarm issues, have it
in the new hive; then set the new hive
in the place of the old one. Take out
all the comb from the old hive, driving
out all the bees; they will all go into the
new hive. Put all the worker broom in
box. and place it in communication
with the new hive, so that they can
easily pass from one to the other; they
will hatch out all the brood, and make
very large colony. The queen will go
into breeding with all the activity evinc-
ed in new swarm. All the brood that
was left to supply the old hive, will
gather, if in good field, 100 pounds of
surplus. Fill each of your new hives in
this manner with bees, and they will fill
your boxes with honey, if the season is a
favorable one.
If you prefer it, you can have comb
and all transferred from the old hive to
your new hive But it will be safe,
and think safest, to wait for swarming,
and then tranfer them as above direct
ed.
IF the boxes are all on at the time of
giving the new swarm, the queen may
injure one or two of the top boxes of
honey by depositing brood in them If
the colony is quite large, there will be
very little donger of it. If the colony is
below medium, it will be best to move
the top boxes, covering the breeding
apartment with a board. After the first
season, the queen having established her
NURSERY in the centre of the hive, there
will be little danger of brood in the box.
In this way a man can secure a hive and
colony of bees for say, including boxes,
about $19 OF $50. that will give him
from $50 to $40 worth Of surplus honey
annually, at % cent per pound. l am
aware that this is new way, but think
it is good one, and very easy ONE
jasper Hazen an Country G. nHcmaa.
COMPOST MANURE.
A writer in the Turf. Field and Farm
has been experimenting for some years
in the manufacture of compost manures,
with success far beyond my cxpecta-
tions. The followingis the n,oaus oper-
dndi:
A pit is dug Immediately in the rear
of the barn and stable, measuring five
feet in DEPTH, twenty-four feet in length
and fifteen in width. This pit has a
flooring and sides Of brick, which is
cemented with concrete Of cement, to
prevent loss by drainage. Into it is first
thrown thin layer Of unslackec lime,
three or four inches deep. This forms
an excellent foundation for your future
compost. All the bones which, for the
past year have been collected about the
farm and thrown into heap are dumped
in this pit and distributed over the sur
face of the line.
Next, all the ashes which have also
collected for year, and thrown under 6
woodshed, prepared for the purpose, ara
also dumped into tn, pit, over the layer
of bones. Over this is thrown all tht
horse and COW drorpings, the litter from
stable and cow sheds, and all the refuse
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from the stable and COW shed being reg
ularly carried to the cutters thorugh thu
pit Occasionally the layers of lime, ashes
loose loan etc., are thrown over the ami
NAL manure, and the same process is con
tinued from time to time, until the pit i
full.
A roof, constructed with movable
wings covers the pit to admit the actor
of the sun, etc., and to guard agains
heavy rains.
BY the following spring the bones vii
have become decomposed, and a valuable
compost ready for use. With the aid O
compost, which l find one of the riches
of fertilizers, beat all my neighbors Of
early vegetables and fruits, and verify be
lieve that with frequent blowing it woul
disintegate the tenacious substance o
clayy lands.
To BREAK A HORSE OF PULLING TIL
HALTER.-''A Reader of the rural n
Yorker sends US the accompanying sketc
: and says: ''Put on strong halter pu
the halter rope or strap over the top {
the manager, and back through hole i
or under the frame of the manger an
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