Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-15

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CT year, 1t has been estimated from close
observation, that this was produced from
about thirty square miles. Taking this rs
basis, we can see what the State produces.
Our State contains forty-seven thousand
square miles. Can you tell why every thirty
miles throughout this forty thousand,
will not produce the twenty-five thousand
pounds of honey? If thirty square miles
give us twenty five thousand, what will for
ty-seven thousand give? Thirty nine million
one hundred and sixty-six thousand six hun
dred and siXty-siX pounds! We will say
nothing about the amount produced by the
other States at present. Should you think
that this is more than the whole State will
average. say you deduct nine million one
hundred and sXty-siX thousand six hundred
and sixty-six pounds for rivers, lakes, etc.
And again. it will be said we have unf,-
vorablc seasons-our experience proves it
say one year in three. This will reduce the
average one-thrd more, leaving twenty mil
lions us the product of one year Like the
mamma in israel it is freely given, and ifitis
not taken in its season, it is gone forever. 1t
has come and gone for centuries. What
quantities wasted in the past, because we
have not had the sense to perceive our own
interest? Go back fifty years, and reckon ut
the same rate for this State alone. We have
Il billion pounds wasted, actually refused,
when brought to our very doors This is
not the first instance of suffering for our ig-
norance. Our farmers suffer by paying to
other States their hard-earned dollars for
sweets that we might have-not for the ask
ing, for it is already bestowed-but for the
taking. Our agricultural societies have fail
ed in their duties, in not attending to this inn
mense waste. Instead of educating farmers
to perceive and have it, they have made the
premium for ''best bee hive" the most prom
inent. and have encouraged patents on worth
less productions, thereby retarding bee cul-
ture more than by any action they have ever
advanced it. Is the question asked, what
shall he done with this vast amount? |
might answer by asking another. What is
done with the millions pounds of cheese an
nually produced? When our market is sup
piled, n few shiploads might be consumed
abroad. When the price is reduced, the de-
mand will increase in proportion COMPETE
ton of course will reduce the price, and like
amount to make up. Already experiments
have been made showing that this amount,
vast us it Is, is to be doubled.
1t is proved by careful observation that the
bees in celebrating wax and constructing
combs to hold the honey MS il is collected, re-
duce the amount one-half. Hives of bees, in
like condition, standing side by side, one max
ing combs to hold their honey rs gathered;
the other having empty combs to hold it pro-
vided, showed difference of two hundred
and six pounds. One stored one hundred
and ifty-five pounds, the other three hundred
and sixty-one pounds. We have machine
to empty the honey without breaking the
combs, which may be returned to the bees
, for reflling Here is u difference Of over
two hundred pounds in one hive in one sea-
son with it. will not attempt to show the
difference in the aggregate in this instance;
but enough to make lis look about to find II
| substitute for the combs constructed by the
bees The machine for throwing out the
honey is pretty well introduced, and now
:, when we need 1T most and can appreciate it
more than ut any other period since bee
f keeping has been attempted us u business,
= we have just made the discovery that artifi-
cial combs can be practically made, and
made of material indestructible to the moth
worm They are accepted by the bees and