Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-22
Farm and Garden

Ho10 to Feed Bees.-Ella Dunlap, in the
Chicago Tribune says: Experience in
this, as in other things, is an advantage
to the bee keeper, enabling him to
economic labor. At the same time the
life of the bee family must not be sacri-
feed by a mistaken disposal of your
time. To feed a large quantity, allow
ing much time to elapse between the
feelings, is not good economy, as when
this Is done the bees store away the food
that we give them, and it does not keep
SO well as honey, and must be fresh,
therefore should be given them daily.
This should be done for the same reason
that good farmers deal out the hay to
mails the privilege of going to the stack
and helping themselves. The manner
of serving the food to the bees is a sub
ject of some Importance. The honey
board is usually used for the dining
table, and the provisions are sometimes
placed in the cells of pieces of honey
comb, and the bees are given access to
this by leaving a small opening in the
honey-board, which will allow them to
enter in single file. Small dishes, like
cup-plates, are sometimes used for hold
ing the liquid. In this case, tiny sticks,
or straw, should be dropped in to be
uSeQ as HOauS Dy Une DeeS.
Preserving Meats.-A correspondent of
the New York Independent says: The
best recipe we have ever tried for pre-
serving beef and hams is eight pounds
of salt, four pounds of sugar and two
ounces of saltpetre for every hundred
pounds of meat. This will keep meat
from December far into the next sum-
mer. If it is desired to only keep it
through the winter, six pounds of salt,
or even less, are sufficient. The old
mode was to make a brine, and pickle
the meat in it; but this extracts the
juices of the meat too much. A better
mode is to pulverize the salt, sugar and
saltpetre, thoroughly miZ them, and rub
the meat with the mixture, and then
pack it down closely in the barrel. AS
lean beef is seventy-five per cent. water,
the salt will generally make brine
enough with this water to v the
meat. If, after ten days or a fortnight,
the meat is not covered, a little water
may be added without damage, as the
surface of the meat is by this time sc
contracted that the juices of the meat
will not be further expelled unless the
ss't is in excess. If exposed to the air,
and not rubbed occasionally with the
above mixture, fungus (mold), a lower
organism, is apt to grow, and hasten the
decomposition of the meat. We use
the same proportions and amount Of
salt, sugar and saltpetre for both hams
and beef.
Interfering Horses.-A correspondent
asks how a horse should be shod
that interferes. We nave succeed
ed by having the inside of the shoe
made much heavier than the outside,
thus causing the inside of the foot to
swing lower han the outside. We have
found this ~effectual in every case within
our experience.-Moore's Rural Neu
Yorker.
Garden Culture Of Enthusiastically
the best mode of preparing a bed for
early potatoes IN the garden, is by
spading as deeply as possible, and by
~loosening the sub-soil with a strong dig,
ging fork. The manure may be spread
on the surface and forked in. Rows
may be marked out twenty-seven inches
apart, and the seed dropped twelve
inches apart in the row, and covered
three inches deep. AS the sprouts ap
pear above the surface they should be
lightly covered with the hoe to protect
them from early frost. Earthing up is
necessary in such sorts as have a pro
pensity to come above the surface, az
the Early Rose.