, 1872-12-23
THE APlARY.
Bookkeeping rs Connected With the
Farm or Suburban Homestead

NrS
Earn, or s,nurbnn I1o1nesteaa.
Eyom Or, 0,cn corrtspond<nt
RURAL HONE. NJ. Dec. a. 1874
tale 5-o. go. 80 J..,o..5
me past ha:!,a-oozen ':a seals nasa us'el9peoA
1nss so;n ot stan4 hvas 1asn ,dGSo
queens, honey~e1tractors, and patent tertilza-
latons @ and pd1 petty uy humbuss Piled M On boeE @ Of
sinnn1e facts. when va ret rid Of all this NIB.
h;a1 and heva c1aan ao1d wa aba11 rnova for.,
.r - I Wh s steadv e and hattar % narcsn.;on -
"atu WILL s1eaoy PURPOSE, ano oe11et pe1cepsAon'
OF the true status Of the honey question. People
forget that there is possibility Of changed
cond;tion in anv n1ranit and vt +ha ,vo,1d ia
ton - Is pss ~ auo ~ sss e4e mo,1a .
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conditions Of the honey -harvest and well nigh
destroyed the value Of Bookkeeping. have also
a,oun that thu cbaananino of ca,s..nror o,7
tuo euP'1aoA 4u"A's - w. 5Aupo naFe 4eseeneo
the pr1ce ana demand TOT honey. The sellers OF
queens and patent hives deny all this, OF reso-
lutely shut their ewes to those unpleasant facts
~ 10 r,17st moot +har, for 1;1,e
par "" n,aat tha. 1911. i11 ~ ha 1aa A' n''
banquos gnost' they WILL not ne la,d
The Past three seasons 2a Of i'd aso1th, and the IT,
pressing effect, and driven many from ther
purpose. ne must aomas tnat tne rosy .ln2@ Of
L1s uUA6y C1Ou0 nd63 NJ 44Aa 4dV hna
but ne must hope for it's Frightening ne, ~
| nor7na1 anoonnt NJ rainfall comes "neo 1ne
| den the flowers and I'll their oack to glad
honav nectaEles with
aweeaeas IS m he hopoe m aos of well
| wife or dauphter. or i Where ls the farmers
home. Who woulJ 4e haoitue Of suburban
forego the kespip1 think fos rs M moment ae. to
et sdSsS tse md I'll Ills Should
its % nrofts, =eping OF bees. for it's pleasure and
| sting a. But there ID no pleasure IN the
! pride the bee,-of course not. But there Is
! :" We and practiced eye, We are able to keep
.nem in place, and are the conscious masters OF
| their morals:
when out n n the fields gathering honey, the
bee avoids all occasion OF quarrel, and gets out
of the Wny as soon ss possible. and, only when
danger threatens his citadel does he
show 4 disposition to stand on the
deferAve With such an insect, surely ono
ing this, one must learn to govern herself. We
haze all been taught to look ut the daily labors
OF o. the bee as valuable examples OF industry, but
anen ~. we must gre them n an opportunity to e1er-
Ahh the farmer Mha owns and carea W tor the
daughter; then why may she not be the owner
outdoor exercise, better temper,
! and control of herself; for, every
tin tine she handles her swazm5, she is edponishsd s
tllSt aoe ulusL nE8E o 6LeaQy nauu7 anu Do TeaQy
| to listen to the music Of her pets for they hayo
music 30 varied that it stands them in place ct
words apd thei- language must be familiar to
her.
Iam not going to uree nv young lady or old
lady friends to 70 largely into Bookkeeping as q
pursuit. for. if ghouid. It would bring them
disappointment as certain as the attempt at
poultry-raising on . large SCALE for it is one Of
those things that pertains to the
pleasures and profits Of the house,
hold, but cannot under ordinary conditions,
be- pursued on q. larse scale and as separate in.
dustry. a homestead without trees, without E.
vegetable and flower garden, and with an ab-
sence of poultry and Of bees, is not home
stead, but q piace to rent to some lonely way
farer, whose pilgrimage is one of Sadness Of.
penury, and OF want, and whose cloud is en-.
bossed with a dark, lowering fringe, destitute Of
silver lining.
It is to add one more item to the List Of home
pleasures, home-training and home-comforts,.
that urge the keepiug Of bees. In the suburbs
Of our cities AMI villages, ne have fair supply
of bee-pasturage more SO thnn on ths
farm, unless VS. Cow white clover in our pgs-
lures and budkwheat in the fields. Then ne can
Bow such f}ov ers as produce honey and ara use-
fui for otln,r purposes. Among tuese. he
Rocky Mowatainn honeT-plant (Polizicia pur-
pura) prosu iges to be OF value for chicEen-feed
as we'll as for honey. It may bo soVn in ooe
corner OF the garden. or in the field. where it
viii take care Of Itself, for it belongs as vet to
the family OF weeds, though ii NAV claim =
bo5 vorth,- .,aI4ia,, ~ o,,a .s.t. aa.
far fnrtbar trial ia saada ara s:,nr51t @
ing in small pods ike the rnnstard. INV 1argar
10 not know W. whn baa tha sssd for oty s.7 la1Ss1t
several hundred nackaoaa of Il Vera sartt ~ ~
~ -. - 41Fs1 s, 80 - = :I1o Eone oae