Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-14
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Has taken 240 pounds OF liquid honey (by
the extroctorl from one colony in a season.
Can get about double the quantity Of honey
by the extractor. which sells for about half
the price Of box honey. Glover makes the
best honey; some prefer Eastwood. Thinks
highly Of Alsike clover, not only for bees,
but for hay. 1t lodges more than red clover,
and don't make quite as much hay. Is harder
than red clover against everything but
drcuth stands wet much better A ridge |
is better for bees than hollow, on account
Of the injury to the brood by hard frosts in
spring. In feeding 10 the spring, to stimu-
late breeding, uses honey or syrup much d.
luted with water to feed the bees. Uses a
patented bee-feeder to hold this. With
weak stocks, approves of putting the feed into
combs, yet prefers the bee-fecder for this.
Prefers young queens for several reasons
they don't produce so many drones, and the
bees from them make straighter combs The
questioning Of Mr.. Crane was very lively en-
almost every point, and his answers full, and
apparently very satisfactory.
Hon. A. n, HsIbert,
of Essex, then read his useful paper on
Hightcdys, which we shall 5000 print.
In reply to questions Mr.. Halbert said
that the law in relation to guideboards was
not, but should be, generally enforced. lie
also stated the law in reference to watering
troughs on the highways, which allows a re-
duction of three dollars annually from the
tax Of the person who maintains such wa.
tering place.
Mr. Jameson referred to the Importance
of the guideboard question, and mentioned
the town Of Craftsbury as one in which the
law in reference to the matter is carefully
carried out.
Mr.. June, Of Brandon, said that any one
can rectify the delinquencies in this guide
board matter by notifying the selectmen, and
making complaint if they failed to attend
to it.
MIR. Lane, of Cornwall, inquired if there
was any law in reference to the passing Of
teams on the road.
MIR. Halbert said every team has 4 right
to half of the travelled road, whether loaded
or unloaded. The custom of giving the
road to loaded teams is not compulsory.
In answer to another question, Mr.. Halbert
said there was no law in Vermont requiring
bells upon teams in winter.
Mr. Sumner, OF Brandon, thought the
courts would interpret the law ia relation to
the passing Of teams literally in considera-
ton of circumstances.
Mr. Douglass, of Whiting, thought the
improvement of our highways one of the
most important yet worst neglected Of all
public matters. Men who are honest in or.
binary matters will cheat in working upon
the highways. The question is surrounded
with diff ,ulties, aud will be until public sen
timent is toned up, and more public spirit
developed, Until then, every effort shoulC
: be made to see that the law be strictly en-
forced. But it is an unpleasant task to try
to have this done, and it makes a man un
popular. The only hope is in general ad
vance Of good sense and public spirit in thu
whole community.
Mr.. Pringle, of Charlotte, agreed witt
Mr.. Douglass, that it was important to ele
D vate the tone of the people in regard to tn
; matter, and thought Mr.. Halbert's pape
e very timely in reference to this, as calculat
e ed to stimulate thought aud lead to usetu
, action.
= Prof Collier thought improvement was
| be looked for in this matter, as in Others
l. from better popular education
j. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
l. Mr.. jameson
addressed the meeting upon Grasses, eXhit
i iting many specimens of wild and cultivate
70 grasses clover and sedges.
Z In reply to a question, Mr.. j. said tbs
Z he sowed ten pounds of clover seed with tw
u quarts of herdsgrass to the acre. To
b" dressing of grass would only be successfI
u when there is plenty of grass plants of ii
desired kind. When the good grasses Al
run out, top-dressing without reseedng wou
j. usually fail. Did not think, as a rule, thi
reseeding and narrowing on old sod wou
W succeed as well as TO invert the sod first.
as Mr.. Douglass spoke Of the disappearan
o' and resuscitation Of clover, the latter ait
70 sowing plaster; and als) Of clover appea
10 ing on the banks OF bitches through W
~ land. He could hardly account for
D. though he did not believe it came withO
g. seed.
C. Mr.. Pripgle, of Charlotte, said these o
currences are not uncommon. This W
IN not, in his opinion, from the continuance
nc individual plants of clover, which rare
NC last over two years, but from the reprOdu
Is tion OF very dwarf plants which yet produ
u- seed and keep the ground seeded, Did n
" think seeds retained their vitality in t
~ ground many years, When plaster is a
ne piled, furnishing the clover with the We
on food it wants, these little plants, hardly L
~ ticed, take on a rank growth and fully occ
use py the ground, making dense crop.
ne regard to the springing up Of clover
ditch banks, Mr.. p said that the cloN
., plant seeds mainly in the aftermath, aud
=. the fall and winter the wind, and sometin
=. the birds, transport the seeds to many PHI
-, es, tending towards the low ground, and oil
IN suitable place, not too wet, they spring
The matter waa diacussed nj consideral