Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

SEPARATING TWO SwARMs. the
question, when two swarms cluster to-
gether, how would you separate themp
the bee-keepers reply: "Hive all together
in large box and they will settle in diff
ferent corners Four swarms together
have been hived in that way. and in the
morning each had taken possession of q
corner"
ANTS NESTS IN GARDENs.-A CORE
spondent of Nature, says: II have found
a very efectual remedy for the annoy
ance of ants nesting in the garden paths
and borders. A strong solution of car
bolic acid and water poured into the
holes, kills all the ants it touches, and
the survivors Immediately take them
selves off. Care must be taken in its use,
as it destroys animal and vegetable, as
well as insect life.
POTATOES IN observation-disclosures are
not good crop for orchards, as they ex-
haust the potash, and this is just what
the trees require for healthy and vigor
Gus growth. 1t is robbing Peter to paw
Paul policy to plant anything close to the
trunks of trees. Leave the ground under
trees bare, and simply cultivate and keep
it mellow. Give tree the same cultiva-
tion you would hill of corn, and early
bearing and good fruit will reward the
effort. Stone lime is not injurious to or.
chards.
FAST WoRK.-The Northeastern Farmer
says: "a California correspondent. who
has eaten wheat bread at supper the ma
terial for which was standing in the field
at sunrise, says that when the grain is
ripe 1t is often cut, threshed, and put in
the sacks the same day. Instead of the
reaper, the "header" is now generally
used. 1t cuts the straw midway, and it's
swath has width nearly double that of
the reaper. With two headers and five
wagons large threshing machine iskept
rGnnirg, and in this way forty acres and
1,5OO bushels Of wheat are harvested in a
single day.
Low VERSUS HIGH FRUIT TRERs.-An
Illinois fruit grower, who has 10. 900 ap-
pie and from 1000 to 5000 pear trees.
finds that those with low heads of the
same varieties show at least two-thirds
more fruit, as large or larger, and as
high colored as those with high tops "
To test the matter, he cut off in certain
rows all the limbs from four to six feet
from the ground, and in others encourag-
ed the limbs to start close to the surface,
and In the latter case neither thinned nor
pruned, except occasionally to lop away
too lusty shoot, in order to preserve a
Symmetrical appearance or an evenly bal
anced head; and the above is the result.
BOILED EGas-It is commonly said
that hard boiled eggs are much less
wholesome than those boiled soft, bat the
Journal OF Chemistry has an important
qualification for this statement. The
trouble in digesting hard-boiled egg
pertains to the aohste, not to the yelk, the
white being exceeding tough when fully
boiled. To do the cooking right, it ad-
vises this course: "Put them into boil
ing water sufficient to cover them, and
let them remain ten or fifteen minutes
keep the water nearly up to the boiling
point, but do not let it reach that point
Fresh eggs will sooner cook than old
ones, and small ones sooner than larger
ones. By this process the yelks will be
well cooked, while the white does not
become tough and hard to digest"