The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-15
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

of the Western Rural says: An intelli-
gent and reliable neighbor of ours
has for years been making an Importance
and value in replanting corn, which is
quite novel and worthy of publication.
We have always thought replanting corn
was of very little consequence, but this
gentleman says cit is of so much cOnse-
quence he replants whether it is needed
nor motor rather, he plants two or three
weeks after the crop is planted hill
every fifteenth row each way" He
says: "If the weather becomes dry dur
ing the filling time, the silk and tassels
both become dry and dead. In this con-
dition, If it should become seasonable, the
silk revives and renews its growth, but
the tassels do not recover. Then, for the
want of pollen, the new silk is unable to
fill the office for which it was designed.
The pollen from the replanted corn is
then ready to supply the silk, and the
filling is completed" He says nearly all
the abortive ears so common in all crops,
are caused by the want of pollen, and he
has known ears to double their size in
this second filling.
STRAW BEE-HIvEs.-A little pamphlet
by j. w. Pagden, of Sussex, England,
gives the following concerning straw
bee-hives, very frequently used in'that
country:
After making patient trial of almost
every description Of the various scientif-
ically constructed and furnished bee
hives, and expanding no end of money on
them, have not found them to possess
any advantages over properly made,
well-managed straw one, in that to us all
important commercial object, the weight
of honey produced for disposal. The
straw hives must be made with fiat top,
and hole in the center three inches in
diameter. When the bees begin to show
symptoms of swarming, and before you
put on any extra or top hive, place on
the crown an adapting board, with Sits
cut in the center corresponding with the
hole Mt the top of the stock hive but re-
member it is an all important arrange
ment that the Sits through the adapting
board be exactly three-sixteenths of an
inch in width. Ihave found that drones
will never pass through an aperture this
size, and the queen will rarely if ever do
so, as she very frequently does when the
opening is left the full size, causing much
annoyance and injury, by laying eggs
and producing broods in the supers, to
the deterioration in quality and lessen
ing the quantity of salable honeycomb.
The cheapest and as good as any stand
l find is an empty American cheese-box,
of circular formation. First place four
bricks fiat on the ground, turn the box
upside down, and place itsecurely on the
bricks, leaning from back to front, the
better to carry of all moisture; place
your hive Offices on this, and cover them
we'll over with sack, or artificial manure
bag, and be careful that the ends of the
sack reach below the hive, 80 that the
drip may be carried to the ground with
out settling on the fOor-board and then,
with a milk-pan for roof over all, the
hive is secure from all weather, and
will stand sound and good for many
years.
The Wool CLIP FOR 1S75.-The West
ern Rural says that it seems to be gen.
orally admitted that the wool clips of
California, Oregon and Texas this season
will be larger than those of last year and
that the average quality, except perhaps
of the California woods is also improved.
These woods come into market before
those of the rest of the country. The
clip of Kentucky is said to be very good
quality. The very great injury to sheep
by dogs has done much to decrease the
clips in several of the Southern States.
In the more Northern States, shearing
will be somewhat later than usual on &C
count of the backward spring; hence the
clip will not 60 into market quite so early
as usual. Generally there seems to be a
very firm feeling as to prices, and it is
not improbable that those who sell early
in the season will realize as much as those
who hold longer. Notwithstanding the
severe winter, there has been compare
lively little disease among sheep, and
they come through the winter in at least
usually good condition.
There have been very considerable i'm
portations of Australian and South
America woods, which have prevented
the small stocks from becoming entirely
exhausted. The trade is quiet in all de-
partments. There is the most demand
for delaine and combing woods.
Farmers have often been advised against
the policy of crowding all or nearly all
the wool clip Of the year on the market
at once. II is a little comical to read
earnest appeals In the New York Econo-
MET TO wool buyers TO avoid advancing