The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-16

written Tor tue NEWS by one
OF the most experienced farmers,
gardeners and fruit growers in the
United States.
DISTANCE BEES GO FOR HONEY.
There are instances on record
showing that honey bees have
gone five or SIX miles for honey,
when there was little or none
nearer. This was proved by
sprinkling -four on them on Ger.
tain days, and the same bees be-
ing seen at the above distance
from their hives. 1t must be
very mild, calm day for bees to
ny such q distance. But ordina-
rily they do not go over a mile
and q half, and the most of the
honey they gather is found with
in . mile Of their hives. No per.
son can make bees profitable un-
less the most of the honey Is
found within that distance. In
windy days bees have hard work
to fly even a mile against the
wind. In some foreign countries
the extensive bee-keepers are in
the habit OF removing their bees
from place to place, ABOUT three
miles distant, twice or three
times in q season, where the hon
ey harvest varies as to time; and
they consider a radius of a mile
and half from their apiaries as
far as the bees generally fly.
PURE AND GRADE STOCK.
A farmer writes: 1--WE have got
plenty Of stock if it were only of
the pure breeds. There is too
much desire on the part of far
mers to change breeds, to cross
breeds, and thus have nothing
that is pure. While such q sys-
tenn is followed, we shall make
but little advancement In breeding
fine stock" If a farmer desires
to breed choice stock for sale, it
Is best to keep only thorough
bred animals; but tor his own use
grade stock is often preferable.
many Of our best COWS are grades.
The same writer adds in regard
to farmers breeding pure stock |
only: @He can sell his stock for
three or four times more than it
10 worth for meat. 1t costs him
no more to raise it, and any sur
plus stock he has he can convert
1t into meat just as we'll as the
mixed breeds" 1t is not an easy
matter for farmers, unless well
known as breeders of choice
blooded stock, to find ready sale
for it at high prices. A man has
got to make a reputation, as a
good breeder, before his surplus
animals can be sold at fair prices.
THE USE OF PARIS GREEN.
From authentic experiments |
made, it appears that the use OF
Pans green, in killing potato bugs,
does not poison the potatoes in
the least, nor lnjure the land for
other crops, the next season.
In some cases the persons who
apply the Paris green are poisaned
BY it. The following cases are re
Poted as having occurred In Mich
igan last year: In one case by
handling, the Paris green
was allowed to come in contact
with a sore on the hand. 1T
swelled enormously, but was sub
tued by vinegar and salt" In an
other case the dust was inhaled,
resulting in much pain in the
head and a copious discharge
from the nose for two weeks. In
another case, the poison was per-
nitted to enter a hole in the boot
eg, causing some Inflammation.
Another man narrowly escaped
with his life from Inhaling the
lust, which he had absurdly en-
ieavored TO exclude with a vail
over his face. He was sick two
weeks. Another had his eyes
BADLY infamed for long time by
he dust entering them, and some
children were injured by playing
'mong the busted potatoes.
HOG CHOLERA IN ILLINOIS,
The loss by this disease at the
West is enormous. The State
Board of Agriculture of Illinois
reports: "From the information
70 tar obtained it is proved that
he losses for the last year were
fully equal to ten millions of dol
lars. So far the answers show
that there is no general convic-
ton OF the origin and causes of
the disease-nO widely ackuowl-
edged preventative, and no rem
edy, that is a remedy oftener than
one time in five hundred. 1t is
agreed on all hands among swine
breeders that profound darkness
envelopes the origin and cause of
the disease, and that its cure is
among the things which is past
out" Those that have
mixed salt, flour of sulphur and
charcoal, in their food, or placed
these things in a trough where
the hogs are fed report that they
don't have the cholera.
BLACK TOOTH IN SWINE.
This ailment may be caused by
LnJuhJ W buC OcCIu TcC0lNOu DY
the dry and hard kernels
Of corn. 1t consists in decay of
the teeth. The Swine Journal
says: "Such dccayed teeth may
be removed by the same instru-
ment as q dentist would apply to
one's own teeth under similar cir
The symptoms of
in swine are similar to
hose exhibited by mankind, viz:
oss Of appetite, salvation or ,
hanging the head, most
y 10 the side which is affected,
'eevishness, loss of all fear of man,
md hot repulsive breath. When
hogs are fed on strongly acidula- :
ed food for any length of time,
heir teeth may become discolor-
I'd; but it is q question whether
.he teeth at the same time are ma
1erially injured. So long as no