The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-01-25
FARMERS COLUMN.

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FEEDING FEES. Bees should be rear
ed so as to give the bee-keeper some
surplus honey, instead Of requiring to
be fed by him. But feeding should be
attended to, when necessary, at the
proper time. BY the use of movable
cont hives deficient colonies may be
supplied with one comb or more con.
tanning honey from a colony having
surplus. Enough food should be fur-
nished them in the lall TO last them un
I'll fruit trees brgin to bloom in the
spring. If done in the beginning of
October the bees will cap over the hon
ey before the cold weather begins. I'm
capped honey absorbs impurities, often
sours in the cells, dampens the air in
the hive, and frequently causes dysen-
terry among the bees. IL the needy
colony is in first class hive, any part
ly. filled box of honey may be laced
upon Tie hive. The large openings
from every C, NIB in the hive aud the
direct communication induces them to
take posspssiun of its contents readily,
even during freezing weather. Bees in
common hives, or in hives having a
honey board or air space between the
frame and the DuX, would sooner die
than enter honey-boX in cold weather
II needy stocks are not thoroughly fed
in the fall, or if unfavorahlc summer
is followed hy severe winter and late
spring, feeding may become necessary
in the spring. lIangstruth says: In
the spring the prudent bee keeper Will
no more neglect to feed his destitute
colonies than TO provide for his own
trouble" The feeding of bees should
he done inside the hive or above their
combs, If there are passages from below,
| They should never be fed outside the
| hive, for that will always teach them
the habit of robbing. If honey stored
| in frames OF boxes is retained for such
emergencies, it is by far the best meth
od; hut If all the honey in frames has
been imprudently sold or usSd, the best
food that can be given them is strained
honey. III the fall, if the needy stocks
| are in the movable comb hive, remove
| two or three empty combs from each,
lay them on a hoard or table, and
| sprinkle warm honey over the upper
! half of the comb until the cells are
about two thirds full; let it cool for a
| short time, then turn t over and fill the
upper nalf of the other side; replace
the combs in yhe hive, and feed in the
chamber few days uutil the cells are
capped over. The Importance of feed
ing is only fully realized when we bear
in mind that from a pound of sugar
sirur, costing only about SIX cents, as
ruch comb will be built as from a
pOuHd of honey, costing thirty cents.
To make sirup for feeding, take brown
sugar, and to every pound of it add one
pint of boiling water; boil the whole
for a few minutes and skim. Ii bees
must be fed in winter, owing to neg
lect in the fall, pour the honey directly
into the combs, if the stocks are in the
movable comb hives; if in the common
biYc, remove it to room, invert it, Gu
out enough comb 10 admit small plate
filled with honey, place it near the bees
and tie cloth over the mouth OF the
hive to cOuiine the bees, or small baG
) filed with honey and sugar may be suS
pended in the hive from above, Cuttin!
, away enough comb to admit to it th
cluster Of bees. - bee. Keepers Guide,
: CHEAP FooD FOR POULTRY. Com
! mon acorns baked in an oven an
ground into -four, are recommends b
. Deutsche Allgempine fur Landwirti
schaft, GartenGau und FUrstweesrn, a
particularly valuable food for poultry
r Its administration must, however be al
tended by certain precautions, if we dl
3, sire to get the full effect of its beneticia
action. ACOrn.meal undoubtedly er
Z cOuragcs the production of eggs; but
secure this the hens must be kept in
warm place and rigidly separated frol
the cocks. The meal may be give
e mixed with the ordinary food and in
c lukewarm condition. Tie best plan
It to make paste Of the -four with war
:. watc:, form this into small lUavcs aOol
the size of the hand, and again dl
y them When required for use, it shcuI
j" be sOttCned in warm water ard mike
with the other food il ropOrtiOn of OF
&c part in twelve. he addition of grOur
ID egg-shellS or crushed bones is an adva
j; tage. Hens thus fed ale more assidl
Il Gus in laying, especially when not a
lowed to run too freely with the cock
One male bird to every ten hens is qui
+ sufficient, and lie should only be a
III lowed access to them twice in the wee
as and that only in the daytime. II
,d cock birds should have the same diet
,c the hens, where free laying is tn: obje
~, in view.- The Farmer.
20 FEEDING Cows. The subject {
~ feeding cows for butter making h
~ often been called up Of late in the Gu
=" tiyator. 1t is a matter of vital impO
M tauce to all of us dairymen, and it ca
H. not be too often or ardently impress
he upon US as butter makers. Mountai
re are comp sCd Of atOus. So great fun
II, of knowledge and practical informant
~ are derived fIom multiplicity
." modest sources. After mahy years =
C" perience ] have come to the conc usl
a that we dairymen have made many m
ne takes in tie selection of food, not ii
rs eliminating properly in view of the /
nj to be made Of the milk. The dairYma
49,. in his anxiety to make the great
~ amount of butter from his cows, |
'S, called into use articles foreign to
nd farm, paying out his money many tin
" lOl lllub NlllNll lop bIly btNl a udlld
for to himself, by reducing the quality
To- his production. Wheat bran, or shUr
49, az they are familiarIy called, have
w. my experience proved quite dotrimen
IT., to the quality of the butter, without
I'm creasing the quantity. am satisf
he that dairymen have in the past pt
m large amounts of money for shO
, a which might lave been saved and {
md pended in producing domestic feed,
-, which the OwEer would have Tralii
=? ECCd instead of evil results, Flax se,
'he and cotton seed meal also, when Il.
to any great extent, leave an unlav
to able result on the butter product.
Sc ? dairyman who would make good but
ave in time of stabing which should
,rs considered gilt edged should ignt
most foreign substances and devote
energies TO raising Indian corn for me
together with roots, also a plenty of
best approved kind of fodder corn, W
no, good early cut hay. In this way
10" %,. dairyman will soon become self susta
lar. ing, which should be the goal of ev
test farmer, instead of disbursing a la