The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-22

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never be introduced In a colony which has
been motherless for over four or i've hours.
2. When bees are irritated th'ey are likely to
throw of their anger on anything that seems
foreign to their hive; therefore, tinkering with
the bees coon after tho queen has been intro
dnced may endanger her life.
g. Bees are In much better humor when they
have an abundance OF honey than In times OF
scarcity; therefore, for greater safety queens
had be ter be introdnceu Id times Of plenty,
or the cosony may be fed at the time.
LASTLY, one should avoid pressing the abdo-
men q aqueen when catching her, the thorax
and wings are not as apt To bs Injured by the
| touch Of ones fingers.
GREEN FEED FOR WINTER.
| The stock farmer should have a winter ms
| ture Tor his young animals, and the older
ones arc all the better for green bite now
I and then. Every farm should have n permn-
I nent pasture for the stock In winter, II this
| wore the case, we would have less loss from
various Diseases that carry Oft SO many OF tho
young stock.
The chief value Of green food In winter Ia a
purifier OF the blood aud regulator OF the
| bowels and stomach The barge Quantities of
dry. woody and indigestlhle food consumed
| ny stock In wiuter. taxes the digestive oruans
very s"verely, and constipation, congestion,
| etc, are ever threatening dangers to the
health 81 the stock. moderate quantity
OF roots or green food. In the sensoU ut dry
| feed acts rs beDeticlally on the stock as fruit
ana fresh vegetables do on the human sys-
| se,l w Tue e',ulsN o' the loug. t.ll season,
| when no Precipitation purges the skin In thu
s."a' ~ ss ', y. An. p'an' eloW''lH' itesn
| vegetable ! 90 - 20 common p0rtton Of our
daily diet that we scarCsly notice the fact,
Aud 30 IT, with animals. Green food IN win
t.r IL All imp 'rtant adjunct In the sGccessfuI
~" prpnIaole rearlnK o1 nil Kinds OF farm
| STOCK, from the fowls To tho thoroughbred
horse.
i SuNFboWER CULTURE
SunIlower sea, makes 4 very fine oil and n
very large quantity ~ this s,.,d wn,,I,i asIi ot
| tha iii rim, n n could ha ,'h,aint .rh ~"
m,ml,sr ~ h,,aha,u ~ ,hia so"J tnnt ~. ~, ="
nrni,,.d un,n !. i mr.. l., v.ry l.,r,a 20 or h ~,
h.nrd as hipt, as oSo bn.h.s Rn, wv, th5ns
this e.iimate altnv,,hnr tnn biuh ~ .'.,.
/ haIy III, ,,n,,t y ,.,id ~, s ST. - "'o
II IT, w NJ, ',y -, - "" - payax crop ,
from ho,, ,n e. n., h,,sh,l VIII ,,' 1 .,a,
hat2 nd Will, ,,,",, mi, t' w.. -, p" ~,
, ,, -. "'.. "pv'. t'''s ."pa' W.. INV
n,,', ~ ,"' s W.. -
| IA nreyents f.v.ra Same rpn,a,l, ,ha in
etn,,cea hn "a ,,cc,,r,od In Tho n ~ Int,,, ~
mutations di.t ,ir,a wh,r,, .a,, ,,n,nha,ta 81, -
IN wh,ta neana ~, .oon,nt ~ dnni, r.,.'., ao
that uora ma, haa,,h ,.h "a "eay ,,,,
| ,I",,,1,,,, - o,, a 800 49,, ~, ~ - .'e'''
ammtnrr .ar,an n,,,i,+i.s II 49, .e .,as,'. oo
mnanh.rs hat nrI,,"od -. r.,, ,, vs Nv
s.' VIZ .0'' no e''s'osss'''
/ FARM NOTES.
| f.ta IN rnfl
which consists almost entirely of the urains
reduced to cl,arroal and atill ret.ininr their
paI feet shape placed before fowls. Ia ura,d
| ily ca "a by them, with a marked improye-
| ment In their health as la shawn Nv tho
brighter color of their combs md their
| sooner producing u greater average Of euvs
to the flock than before.
! To produce exhibition birds. no palDs
should be considered too great ia the mating
of breeding pen. to have the failIDus. however
small. of the cock eounteracted by the perfec-
| ton Of those points In the hens with which
he runs, and rice rcrsa. Bv thus having each
point represented by perfection on one side
| at least, the chances OF the chicken turning out
superior birds will be Increased
South Of 49, and clear down to the Gull of
Mexico lies a soil and climate admirably
fitted for poultry production, and whenever
the fact Ia we'll understood and noted upon
this portion of the country will have az near
q monopoly OF the poultry as the corn and
cattle States have of beef and pork produc-
tions.
lt ID often more detrimental than one would
suppose to allow more open space inside the
hive than they can we'll hi, and 1t often hap
pens that the honey season Is In full blast be-.
fore some colonies arc strong enough to have
much room given them.
1t Is not desirable to change the location OF
hives unless It becomes absolutely necessary
to do 30. After the bees have become familiar
with their location, should the hive be moved
lew feet they will not notice it when depart
Ing on their daily rounds, and II there are
other hives near they may perish In attempt
Ing to enter them or In wandering about seek |
ing for their own home.
Whenever y swarm has no queen, II you
will take frame that contains eggs or I'M
sealed brood from another hive and give them.
they will Immediately select several of the
cells In which there are eggs or larva and
after enlarging them to two or three times
the usual size put In q good supply OF royal
Jelly, which has the peculiar virtue OF chang
Ing what would otherwise be only small |