The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-06-30

ers would be safe in counting on,
not less than 1925 to the acre.
The process OF extracting and clar-
flying the oil is very simple, and the
machinery required is not expensive.
In the south Of France every little
holding of land, however small, has
some olive trees by the roadside, and
The berries when picked are taken to
the oil mill, where they are either
paid for in money or the grower re-
celves back the oil produced from
them minus certain proportion
which the miller retains as his pay
ment. lin this country everybody
had few olive trees, similar plan
might be adopted, OF several neigh
bors might combine and. share the
expense of setting up the necessary
press, etc. But any person who
should have an acre or more OF trees
would find it better to have his own
apparatus, the expense of procuring
which would not amount to more
than fair percentage of one years
profit.
The olive grows from emitting as
we'll as the willow. 1t needs no IT.
rigation, but only good cultivation.
The scale bug will attack it as it does
any poorly cultivated orange tree
but proper care will keep the scale
bug away. | doubt if there is one
on any of Mir. Cooper's 5000 trees.
That is why his trees bear so well.
l have heard persons at Los Angeles
and San Gabriel say that the olive
would not bear a sufficient crop there
to. pay. believe it, if the trees which
| have seen at those places are fair
samples Of all they can grow there.
They were black with smut and
coated with scales. You can see
plenty of the same sort OF olive trees
here IN Santa Barbara, but not ON
the Cooper ranch. Mr. Cooper says
that neglect and poor cultivation is
the only reason why the olive trees
at San Gabriel do not bear as we'll as
those in Santa Barbara county.
There are thousands of acres Of
land near Anaheim, now used for
sheep grazing, which are admirably
adapted to olive culture, The foot
hills at the mouth of the Santiago
Canyon, and all OF the land which is
not within the range OF irrigation
might be put under olives, and in nine
years-less than is required tor seed
ling oranges-every acre would
bring in to the owner-I will not 4C--e
s ! 900 : =
Ii our location is subject to high
winds, we must try to locate the
apiary in such way that the, bees
will be protected from its bad effects
by fence or hedges.
AS bees use great deal Of water,
and as it is indispensable for the sue.
cess of their work, we must, there
tore, in establishing the apiary, if
there is no natural supply of water.
provide it by artificial means, by
having troughs or some other recep.
tacles when they can get it without
endangering their lives.
All the hives IN the apiary must be
movable frame hives, all painted
alike and only one size frames used,
so that they can fit in any one hive,
as without this, all the advantages OF
this system of culture will not be
realized.
The hives should not stand more
than eight or ten inches from the
ground and have movable alight-
ing board, slanting from the entrance
OF the hive to the ground, to help
the bees to crawl in their hives,
which is necessary i'll the swarming
season to allow the queen 10 crawl
back easily into the hive, and also
while extracting, when the bees are
shaken in front of the hive, and
should they happen to fall on the
ground, when they come back from
the field heavily laden with pollen
and honey. In making stands for
our hives we should use two joists,
2x6 or eight inches, and as necessary,
and placed just far enough apart SO
that the ENDS OF the bottom boards
of the hives come flush with the
.joists. 10 keep these joists in place,
cross piece is nailed at each end.
The space between the joists should
be filled, if possible, with sawdust to
prevent grass, ETC., from under
the sides Of the hives. These stands
should be ill rows at least four feet
apart, and a lawn mower should be
used in these rows at least once
week, to keep the weeds short in