The Russellville Democrat., 1881-09-29
FOR THE FARMER.
Put in salt-Now Races of Bees-The Farm
 CTS Boys-Nofes of Interest.
PUT IN ENOUGH SALT.

] I. souAI when lt goes lnto tne barrel. ' All he has to do is 10 cut the pieces of proper size, is nearly uniform as practi- 1 cable; then put layer Of salt fully an ' inch thick on the bottom of the barrel. | on that q layer of pieces set on edge, slowed closely, then cover with salt and ! i'll all the fnterstices, and so continue until the barrel Is full At the proper l time pour on brine as strong as it can be made. By this plan we have kept pork I four or five years as good ss on the day when 1t was packed. Ii may take half a 1 bpshel more of salt to make sure of sav- ing barrel of pork, but the salt is not wasted. It will do for cattle when drain ed An extra half bushel Of salt costs less than half dollar. and if il must be wasted sfterward it is very small matter compared with the loss of barrel of pork -HitS5aHdmap.
 NEW RACES or BEEs.
 Dr. A. J5nes, of Beetsn, Canada, an enthusiastic apiarist, has sent Frank Ben ton, New York bee keeper and linsu- ist, on & tour around the world in search of new kinds of bees Mir. Benton re nained during last winter upon the island of Cyprus, starting an apiary and shipping queens to Mir. Jones. and this year he IS taking trip in search of new races of hees, through the Indian Ocean. visiting Hiudustan, the island of Ceylon. farther India, the island Of Java. and nerhaps the Phiilipine islands. Writing nom Colombo. CeylJn, Mir Benton, says "l have seen two native races of bees here and lbe comb of third. One is stingless, but worthless. One race is Apis lndica, but Apis dorsata is certain ly wonderful bee. whether 1t can be domesticated or not IL builds in the open air, on branches. often making combs six feet long. and I have good authority for saving that thirty natives have each taken 9 load from one tree. I cal il Apis dersata, but l do not know positively as that is its name, IS have not yet seen the bee Everybody says. though, that there is a large b e. from which great quantities of honey are easily gotten, in the interior of the is- land' But Mir. Benton did not go to the interior Of the island, because, he says:
 it was too late, when l learned where to find it, to 90 to that part of the island and reach the French steamer He will stop al teyiou again upon his re- turn trip. Writing from Java. he says T have not vet seen a bee Of this race
 Apis dorsata :; but have seen two combs of these bees, which are three feet by three and half feet, are one and half inches thick where the brood was rear ed. about twenty cells to the square inch. The bees must be seven eighths of an inch long"-N !. Ers4,jng Post.
 FOR FtRnGERs' BOYS.
 Let the boys be encouraged to stick to the farm, unless they are stupids. The most active and energetic boys and young men are needed as tillers Of the soil. If a farmer is 8 unfortunate as to have a crazy head urchin, of one idea, the chap may do for q minister, but do not attempt 10 make farmer out olhim. In case a boy cannot be induced to love manual labor, let him study law. Law yers can be nodded out of almost any inferior material IT he likes to read twaddle and nonsence more than science furnish him with qliac ,'s pill bag and tell him the wide world is before hlm All the powers of the universe can not make a respectable farmer out of him.
 For farmers. the country wants the most energetic, tboroughgoing and wide awake boys and young men that can be found Hence, if a boy is blessed with that crowning coucomiiant which moves the world-braius-le him become & farmer. Brains constitutes the great de- sideratum in agricultural science al the present day. Fifty years ago muscle was the requisite. Fifty years ago a farmer was expected to perform every manual labor Of the farm by the exercise Of muscular iOrce, while at the present day he needs brains more than muscle to en- able him la manage labor saving tools with skill and efficiency When the la bors of the fafm were nearly all per formed by the labori0ns and iatiguing application of human force farming was irks sHne dTadgeFy. But now. when teams and steam power respond to the bidding of ihe tiIler of the soil. agricul- tuce is the most agreeable livelihood that one can des,re. True, at some seasons ot the year farmers are required to labor early and late for several days. Then. again, perhaps for a week they will have easy tmes. We d1 know, from long ex- perienee, that there is no class of citizens that has an easy time as the farmer. pro yided he is a malicious manager.
 Now, boys, yOu are to be men after 8 few more years have passed away Make up your minds deliberately to be farm CTS. Procure some of the best aericultu- raj books and subscribe for the leading agricultural journals, snd improve all your leisure Lours in acquiring usefG. information Let yolr fixed determina- ton be 10 rise in the scale of being to the dignity of sn intelligent and thor auEh going tiller oi the soil.-Pfr0B of HasiaHdry.
 SOIE> OF INTEREST.
 4 NAN in Sonoma county, Cal, has sold over S70O worth of carp this year from pond covering less than an acre of ground, and has 20,O0l fish of various sizes remaining.
 FIVE tuhs of butter have been sent