The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-10
EARN AND aouEsRoi.D.

Salt should be placed where animals
can have free access TO it.
The Italian bee was first imported
into America in September, 1859, and
ever since importatiOns and home
breeding of queens has been constant
w gaining. until at present the su Iply
rather exceeds the demand, and inn
pOrters are opening new field by III
Producing other races of bees.
Sugar meal as an element in the
economy of the dairy, in the form of
cheap food, is a modern invention,
and as a food for COWS dates back
only a couple of years; but the pres
ent season q number OF causes nave
aided in bringing it into prominent
notice, and of quite general adoption
in certain dairy districts, as food for
milk.
The POULTRY HOUsB.-It will be
good plan to whitewash the poultry
house once more before freezing
weather comes. Nothing like good
coat Of whitewash to sweeten up
things-there Is lots of virtue in lime
if YOU use il freely. Ifyou have earth
floors, or plank floors covered with
earth, in your fowl houses, cart out
the earth that the fowls have been
scratching over all summer, and
shovel in plenty of fresh, dry earth.
Ifyou are lucky enough to live whore
you can get gravelly soil, so much the
better. but. even if you have to haul
a load of gravel five miles, you will
find it good investment.
VALUE OF MANURE.-There is one
thing which we must consider, in es-
timating the value of our load of man
ure to the wheat crop, and that is, that
a MANFRED crop is practically insured
against rnst, fly, chihch bug, frost and
many dangers which beset this crop.
1t is the experience of most wheat
growers that manure imparts a vital
! ity to the crop which enables it to re-
sist all these dangers, and this is fully
| proven when one part of field Is ma
nured and the other part left without.
BEES PARALYzED.-The British Bee
| Journal makes mention of several
cases where bees have been stricken
with paralysis of tho wings, and fears
are entertained of the hives to which
they belong being badly decimated, as
hundreds were lying about the apiary,
rendering it impossible to walk about
without treading on them. None of
/ the usual causes to which bees are
subject or die from are apparent. The
| bees come out to take their flight, fall
to the ground, and are unable to rise
again. The evil appears to be the
worst in the morning after a previous
days confinement at home through
wet or cold weather.
WINTER BREs.-W bees go into
winter quarters and remain quiet they
are safe, but should exigencies arise
and cause activity, It's wearing effect
soon becomes apparent in the dimin-
ished population. With old and worn
bees this diminution is rapid and
| stocks dwindle until they are compar-
atively useless with young ones the
winter vicissitudes will be better re-
sisted, and it is therefore evident that
to be prepared Tor safe wintering, the
! hive should contain a large proper
ton of young unwOrn bees; and to
bring about this desirable condition the
income Of food should be prolonged
artificially; or in other words, as soon
as the harvest fails bees should be fed
that they may be induced to keep VI
the breeding propensity in the queen
TO as late period as is consistent with
| safety to the brood