Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-19


stance for the bee bread when the latter
is not i'm full supply. The meal should
b. put i'm shallow boxes near the apiary,
and few pieces of comb near II VIII
attract the attention of the bees. This
food cause the swarms 70 be larger anu
earlier than any other.
HORSES HOOPS
A horses hoof Is of the same nature
as horn. Ifyou desire to know the at
fccts Of applying hot shoe to horses
hCOf, place Your comb on q hot stove Tor
q minute or two, then lei il cool and see
how easily il will break. n hot shoe
makes the hOOf brittle instead Of tough.
BoNEDUST.
Raw bonCdust lasts about seven years
before il is exhausted. The second year
it, effect on the crop will be ~ good
rs the first. Two hundred pounds of 1t
10 an acre, mixed with an equal quantity
of mleached ashes, will increase the
yield of wheat from one to twenty
bushels.
DRINK FOR \ TIRED HORSE.
One Ofthe best things in the world 10
give a horses after he has been driven Is
a quart OfOatmeal stirred IN pail oil
water. Ii refreshes and strengthens
him, relieves his immediate thirst and
prepares his stomach for more solid food.
So says Joseph Harris, after twenty
years trial of it.
AN EXPERIMENT IN POTATO Plant
ING.
Last spring when planting my Beauty
of Hebron potatoes, says 4 correspond
ent of the R,Td NCtr Yorker, | planted
one row through the piece rs follows:
| took potatoes below the medium size,
cut offthe seed and stem ends, cut out
all the eyes but two; planted them and
gave them the same care - the rest OF
the piece. The ''secdn for the rest was
Of the same size potatoes CHS III two anu
planted one piece in hill about eighteen
inches apart in the row. Now for the
result: The first row contained seventy
hills, gave l95 pounds; one row by the
side II il, with Cighty-SiX hills, gave Us
pounds-a difference in yield per hill of
over fifty per cent in favor OF the whole
potatoes with two eyes. ThiSrOw couij
/ he distinguished from the rest aS far rs
| the piece could be seen, until the dry
weather dried up the vines. The whole
piece yielded splendid crop, ~ did a
piece of Snowflake in another part of the
field.
OUR VEGETABLES.
Our vegetables are not a. progressive
Us they might bc. Fruit culture has
been brought, upon the whole, to
higher degree of perfection than NeSe-
table culture. ami there i still much to
Ec desired in the way of growing vcEe-
tables. We believe that much fault lies
i'm the manuring of vegetable grounds.
The soil j. often allowed to get too poor,
and il is believed that vegetables can be
grown anywhere. Many vegetables re-
quirr Il rich, moist soil, and wherever
drOughtS are feared, narticulsr pains
should BE- taken 10 give the earth Il
moist anal full manure. Those dried up
beans really lack moisture, 50 Ito many
carrots aEd turnip now IN the market.
The carrots that We have examined have
not half the sugar in them they should
have and the best roots are poor in
color. TurnipS are woody, and that
delicious vegetable, the kOhl-rabi, Is rs
hard a. stone, instead of possessing u
moist, soft flesh. There is No doubt
about il, We want much teaching III the
growth of vegetables, and thOS1 small
green tomatoes tell thcirta.C also. There
i not much encouragement given at
fairs for tie growth % vegetables. There
would be no harm if a. agricultural
societies, colleges and meetings were to
give their very best attention to the
vegetable market GOD d,ld H1J1h.
THE RURAL NEW YORKER
makes the good suggestion that ii coal
ashes, kept perfectly dry, have 4 second
sitting through Il flour sieve mesh the
fine dust makes a superior vehicle for
diflusing hellCbOre, Paris green, London
purple, or sulphur on foliage TO destroy
slugs, currant worms, grape-;nildew,
etc. Being much lighter than plaster
or flour il does not fall 50 quickly, but
settles on every part, even OH the under
side of the leaves, where thrips and
slUgs shelter much Of the day.
PROSPERITY or TIE WOOL AND NUT
TON INTEREST.
From all points in the West where
sheep-raiSing has received attention
comes the encouraging news that the
wool and mutton interests are eXper-
fencing unprecedented prosperity. There
isccrtainly a general revival in the trade,
and there is also growing tendency TO
improve the flOcks. American woods
now completes with that of other coun-
tries, andwhile il is doubtful that this
country can this year supply the de-
mand of home consumers, the fact that
a foreign market has been made for
American wool will spur breeders 10 re-
newed eNertiOuS. IL is estimated that
there will he a shortage this year i'll the
aggregate wOol-crop or this country OF
about 1900, 900 pounds, of which Cali
fornia, Texas, and New Mexico will
probably furnish 40,0OO,OO0. The re-
mainder of this immense shortage will
therefore have to come from the stocks
on hand of growers and dealers, who
have stored . very large quantity with
a hope of higher prices. 1t is not belive-
Ell, however, that :there is in store
enough wool to supply the deficiency,
and the demands of home manufactu-
rers will therefore neceSsitate . very
large importation of foreign wool before
the next crop can be marketed.
In Wow of this fact it is not surprisidg
that old flocks are being increased, and
that many new ones are being founded.
No one has succeeded in accounting for
the apathy which has existed in the
sheep trade for many years past, except
upon the hypothesis that the average
stOckman has been unable to see profit
except in the business of breeding and
feeding cattle, and to this end the best
energies of nine-tenths of the breeders
of the country have been devoted. Re
Gently it would seem that O counter
action has commenced, which will result
in great good. Many persons who have
been engaged in handling cattle exclu-
Sively will take advantage Of the fact
that large profits are certain in sheep
raising, and 60 into the business more
OF less extensively.
There is a tendency among flock
masters to breed for wool sheep, aud in
so doing ignore the apparent fact that
there, is relatively, as much money IN
good mutton is in fine or coarse wool.