Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1886-04-03
FARM AND GARDEN.
Grating the Grapevine, and Other Topics of
Interest.
Grating the Grapevine.


reply to be given in time to be useful
pose to take wild grapevines, and use
them as stocks upon which to graft
desirable varieties. This would be
very poor economy. An old vine of
any kindis rarely worth removing, and
least of all, wild one. Such vines
are poorly furnished with roots, and
would make very poor stocks. If one
already has an old vine of a poor va
riety, and wishes to graft it with a
more desirable kind, he can do so by
digging down and inserting the cions
below the surface of the ground. The
proper season for this operation is in
the fall, when vegetation is at rest. If
the old root is in healthy condition,
very vigorous growth will follow.
Another method of grating is to in
sert the cion in strong cane, or branch
of the vine, selecting one that may be
bent down, and have the union of
stock and cion, with joint or two of
the cane, covered with soil The
method known as 'yhip-grafting is en-
ployed, the cion and stock being held
together by a tie, instead of wax. The
grated cane is then laid in shallow
trench, in such manner that bud
or two of the clon will be above
ground. This, it will be seen, il q
combination of layering and grating.
The con is nourished at first by the
old vine. but in the course of the sea
son, the buried portion of the cane
will produce abundant roots, and in
the fall may be separated from the
parent plant. This operation should
be performed early in spring, before
there is danger of copious "bleeding,"
which might prevent the union. 1t
may also be done upon the new
growth, after the shoots of the season
have become sufficiently matured, in
this case. .using cions of similar new
growth. This method with new wood
we have not tried, but it is said to be
successful. Nearly all of our hardy
grapes are grown so readily from cut
tlngs, and come into bearing so soon,
that this is the usual and least trouble
some manner OF propagating them.
Hiving Bees.
Some apiarists practice clipping one
wing of each queen. Then when a
swarm issues from the hive, she can
not follow, but crawls about upon the
ground in front of the hive. The bee
keeper catches, cages, and lays her
aside in the shade, moves the old hive
to new location, and by the time the
swarm has decided to return, because
it has no queen, he has a new hive
similar in appearance to the old one,
upon the old stand, and the bees,
taking it for their old home, enter it,
and while they are gong in, the queen
is allowed to run in with them. Thus
the bees hive themselves without being
allowed to even cluster. An objection
to this method is, that queens are
sometimes lost in the grass. When a
swarm of bees returns, it may enter
the wrong hive, and if it makes nc
mistake in this direction, it occasion.
ally clusters all over the outside of the
hive, and remains there long time be
fore entering. If the queen is allowed
to enter the hive too soon, she may
come out again, thinking, perhaps,
that she has not ''swarmed," and the
bees follow her. There are some in
dications that clipped queens are re-
garded by the bees with dissatisfaction
and are thus superseded A queer
that is lost can often be found by look
ing for the little knot of bees tha
usually accompanies her. If swarm
attempts to enter the wrong hive, {
sheet can be thrown over the hive. l.
queen is not given to swarm unit
the bees begin to show signs of un
easiness, she IS not apt to leave th'
hive. When the queen is unclipped
a swarm will usually soon cluster upol
the branch of some tree. AS the clus
ter begins to form, it should be noticed