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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-07
THE GROWTH OF THE BEE.

All the members of a colony of
bees are produced from eggs laid
by a single perfectly-developed fe-
male, the queen. The workers are
also females, but are incapable of re-
producing: The drones L males.
When the weather grows warm
in the spring, and the bees begin to
find honey and pollen, the queen
begins to deposit her eggs, which
are small, white objects, about a
sixteenth Of an inch in length, aud
only visible by turning the cells 50
that the light may strike the bot
tom.
In three days the eggs hatch into
small, white maggots. These are
carefully fed and nursed by the work
er bees, and grow rapidly until
they nearly fill the cell. In six
days the cell is capped over by the
bees. The grub now surrounds
itself with an extremely thin silken
cocoon, and passes into a state of
repose, the pupa state, during which
it assumes the form of a bee, but
still retains the whitish color of the
grub; until nearly ready to emerge
from the cell, which takes place in
twenty-one days from the laying of
the egg.
When ready to emerge, the
young bee begins cutting it's way
out, first cutting a crescent-shaped
hole, and gradually charging this
until large enough for egress.
The development of queens and
drones is similar to that of work
ers. The queen, however, is raised
in a large cell, hanging vertically,
instead Of a horizontal cell, like the
workers. She is also supplied with
a special food. When one or more
queen cells are safely sealed over,
the old queen will leave the hive,
accompanied by a !suarm of workers
and drones. This will occur, if the
weather be favorable, about a week
before the young queens begin to
hatch.
Two queens cannot agree together
in the same hive, and the first
queen Matched, if not interfered
with, will destroy all the others by
tearing open their cells, and sting
ing the occupants. But if the
honey yield be abundant, the
workers may prevent her doing
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-07

this, in which case, if the ear -,
applied to the side of the hive. q" "e
the seventh or eighth day after tHu
first swarm has left it, pecuIias
peep, peep may be heard, clear an%
shrill, followed by hoar5er notaS
The first is made by the liberateG
queen, the second is an answor
by one still in the cell. When tb;,
sound is heard, another swarm nav
confidently be expected within two
DAYS, and this may be continued
until three or four swarms have loft
the hive.-Fnrm and FIreside.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-07

Many are prone to allow their horses
to run out through all kinds of weather,
until late in the fall and until their coats
become rough and shaggy. This is wrong.
Frosty grass is not good for horses that
have been used to dry feed and must do
much hard work. They should be stabbed
as 0 as the nights become uncomforta-
bly, cool, and then they may be turned
out to grass again after the sun has dis
PEELED the frost,-Phaadelphia Record.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-07

to the bees. by this meUnO much
labor is saved to the bees, besides
the amount of honey consumed by
the bees to make the comb.
If honey is desired in boxes,
larger quantities may be obtained
by using boxes without sides Or
bottom, made for one, two or more
combs as desired, allowing one and
three-fourth inches for each comb,
and one-fourth inch between for
passage of bees, placing guide
combs accordingly. Set these boxes
side by side on the top of the frames
across the hive. Stop the outer
ends with glass, which may be tied
with wire or strings. When any
are filled, remove and supply
with another. Disturb the bees as
little as possible in the. unfinished
boxes. Glass may be put on the
the boxes, if desired. Honey must
be kept where the bees cannot get
to it, or they will remove it for you.
To make a new swarm, use the
smoke as before. Select a frame
of brood comb, nearly full of brood
and eggs and some honey having
the queen bee on it, from a good
strong stock about ready to swarm +;
put in the centre of clean hive and
set in the place of another strong
stock, removed twenty or more feet.
Then fill in three or four combs of
brood from other strong stocks or
dry comb, if you have it then you
wilt have a new stock nearly as
good as an old One-sure to stay.
1t is not best to make swarms
small; they are not profitable for
honey. Swarms may be made from
gums, boxes, &c, by drumming out.
They r much more apt to stay in
new hive if a piece of comb is
fastened-brood in it is better still.
Blow under the smoke; turn the
old stock bottom up; set the gum,
box, hive or what you wish the bees
to go into on top of the inverted stock
of bees; make tight around, then
gently drum the hive about five
minutes, and you r pretty certain
to have a new swarm of bees. Set
the new one in the place of the old
one. Remove the old hive twenty
or more feet, or if that cannot be-,
turn old one around with back to
the new.
JOEL CURTIS.
P. S.-Please allow me to correct
in my article, March 9th, para
graph on loss Of queen, read: Eggs
to be cut out of best stock of bees;
piece of comb 1! inch square,
and inserted in hole in the comb of
the queenless swarm among the
BEES And paragraph on feeding
read: ~"Teacupful Of honey instead
of teaspOOnful.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-07
ELEVEN.
JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY.

"Eleven lime n are eleven"
Said a maid whose sparkling eyes
Expressed far more in a single glance
Than a thousand grown-up sights.
"Eleven times one are eleven" said she:
"Eleven years old to-day, that's me-"
ELEVEN times n are eleven,
All maid with the nut-brown hair,
Will your life be as free at eleven times
From the burdens of toll and care?
When you whisper the words 'eleven
times two,"
Life will have less of the roseate hue.
"Eleven times one are eleven"
And, no doubt, you are wishing now
That your silken robes might sweep the
floor,
And jewels adorn your brow,
Little one, you are sweeter and happier
Than the stately, grown-up beauties
eleven times one are eleven"
If time would but pause just here,
And leave us our childhood's hopes and
joys,
Life would never be dark and drear.
So live while you can, little maid so fair,
Ere the snow-white silver streaks your
hair.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-07
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, APRIL l. Iooo:

oarded in insurance parlance as Eek =
fra hazardous property" one oi
the reasons is that hogs get less
Green feed than formerly. fears
ago hogs were allowed the run Oh
pasture or orchard in summer, ana
fattened when a year or more ola IN
the Fall. Now we try to force 1at-
tening while the pig should be grow
ing. We succeed, but there is a
doubt with many whether this sue
cess is not too dearly bought. we
should, at least, insist that breeding
sows should be left to run at large
with only lerate feeding, and
that, as lar as possible, of a succu-
lent character.
HIRING EXTRA HELP.
The one thing which no farmer
can afford is to let crops waste for
lack of help to harvest them. Low
as prices Of produce may be, the lat
Ter will always pay cost OF harvest
ing. and at this time all other ex-
penses have been incurred. 1t is
better to hire two, three or more
extra men for a few days than to al
low crops to suffer. This is espe-
cially true of the. potato crop, which
is so easily and entirely destroyed
by frost. Again, with corn, which,
being not so ~perishable, is usually
left till the last, yet both grain and
fodder waste enough to pay for do
ing the work when it should be
done, while it always costs more to
husk and house corn in the shorter
days Of November and December
than it would have done at the
proper time in October.
HABITS OF OWLS AND HAWKS.
Farmers poultry yards are often
subject to the ravages Of owls and
hawks. Some knowledge Of the
habits of these depredators is Of val
lie in helping to devise means for
their determination. An old sports
man says that both owls and hawks
devour their victims feathers and
all, and the feathers, being indiges-
tible, are rolled up in balls and
voided. By watching for these evil
dences of their roosting places in
forests the vermin may be shot or
trapped, as they go to the same
place to roost every night. AS for
hawks, they may be caught nearer
home. A hawk, just before swoop-
ing down on it's prey, selects some
slightly place from which it can dis
Germ any possible danger. By plac-
ing a strong steel trap just where
the hawk is accustomed to light he
may be captured and killed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-07
Correspondence.
HOW TO OBTAIN HONEY AND
TO SWARM BEES
For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.1

The Stats in the top of the honey
box should be one and three-fourth
inches from the centre, instead of
one and a half as before stated, be-
cause bees build their hOneycomb
thicker than for brood. Nice, clean
comb is worth 81 per pound to put
in the lower part of the hive for a
new swarm, or into the honey boxes,
if nice and thick. 1t a be stuck
by wax made of four parts rosin
melted; then add two parts bees
wax, n part pure tallow, or half
as much linseed oil in a pan large
enough to touch the edge of
the comb. First have it cut in
shape with straight edge to fit
on where it is to stick. ct being
of great value, strips no more than
three-fOurths of an inch wide can be
used.) A thin, sharp knife, dipped
in hot water, will cut the dry comb
smooth.
To preserve the dry comb from
the worms fumigate it with sui
sulphur sprinkled on live Goals, or
melt it and dip strips of cotton rags
in it and burn, placing the comb far
enough above SO as not to melt the
comb, and make nearly air-tight
around the sulphur so as to force the
smoke up into the comb, which must
not be SO tight together that the
smoke cannot get between. If the
comb has to be kept sometime it
will need the second fumigation.
Air it before giving it to the bees.
When the bees begin to store
honey, put on the box with the
whole top. When nearly full,
draw a fine wire under the bottom,
or a thin knife; raise the box one
eighth of an inch, blow in smoke
all round; then raise the box and
put the box with the slat top under
it on the same place of the one
raised. This mode will be found
to give several pounds more of
honey, as it supplies the bees with
room when they begin to be crowded,
and enables them to keep right on
with comb-building in the new box.
When the honey7gathers fill up and
finish the top box, which may then
be taken off by cutting under it as
before; blow in smoke; take it off;
V the lower box with a piece of
cotton cloth, or thin plank; rap on
the box of honey, gently, and as the
bees come out, brush them off at the
entrance of the parent hive; then
the bees will all be at their own
home, and it sometimes happens
that the queen is in the top, too.
Before eleven o'clock a. m. is the
best time for these operations, as a
large part of the bees are out to
work.
But larger quantities of honey are
obtained by using movable hives
and honey extractors, The honey
comb when full and nearly all
sealed is removed from the hive
(frst fumigating, as directed, with
rag or funkwood SMOKEY. Shave
off the sealing with the sharp knife,
dipped in hot water; then put the
comb with frame in the extractor,
revolve fast enough to sling out
the honey; then return the comb
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-07
SICK HOGS.

Thirty years ago the hog was
thought least likely of any farm an
imal to suffer from disease. Now,
at least in the West, hogs are re-
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23

LIT it rest. All! how many
hearts on the brink of anxiety and
disquietude, by this simple SEN
tsnce have been made calm and
hAppYl Seine preceding has
wounded us by rs wait t os e. tact;
let it rest; no one will think of i.
again. A harsh or unjust sentence
lrritates u; let it rest; whoever
may have given vent to it will he
pleased to see it is forgotten. A
painful scandals about to estrange
as from our friend; let it rest, and
thus preserve our charity. -Ex-
change.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23

The material, moral and educa-
tional developm snt Of the South,
is something phenomenal, and the
whole world is looking on in Won
der at a section that twenty years
ago was reduced by war to the
point OF starvation, which is to-day
making more strides in the march
OF progress than any ether part oil
the world. Should nothing occur
to impeds her progress, another
twenty years will place her the
peer, if not the superior, of the
North, with all her wealth and boas.
ted culture.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23

THE Philadelphia Press in at
tempting to make light Of the pro
hibition law in Georgia says: "In
Georgia where the prohibition law
Is in force twenty new distllleries
were started last year. If the
folks down there have really quit
drinking whiskey, it is because
they are too busy making it.
T. I. MIzE, confidential clerk of
n. 7. Arnis, millionaire coal
dealer of Chicago, has been rob
bing .Amis for a number of years,
which was just found out q few
days ago. when it was seen that his
shortcomings would amount to
about 100000. Mize had wife
and supported two or three more
women.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23

DooLY county, heretofore en-
t;rely without IA lro7d ia
eilities, is liable to be cut all to
pieces by the iron bound roa Is.
The Lumpkin. Americas & Pres
ton Road is going through the
county; the Dublin ana Western
is also going through, it is said:
tie G. & NJ. and the Macon Air.
line both also propose to &c
through Dooly; and lastly the At
Ssnta & Hawkinsyille road conte n.
plates extending through to Thorn
ssvl'ie, which it it does viii also
ca: through Dolly. 1t is said
that every man in the county ex.
poets railroad t. liis front ga.,
within twelve months. Tx.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23

Gov. LHE, of Virginia, granted
u thirty days respite to Cluverlus,
convicted of the murder Of Lillian
Madison, his cousin. We believed
from the frat that the jury made
a great mistake in convicting him
under the testimony, and we be-
lieve that the failure of Gov. Lee
to exercise the pardOning power
In this case makes it possible for
4he courts that tried him to be
guilty of judicial murder.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23

The election held in the Amer
Gus district on Tuesday for fence
or no fence, aud which was deeid-
ed in favor of the latter facti n,
will be contested by the former
On the grounds of illegality, they
la.ming that not a sufficient mum.
her of those who signed the peti
Zion calling for IN election were
really freeholders.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23

THE poor Indian, is freezing to
death on the Western plains. The
Indian mover have much of a
showing in this country, and now
that the winters are becoming
colder his seanty attire will
not suffice tc keep life ia his
body.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23
N l)'P .I||.L..D|..'Il :
.I|'.l:'!E.llII..LI.IIII

Not only shortens the time oflabo,
and lessons the pain, but it grss,Ir
dim;nishes the danger to life Of b"tb
mother and Child, and leavos tba
mother in condition more favorsiis
to speedy recovery aud less lisbIa ~
Flooding, CUWuisiors. and otbsr
Alarming symptoms. Its eficscv is
this respect entities il to be called Tsu
MoTnEK's FRIEND, and to rank a. os.
Of tie life-savlng remedies of tic ninS
tcrnth century.
We cannot publish certificates eon.
corning Ibis remedy without woupding
the delicacy of the writers Yet wa
have hundreds on file.
Send for our book, "To Mothers "'m,ilsd
free. BEADFlELD REGULATORS Co..
Atlanta, Ga.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23

A BILL has been introduced in
the Legislature amending the law
SO as to constitute the crime of
wife beating a felony and punish
able by a term of one to three
in the penitentiary. Good; let it
pass.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23
ALBANY EXPRESS.

Stops a. all regular stations. Pullman
palace sleeping cars to and from Savannah,
and Tampa via Gainesville. Pullman
buffet sleeping cars to and from Jackson
vile and Washington. Pullman buffet
cars and Mann boudoir butfet cars via
Waycross, Albany and TIacon, and via
Waycsoss, Jesup and Macon, between
jacksonville and Cincinnati. Also. thro'
passenger coaches between Jacksonville
and Chattanooga via Albany, and Jack
sonyille anG Cincinnati via Jesup.
CONNECTIONS.
At Savannah for Charleston at 7:tOa m
arrive Augusta via y emassee at lao D m.
and 6;l8 p m; for Augusta and Atlanta at
$40 m and $40 p m; with steamships
Tor New York sunday, Tuesday ard Fri
DAY; for Boston Thursday; for Baltimore
serni-weckly.
AT Jesup for Brunswick at $50 IN
Except Sunday and G,20 p IN; for Macon
2,30 N and $40 am
At Waycross for Brunswick At 4, tOa m
and lO,40 a N; for Albany at 900 p nj and
l2;45 a m.
Al Callahan for Fernandna aks. Dam
and ., Al p m; for Waldo, Cedar Kew. Oca-
Ia etc at !, 80 a IN and les m.
=. AT Jacksonville with rail and steamer
lines diyergng.
AT Live Oak for Madison, Tallahassee.
etc, at 1859 III.
Az Gainesville Ocala. Tavares Penn
perton's Ferry, Brooksvlle and TAMPA at
ll80 m; for Cedar Key at $3.50 p m lex
ccpt sunday.
AZ Albany for Macon Montgomery. Mo
bile, New Orleans, Nashville. Louisville
etc.
AT Chattahoochee for Pensacola, Mobile.
New Orleans; with Peoples line steamers
advertising 70 leave for Apalacaicola AZ
300 m Wednesday, and li:3O pm Sat.
uIday, and for Columbus at 300 am Mon.
saray, 500 p m Tuesday and 700 m
'Ihurday
w r. HARDER,
- -,,, General Pass. Assent
H. q, FLEMING, GeR'l Supt
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23

While some newspapers and
politicians are Disposed to crit
else with severity the Presidents
message, a large majority of them
regard it one Of the ablest Gocu-
ments of the kind that has ever
emanted from the White HogsA
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23
Strings.
Pictures.

The finest and largest assortn ent ever
shown in the South. Ii will pay prospoc-
tive purchasers to come to Savannah if for
nothing else than to look through our i'm
mense stock. We have Paintings, En-
cravings, PaStes, Oleographs, Intotints,
Artotypes, Chr0mos, Sketches, Drawings,
ptC etc
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23
Florida &
Western Rv.

Nj tr~ ms on this road arc run by Cen
trai STANDARD Time.
TgNTIME CARD IN EFFECT MAY 2.
Z 1886. Passenger Trans ON this road
viii run daily as follows:
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23
Repairing Departments.

We are thoroughly equipped with ncces-
sary machinery aad the best class Of
workmen that are to be had in the U. S.
for repairing and oyerhauling Pianos, Or.
gans, Violins, Guitars, Banj0S, Accorde@ns.
Orguinettes, Flutes, or any instrument
made. Oar prices will be reasonable for
first class work and orders will receive
prompt attention.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23
Picture Frames.

We carry stock Of the finest mould
ings manufactured, over 500 different pat
terms. Have a complete mandatory,
complete with the latest and NEST improv-
ed machinery, and manufacture the finest
frames that can be made. Our prices the
L.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23

3;35 p n ar. .Baj7hrjdge. " lies 4 m
4,04 M ar. Chattahoochse. Nv 11;40 NJ
Pullman buffet cars to and from Jack
sonville and New York, and to and from
Jacksonville and New Orleans via Peusa-
cola and Mobile.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23

THB "suray south sarc'sm is
getting to be very stale chosnut.
Where else in the lreard universe
could yoa find a country covered
with 26 inches of snow and men
working in their shirt sleeves and
The front doors all open2
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23
BRICK!

T WILL sell as good Brick as can To
L bought in Georgia. Cheap for cash in
carload lots or by retail. Ca.,on nae ii tie
depot and save time and trouble.
L. K. SMITH, Agent,
BroDwood Ga.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23
FOR SALE.

4 fine sorrel horse, very gentle, good
speed and perfectly sound.
A good buggy, with top, and set Of
harness. Can be seen at Farnnm's Stable.
Also, one-horse wagon in excellent
order and harness. For sale at Judge
Simmons warehouse.
MRS. r. PETERS. at Simmons House.
Dec, 6, 1886,
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23
Central & SOuthWes-
tern r.. RS.

CAll trains of this system are run BY
STANDARD 900 Meridian time, which is Ss
minutes slower than time kept by city.l
SAyANSAH, GA, Juno 8, 1886.
an AND AFTER THIS DATE PASSENGER
~ TRAINT on the Central and South
western Railroads aud branches will run IS
follows:
GOING NORTH.
Leave No. 81 No. go
Savannah D S:40am D 9:2opz
Leave No.15--
ID h.A0Dm
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23
LOCAL SCHEDULE.

Pass. Train No. gong West w. i, 5i 40 ) N
70 WIN 8.0i y
10. 5e E,D- l'iN' ="
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23
Musical Merchandise.

Our stock is complete in all sma goods
and we sell at prices that enable US TO claim
the largest saics in the South. Buying
direct from the largest manufacturers in
the world we can sell at prices that defy
competition. Our goods fully guaranteed
and will be found exactly as represented.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23
d $40 p m

s~th'N't'''i'''' - - ~ Nv T. ii''
CONNECTIONS AT TEKMINAL FONTS
At Augusta Trains 81 and % conne'
with outgoing trains of Georgia RaIIroas'
Columbia, Charlotte and Augusta RallrosG,
and couth Carolina Railroad. Train %
connects with outgoing train Of Augusta
and Knoxville Railroad Train o. COZ
meets with trains for Sylvania, Virgins
willie and II uisville.
AT Atlanta Trains 81 and 81 eonnetns
with AIRLINE and KenneSaw routes 10 az
points North and East. and with al W
Norrinr road fnr local StlliOns.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23

savannah 10 u S:U3 a Nh noou
Savannah SO ID 4;07 MOD d oiVVa-
Connection at Savannah with savannIJii
Florida and Western Railway io' o.
points in Florida. "a
| Trains Nos. 50 and 81 will not sop ca
take on or put off passengers between "a
vannah and Millen, sas trains NOS 10 h..
1G are expected to do the way ouSliie''
tween these points. -. mas
Local Sleeping Cars on all nlgns an A.
scngcr trains between Savannah anu ,nah
gusla, Savannah and Macon, saVA'''D-'
and tlanta, Macon and G, lumbus. "a,
Tickets for all points and sleeping Rail
berlLs on sale at City Office, NO ~
street. oorpa
Gen. Pass. ACT. Gen supt ,SavSsnn'0'
!. @. SHAW, w. f. SHELbMA@.
Gen. Tray. Agt. Traffic hsn1Gs s
d. daily. I'D. e. s." daily eA''
Snday.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-12-23
THE JOURNAL.
3. L. RAENEY. Editor.

There has. been good deal
OF sickness in the city lately, caus-
Ell. no doubt, ~ the bad weather.