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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14
CURING HONEY.
How to Cure II in the Comb, After ES-
tracing and In storage.


There,a re three ways by which honey
is cured. namely: In the comb, soon
after exta acting and in storage.
First, al regards the curing of honey
in the comb, we might ask this question:
"Will long storage of honey in the
comb improve it," Certainly not, as, 10y
age, the Gaping becomes impure and
dirty, whilch in time will, to more or
less extent, penetrate the honey and give
it dark tint.
Second, the curing after extracting is
to leave the honey i'll open vessels, not
entirely excluding the air, but especially
protecting it from the dust and light.
Third, the process of curing in storage
takes place in barrels, after previous
ripening, and is something like a limited
vinous fermentation, or rather the dcvel-
opment Of melic ether--a process of
publication. For after such storage for
a month or two the honey will wonder
fully improve i'll its crystal appearance.
By this method the honey must be kept
perfectly excluded from atmospheric
air, cautions American Bee journal,
authority for the above,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14

As result of very large number of
analv-es made by the Danish Dairy Sup
plv company, il is raportJl that evening
milk contains more fat and more total
solids than the morning milk. In Octo-
Der and November the milk is richer in
fat and total solids imam in other parts Of
the year.
Tarred paper applied to the inside of
poultry buildings will not only make
them much warmer, but will be of some
service in protecting fowls against YER
min.
\ practical Ohio gardener, from his
own experience, has found sifted coal
ashes an excellent preventive against in
.juries from melon and cucumber bugs.
The most effectual way for determin-
ing the requirements OF a soil for the
production Of any particular crop is to
test the question with different kinds
and combinations of manures.
There is no certain way Of curing
kicking COW after she has formed the
habit. When treated kindly and gently
from the beginning but few cows be-
come troublesome in this respect
Barley is our only grain OF which the
home product is not equal to the de-
mand The deficiency is chiefly sup
piled by importations from Canada.
From this time on care should be
taken to keep the animals in good con-
dition. Animals that fall off much in
flesh in the early winter will be very
poor in the spring if they pull through
at all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14
Black Top NIerinoes.

American Agriculturist defines these
sheep as follows: They We're bred up
from the Spanish Mernoes, crossed with
the mutton breeds. They are symmetri-
cal and free from wrinkles. The wool
is combing or delaine, fine, from three
to four and one-half inches in length,
with white oil diffused throughout the
length of the fiber. The rams weigh
about $50 pounds and the. ewes 1870
pounds. The object Of the breeders was
to secure a Merino fleece on mutton
carcass. They are desirable sheep, and
are bred mostly in southern Ohio and
western Pennsylvania. Both wool and
mutton was the motto of the originators,
and they succeeded admirably. The eff
fort is making by some to create stand
ard for these sheep of twenty pounds of
wool on a 200 pound carcass. These are
rightly the American Merinoes, and the
wrinkly breeds should be denominated
the Spanish.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14
Chur-ning Whole Butter,

The same process of churning is re-
quired to make butter from sweet milk
as from soured cream. The butter fat in
milk is contained in little globues that
have to be broken by agitation, so that
the butter they contain is released and
can be gathered in mass by itself. BY
setting the milk the portion containing
the butter mostly rises to the surface as
cream, and thus only comparatively
small portion of the whole milk need be
subjected to cJ1urning II is sometimes
claimed that churning the whole milk
will give a slightly larger proportion of
butter, but where the cream has been
properly raised the difference, if any. is
not enough to compensate for the addi-
tional labor in churninG so large mass
of milk for a small yield of butter To
make the Same amount of butter would
require Il ChIrn of about ten times the
capacity and a proportionate amount of
power to chuln il from milk as would he
necessary for cream, 50 that Churnng
whole milk is not likely to come into
general use in butter making. The but
ter is released more readily when the
cream is churned just as it has grown
slightly sour and the fat globules have
been exposed for time to the action of
the atmosphere at temperature of from
so to 60 dogs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14
Ueat-Eetainipg Bee Hives.

Regarding the protection of bees
against cold in winter, and during the
time of rapid brood rearing in spring. an
apiarian in American Bee Journal takes
the ground that warm air inside the
hive is of the first importance, and that
the temperature of the air outside the
hive is only a secondary matter, provided
the hive walls are composed of good heat
retaining materials. In a hive of bees
we have, as it were, self acting fur
mace, keeping up constant temperature
of So dogs. in the center, and at least 80
degs. in the atmosphere Immediately
surrounding it, when the bees are the
most quiescent. About three pounds of
cork dust is required to give II inches of
filling for the walls of ordinary hives
The beekeeper referred to uses picture
backing and three thicknesses of carpet
felt paper for the inner skin of his hives.
and s-inch pine for the outer skin. Hives
with walls thus filled will measure about
q inches larger each way. They will
weigh about five or six pounds more, and
will cost about as much more as single
walled hives of the same capacity.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14
BEE KEEPING.


At a recent bcekcepers' convention a
lady member from Campbcllford. Ont,
read an essay on bee Keeping as an
Occupation for Women" Having given
the matter fair trial for the last eight
years, she was of the opinion that there
is no reason why any woman of modcr-
ate strength and intelligence should not
be able to take charge of an apiary of
from thirty to fifty colonies with very
little assistance, and derive both pleasure
and profit from the employmcnt; at the
same time she doubts whether there arc
many who would succeed very well in
carrying on the business alone, though
of course there are Il few who would.
While not believing that farmer can
carry on both farming and bee keeping
successfully himself, she says: "But if
he has either daughters or sons, who will
make speciality Of this department,
bee keeping, it may very advantagcously
be combined with farming; and | dQnot
know of any reason why girls might not
make as great success OF the business
as boys"
Eternal vigilance is the price of sue
cess in any business, and in none more
than i'll bee keeping. 1t is not only labor,
but a science, and will make constant
demands, not only on the patience, but
on the bodily strength and intelligence of
those who engage in it; at the same time
there is a fascination about the business
which relieves it of all tediousness. \
woman will think of her bees, study
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14
Here and There.

The next annual meeting of the Amer
lean Poultry association will be held in
connection with the Institute show in
New York in February.
Feb. % has been made Arbor day in
Texas, and the forming of n State For
estry association is contemplated.
The ordinary stable manure is yet used
almost exclusively by the market gar
deners Of Hudson county, n. j., and
that too, at the rate Of seyenty-fve tons
TO the acre.
The amount of butter exported from
New York during the past year is re-
ported as larger than that Of any Of the
five years previous. o.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14
BlanketinG Horses.

Dixie Farmer very truly says: Proper
care of your horses at this season, and
during the winter, requires blanketing
not only in the stable and at night, but
moro imperatively when they are left
standing in harness. To be sure, most
farmers take their stable blanket along
when they are out driving in the winter
Theyd do not always remember to 90 it at
this season. Wo advocate two sets of
blankets, one for the stable and one for
ont OF door use. 1t is not absolutely
necessary, but it is better. Then if one
set is kept in the wagon or buggy, it is
not forgotten or left behind, as is often
the case with the stable blanket.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14

BY separating the states into groups,
the six New England states are credited
with forest area of 10, 1913, 028 acres; the
four middle states with 17.63O000; the
fourteen southern states. including Mary
land and leaving out Missouri, with 232,
100000; the nine western states with 50,
35S, 16S; four Pacific states, so, $50 600,
and the seven territories with SO, 1884, coo.
1t will thus be seen that of the entire
4G5, 645, $50 acres OF forest included in
this estimate, the fourteen southern
states possess fully one-half.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14

Most assuredly nucleus colonies will
raise queens, If you make them queen
less during the warm months or when
bees can fly. 1t is better to have the cells
reared in full colonies, then give the
Matched queens to nuclei, TO be fortified,
according to Gleanings in Bee Culture
Southern Cultivator says: ANY land
that will produce corn will produce oats
Oats require highly ammoniated fertil-
izer; hence cotton seed or cotton seed
meal is the best home fertilizer that can
be used. But mixture of cotton seed
meal and acid phosphate-equal parts
and on some soils potash, in some form,
will give better results"
Bee journal says; "The spreading of
the brood frames for winter is an old
theory, but one that will hardly pay for
the trouble. The advantage (f there is
any is very slight, while the disslvant-
ages are many"
Field and Farm says: eve find that a
pig which is fed pure, fresh slop will not
take kindly to raw pumpkins as food,
but cooked with potatoes they are much
relished. When cooked this way it is
we'll to add little ship stuff or bran to
make better balanced ration"
New England Farmer reports that Mr..
Philbrick, of 1ilton, n. H., finds his en-
silage costs him SO per ton in the sio,
and that three tons are equal in value to
one ton of hay. Mr.. Haven, of White
field, estimates the cost of his at Sl.25
per ton, labor cost, and finds forty
pounds equal to nineteen pounds of hay.
No bird with blood on its plumage
should ever be permitted 10 run with the
flock, for the reason that, attracted by
the blood, the other fowls will soon ac-
quire the evil of feather eating.
Pick all white birds and sell their
feathers separate, for white hens feath-
ers sell for twenty eight cents pound,
while colored feathers bring only six to
eight cents pound. This makes great
difference, as the feathers alone will pay
dressing expenses, if they be white ones,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14
POULTRY UOUSE-GROUND FLOOR.

FOULTRY HOUSE-GKOCND FLOOR.
The ground floor is equally divided by
a cross partition. The south end is left
open in summer, or covered with slabs
or wire netting. In winter it is closed
with glazed sash. The north end is re-
served for nests. as shown in the plan.
The stairway is inclosed above and be-
low, to keep the fowls out. At its foot
are an outer and an inner door, with n
the escape of the fowls, as well as the in
tlux of currents of cold air, when the
Ol1ter door is onpnpd
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14
Cotton Seed Meal for Fowls.

American Agriculturist advises, if you
can't get meat for your fowls, to buy them
some cotton seed meal. If fed daily,
one pint to a mess of soft food for 200
hens is sufficient. Milk is also an excel
lent substitute for meat, and, in fact, is
considered preferable by some poultry
keepers. No matter how we'll balanced
their ration may be, change it often. A
variety of food gives zest to the appetite
and stimulates digestion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14
POULTRY BoUsr--sECoyp STORY.

Under the stairs are nests for setting
hens, which are thus shut off from COM
munication with the rest of the house
The lower stair is hung on hinges. While
hens are setting this and the outer door
may be left open, giving them means of
exit TO obtain food and exercise.
The upper floor is fitted up with roosts
The fowls reach it by means of a chen
ladder" consisting of plank with Stats
nailed across it at proper intervals. The
house may be constructed in any style to
suit the taste or means of the owner.
Thanks are due to Prairie Farmer for the
foregoing plans and accompanying de-
sCription
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14

A Vermont dairyman thus expresses
himself in Rural New Yorker:
Ny dairy experience does not extend
over long period. and has consisted
principally in changing a 100 pound per
COW dairy to 2s5 pound per cow dairy.
/ have been getting rid of the older com
mon cows and raising up a herd of Jer-
seys. The best common COW / have and
the only old COW in the herd was "a No.
/" when heifer and still continues to
be. Some old rYt following farmers
probably object to 800 pound COWS be-
cause they wear out SO fast-any excuse
for keeping 10 the old way. heard the
other day of man who did not like the
Jerseys because they did not make
enough swill for his hogs! He wanted
COWS that made lots of swill
EARLY Matched chickens bring the best
.,1I
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14
FARM AND GARDEN.
DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE IN ITS
VARIED BRANCHES.
Directions for the Construction of a
Poultry House Two Stories Hig hand of
Moderate Cost-Dried Peat Moss
for Bedding and Manure,

In the accompanying cut is illustrated
q poultry house of moderate cost. 1t is
70 by 16 feet in dimensions and two
stories HIGH
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14
FARM, FIELD ANN GARDEN.
EVERY DAY TOPICS CONSIDERED IN
A PLAIN, PRACTICAL MANNER.

Tho Importance OF Dive 'Sfied Farming
Demonstrated hy IA" Ior.un"s Of
the Season Ought not to be Stlkcd
ON Que or lwO Crops.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14

EARLY Matched chickens bring the best
p&ces, and bring in money at time
WHEN you need it.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-15

~ prccInsous cams. 1 hooweu as tneso
slopes; they literally swarmed with b..
boons, grunting, barking, screaming,
and beating their breasts with their long
arms In fury. looked up the water way;
along IL, accompanied by q mob, or, as
1t were, a guard Of balloons, came Hen
drika, her long hair flying, madness writ
ten on her face, and In her arms was the
senseless form Of little Tota.
She saw us, and foam Of rage burst
from her lips. She screamed aloud. To
me the sound was mere inarticulate
cry, but the balloons clearly understood
1t, for they began 10 roll rocks down on
to us. One bowlder leaped past me and
struck down Kaffir behind; another
fell from the roof Of the arch on to q
mans head and killed him, Indaba- -zimbi
lifted his gun to shoot Hendrika,
her, crying that he would kill the child.
Then shouted TO the men TO open out
and form line from side TO side of the
shelving gulley. Furious at the loss Of
their two comrades, they obeyed me,
and keeping in the water way myself,
together with Indaba-zimbi and the
other guns, gave the word TO charge.
Then the real battle began. 1t Is diff.
cult to say who fought the more fiercely,
the natives or the balloons. The Kaffirs
charged along the slopes, and as they
came, encouraged by the screams OF
Hendrika, who rushed to and fro hold
ing the wretched Toto before her as a
shield, the apes bounded at them in fury.
Scores were killed by the assegais and
many more fell beneath our gun shots,
but still they came on. Nor did we 90
scathless. Occasionally man would
slip, or be pulled over in the grip OF q
baboon. Then the others would fling
themselves upon him like dogs on rat,
and worry him to death. We lost five
men in this way, and myself received
bite through the fieshy part of the left
arm, but fortunately native near me
assegaied the animal before was pulled
down.
At length, and all Of a sudden, the
seize them. Notwithstanding the cries
of Hendrika they thought no more of
fight, but only of escape; some even did
not attempt to get away from the asse-
gals Of the Kaffirs, they simply hid their
horrible faces in their paws, and, moan
ing piteously, waited to be slain.
Hendrika saw that the battle was lost.
Dropping the child from her arms, she
rushed straight at us, a very picture of
horrible insanity. lifted my gun, but
could not bear to shoot. After all she
was but mad thing, half ape, half
woman. SO sprang TO one side, and
she landed full on Indaba-zimbi, knock
ing him down. But she did not stay to
do any more. Wailing terribly, she
rushed down the gulley and through the
arch, followed by many of the surviving
balloons, and vanished from our sight.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-15
CHAPTER XI.

w NDER il
many m arrie d
couples are quite
as happy as we
found ourselves.
Cynics, a grow
ing class, declare
that few illusions
can surviv q q
h o N o y IN o on
Well, l do not
know about it, for
] only married
once, and can but
speak from my
limited expert
ence. But GER
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-15

tainly our illusion, or rather the great
truth OF which il is the shadow, did sur
yise, as 70 this day it survives in my
LsArt.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-15
CHAPTER XIII.

while but fe w
had escaped d
W j t hout some
tokens whereby
he might remem-
ber what a ba-
boon's teeth and
claw s are like.
How many Of the
brutes we killed
I never knew.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-15
He FIGHT

HE FIGHT
W as over.
In all we
ha d lost
seven men
killed, and
s e v @ r q l
more were
S e v erely
b / 1 / en- -.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-15

and intelligence muster them in order To
forward her ends of revenge, seemed to
me SO incredible that after reflection my
fears grew light. Still ! determined to
trek.
So l went into Stella, and without say
ing word to her of the baboon story,
told her l had been thinking matters
over, and had come TO the conclusion
that it was our duty 10 follow her fathers
instructions to the letter, and leave Bah
yam Kraals at once. Into all our talk
need not enter, but the end of it was that
she agreed with me, and declared that
she could quite well manage the journey.
Nothing happened to disturb us that
night, and on the following morning ]
was up carly making preparations. The
despair of the people when they learned
that we were going to leave them was
something quite pitiable. could only
console them by declaring that we were
but on journey, and would return the
following year.
"They had lived in the shadow of her
father, who was dead" they declared;
'eyer since they were little they had
lived in his shadow. He had received
them when they were outcasts and wan
derers without mat 10 lie on, or blank
ct to cover them, and they had grown
fat in his shadow. Then he had died,
and the Star, their fathers daughter, had
married me, Macumazahn, and they had
believed that should take their fathers
place, and let them live in my shadow.
What should they do when there was no
one to protect them? The tribes were
kept from attacking them by fear of the
white man. II he went, they would be
eaten up" and so on. Alas! there was
but too much foundation for their fears.
returned TO the huts at midday get
some dinner. Stella said that she was
going TO pack during the afternoon, so
did not think il necessary TO caution her
about going out alone, as did not wish
Ia aIhide la the subject Of Hendrika and
The Washington critic., 1890-02-23

be In competition afc Clifton aud Gut.
tenberg, and with the shadow of sus.
picion that rest upon the events there
IL is not likely that this existence would
at all affect the meetings here. Jack
Sheehan, well known sporting man
from New York, who knows the racing
puDliCs as well as any man can, said in
this connection: "if the club hangs
up good purses and gets the horses here,
people will come over from New
York in preference to going to
either Gutenberg or Clifton.
II only costs SO to come over here, and
they can live here as cheaply rs in New
York. When il comes to a question of
choosing between good square races
and those at the other two tracks il is
not hard to predict which way the
choice will be, and | ana satisfied that
the betting men will desert Clifton and
Gutenberg for Washington If the club
only manages rightly"
Should blr Sheehan's prediction
prove correct, as it probably will, 1t is
not unlikely that when the fall meeting
opens it will be continued as far into the
winter as the weather will permit.
The character of the horses that are
now running at Clifton and Gutenberg
shows how kindly the horsemen take to
chance to win their winters oats.
None of the prominent owners, how
ever, like the half. tracks, aud if
the Washington track were in operation
there is little question that the best of
the horses would be found upon it.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-23
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