The National tribune., 1890-06-12
OUR RURAL TOPICS,
Some Practical Suggestions for Our
Agricultural Readers
TO PREVENT BEES FROM RoBB1Na.

| tnoio is usually u gap III Wnlcn inc DeeS are
| daily out of stores and very prone to rob one
another. Great care should be taken that tho
weaker ones are not cleaned out at this time.
The entrances should be contracted to such
size rs they can successfully guard against large
numbers Of robbers; and in case it has already
commenced it will BIO good idea to drop q
bunch of straw over the entrance until the war
dies down. This, says the Orange Judd Farmer
will enable those inside to get ont and get
away and will retard others from getting in
thus giving the weak ones a chance TO recover
from surprise and prepare for defense. If the
robbers have already overpowered the weak
ones, the hive should at once be removed 10 or
10 feet, and the entrance contracted as above
returning TO old location at nightfall and feed
ing il frame of sealed stores If mono remains
inside, which is quito likely to be the case
Watchful care is quito necessary to good sue
cess with bees.
HOW TO TREAT THE CELERY PLANTS.
AS soon as the celery plants are large enough
to handle, transplant them into a bed, or into
frame where they can be shaded and watered
when necessary. We always prefer to trans
plant rather than thin out, and shear tho tops
safely done with transpIanted plants, and they
are of more uniform size. If you have not
raised any celery plants yourself, get them from
n grower Mt once, and set them in beds as adj.
vsed. You will then have them handy when
wanted, and tho grower can sell tho little
plants for half tho money he would charge at
the regular planting season. In this first trans
planting set them about two or three inches
apart each way. In this way n small bed will
hold great many and canEbc we'll attended to.
| We prefer to set them in frame and cover
with n screen made Of laths tackled about nm
inch apart. These give n varying shade and
sunshine, and protect without weaken the
plants Orchard aud Garden.
POTATO EXPERIMENTS
The University OF Wisconsin Experiment
Station made in 1889 test of varieties and ex-
permented in methods of planting potatoes.
The test included l22 varieties The total
yield proved 10 be directly in proportion to tho
bulk OF seed planted, but in merchantable yield
the two eye-cnttings slightly surpassed the
halves and whole tubors. The season was a
dry one. and the huletin concludes that with
the average rainfall, the heavier seeding, that
is, whole potatoes, would give larger merchant
able yields. The bulletin says: MANY far
mcrs advocate cutting Off the clusters of eyes
ut the sO-cailed seed ends of tho potato before
planting, tho assumption being that the ten
dency to produce small tnbers is thus reduced.
An experiment made at our station the past
season failed 10 Justify this practice" Ii APP
pears that the difference in favor of retaining
tho seed end Is very considerable. In the ten
duplicate series forming this experiment the
row IN which the seed end WAS removed yielded
less in every case. These results are in accord
with those secured at the New York Expert.
ment Station in SIS.
" In several trials made at other experiment
4 antsz Lila
arc reported as having yielded more than the
stem ends, though occasionally the reverse has
been tho case. Strange to say, tho trial Just
cited from New York Experiment Station is tho
only one that / have seen reported In which
the rejection of the scod end was the point at
issue The conclusions are summed up AS
follows: "Prodnciivenoss-Of I22 varieties
and seedlings Of the potato tested the past sea-
son. the following ten were most productive.
yielding IA tho order named: Seeding from
{. h. Angel, Rose Beauty, Monarch, Duplex,
Late Beauty Of Hebron. Mullaly. Alexander's
Prolific, Seneca tied Jacket, White Beauty of
Hebron and Wisconsin Beauty.
Table Quality-Plac in the order Of their
table quality. the varieties would rank as fol-
lows: Alexandor's Prolific, White Beauty of
Hebron, Late Beauty Of Hebron and Duplex,
Monarch, Wisconsin Beauty. Seneca Red Jacket,
Rose Beauty, MuilAly, Seeding from &. f..
Angel.
Kind of Sccdng-The tests mado ut our
station. taken as a whole, favor heavy, rather
than light seeding eating oil the seed end
was found detrimental TO tho yield No ad.
vantage followed sprinkling the cuttings with
plaster before planting"
NOTES.
- One of the reported methods for curing
ba!ky horse is TO bindfoid him
- Hay allowed 10 mature aud then cut aud
allowed TO lay IN the sun until thoroughly
dried out, loses from one-third to one.haif its
nutritive value rs feed FOR stock
- 1t don't pay 10 pull rhnbarb or cut aspara-
gus too late IN the season; it is apt to weaken
the roots and inJure tho next years crop. 1t
Is usual to stop marketing these crops about
Juno 20.
Any grassland that will not yield ton
and bali OF hay per aero should be broken
up 1T once after moving and planted with
something If possible. Even crop of miIlet
VIII pay better than neglect, aud no late crop
at all.
Professor Wiley, In his report of sugar ex.
Periments IN 1889 says: " | fnd all the people
engaged IN the business are Understanding
Ihe dilhcultics 10 be encountered aud oyercsti.
mating the appliances at hand"
~ Tho important fact is announced by Prof,
kelieIman and Swingle, OF Manhattan, Kan,
That smuts OF oats can DO almost wholly pre-
vented by treating the seed before sowing.
Jecting the seed for few minutes TO the action
oil scaldin8 water, and while IL is found that
such treatment does not iniare the vitality of
the seed in the least, 10 really DESTROYS the
spores by means Of which the fungus Is propa-
gated
- As soon as an early crop Is off at once pro-
pare The lana Tor Is later crop. Successive crops
OF corn should be planted until first week in
July, so as To have constant supply until frost
Inc early tomatoes may continue To bear but
the later fruit Is comparatively poor so we
always prefer TO set more plants in June from
seed sown outside lst of May. These will be
mt their beat in September, and will give the
best crop for canning purposes.
III people engaging in the poultry bHs-
mess would apply strict measures to tho
business, there would be better success A
business with system about ii generally
stands upon its own bottom. We know an in
stance where care aud forethought succeeded
above everything else, and young industri-
Gus man was ut the bottom of ii. He was care
ful OF his stock their house and their feed.
lie marketed always In tho nick of time, and
he has made money while Others were losing.
Just the other day we heard that the commits
sion man pays him 10 per cent. more money
than anyone else, as he always sends his goods
To market In prime and attractive STYLE AID.
peafances arc everything, and when a man
shows taste he is generally paid for it.-Uest-
erH Farm Journal.
"A correspondent in the NeiD England Home
stead has nh excellent, us well as humane way
Tor the relief OF choking cattle aud he thus
describes IL: "Whon the animal becomes
chOked, | lind the obstruction bV teelin alnno