The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-03-31

During the discussion, ensflage and
rape both came to the front as sheep
foods. Ensilage in proper proportion
was excellent Mr.. Miller, when called
upon to give his experience with rape,
said that he had never lost sheep by
gorglng on rape. He let them stay In
the pasture continuously, and they
seemed to thrive on it.
breeding and Rearing Horses.
There is a tendency among stock
raisers to breed the class Of animals
most in demand on the market at the
particular time. Ordinary horses have
not sold well during the past year.
Farmers are often at the mercy of
local buyers who fail to make reason
pie distinctions in the prices paid for
dl1erent grades Of animals Breeders
VINO have given the care and expense
necessary to build up good stock Of
horses feel discouraged when obliged
to sell their animals at the prices paid
Tor inferior ones. High merit is occa-
sionally found in animals of compare
lively unknown breeding. When three
or more generations Of ancestry pos
sess nearly all the desirable qualities,
40 lot hesitate to claim excellence.
Horses can be kept on grass and hay
manly after two years Of age if they
are not worked. Do not sell good one
for poor price; it will pay to carry it
over year. Worked steadily and mod
erately they increase in value until
eight years old. 1t is economy to hold
desirable colts this year, working them
Two or three times a week. They will
H.
hence. There will be a great decrease
in breeding in 1884 and in 1895 and
the following years the effects will
probably be seen There never was a
better outlook for careful horse breed
ers than at the present High stallion
fees are as a rule not desirable, but if
they restrict breeding to only sound
mares Of good disposition, this appar-
ent bar to progress may prove bless
ing to the business.
When Bces Need Feeding.
How can you tell whether or not
bees need feeding?-C. G. r.
The question, doubtless, refers to bees
in winter quarters AS rule, there
should be no need for such question
to arise, for bees should go into winter
quarters with more than enough stores
to carry them through, 50 that there
need be no attention paid to- the mat
ter until spring.
Still, there always has been, and
probably always will be, cases in which
there is danger that certain colonies
may exhaust their stores before leav-
ing winter quarters. If, among 100 col
onies, there are two OF three that need
feeding, and you don't know which two
or three they are, but must overhaul
the whole hundred to find out, then if
they are in the cellar, it may be best
to let them entirely alone and run their
chances, but if outdoors, and a good,
warm day comes In which they fly
freely, you can look to them.
You will tell whether they need feed
ing in winter just as you would in sum-
mer, and that is by actual inspection.
Lift out the combs and see whether
they contain honey, but be sure you
don't touch them when it is too cold
for the bees to fly. In the cellar, if alb
solutely necessary, you can examine
them. disturbing the bees as little as
possible.
If, on glancing over the tops Of the
combs, without lifting them out, you
see quite little sealed honey near the
top bars there is no immediate danger.
American Bee Journal.