The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-06
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AoRIcULTURIsTs.
Some Up-ts-Dafs Hints About cuI-
tivation Of ths soil and Yields
Thsreof-Horsisuiturs vItieuIturs sal
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We wish TO enter. the first question
that eonfronts Us Is, "wiii II payY"
II Ia an axiom that no business In this
world will pay unless Il Is properly
managed and that the time will finally
cone when n will prove unsuccessful
financially. Take wheat growing. for
example. which has not been profitable
Tor number OF years IN this state, and
yet there are many farmers who have
paid for their farms out OF a crop OF
wheat One Of the great faults among
farmers IL 10 all raise the same thing
and get overcrowded. The interests OF /
the beekeepers are not 30 for the rea-
son that the wild flowers are disap-
pearing. and there Is not the bee pas
turage to feed upon that there used 70 |
be. Then again. many are afraid Of |
bees. II a person Is not brave enough |
TO stand an occasional sting. II would
be better for him never to engage in
bee culture.
With many barriers In the way. the
interests OF the beekeeper are over
looked to the loss Of everybody. The
first objection. that the Wild flowers
are disappearing. can easily be over
come No sane man ever thinks OF
keeping any kind Of animals without
In some way providing food for those
animals. but when II comes 10 bees.
because they have wings their owners
Will say: III you cannot sponge on my
neighbours fields. you can starve." VIII
II pay TO raise some kind OF pasture
for them7 We know II will pay largely.
No long since OF OF piece OF alsike
clover we obtained only fifty pounds
Of honey per acre. and only 10 cents per
pound for the honey. That would pay
for the land at s. an acre and the hay
and seed could be marketed In add
ton. While In charge Of the Illinois
honey exhibit at the Worlds Fair. we
we're one day eonversing with = dairy
man who said that his cows. on alsike
clover. produced more butter than his
nelghbor's COWS. We qulzzed him and
said: Perhaps you have better cows"
He said in reply: They are the same
COWS have had on other pasture and
they did not produce as well then" |
said: Are you a beekeeper?" He said:
NO; but my neighbor's bees swarm on
my pasture"
The beginner In the bee business
should get some good book on beekeep-
ing. such as the "A. ID. c. In Bee Gull
ture." and should take a good bee pa
per. Then, with a small number OF
hives there are a number Of good
kinds) with Italian bees In them. In a
few years you will have all the bees
you desire. and the knowledge neces-
sary TO care for them. We claim for
the bee industry what can be said OF
no other 4, does not take from any
other thing that which would make Il
more valuable by retaining the same
but on the contrary adds 20 the value.
For example. when bees go into the
orchard In full bloom. to gather what
nature has placed there. they carry the
fertilizlng dust from blossom to bios
som. causing fruit to grow where there
| would have been none without some
agent 10 carry the pollen. as nature
seems 10 abhor Standardization, and
all the busy Zee carries OF a. re-
ward for his valuable services IL not
needed ard ls Of no use to either fruit
or tree. and was placed there for him
10 carry away.
II would be well TO say in this con-
nection that We do not look for seed
In the FIRST crop OF red clover. but We
have observed since having Italian bees
tina, in seasons that are dry and the
blossoms not so large. Italian bees work
on them sufficiently TO cause a guam
tity Of seed in the first crop. Alsike
clover produces It's big crop OF seed the
nrst crop because bees work 30 heay-
lily upon II. Can this be said Of any
other industry. that. by taking a part
OF the things we have named. the re-
mainder Is made greater? A beekeeper
friend living In the northern part OF
our county said to me during a walk
through his alsike clover fields. Il will
get three crops from those fields:
will get a crop Of honey. crop Of hay
and a crop OF seed" Beekeeping will
enable us 10 save what is otherwise
going 70 waste. and with no loss ex'
eept the time for their care. DIR. Vani
says, Honey is a physiological sweet
In other words. It's constituents are
such Il IA absorbed into the blood with.
out undergoing chemical change" Such
Is not the fact In regard 10 sugar
Honey is an inverted sugar. and Il
rapidly absorbed into the system with.
} out being acted upon by the gastric
Juices. II IL not only a delicious sweet
but a healthy and delicious form o.
food as well. II is also recommended
! by those who have used Il as a nourish
ing drink. diluted with water in tn
proportions Of two TO ave Ter cent
Honey improves the appetite. ones IN,
systep,. and has proven TO be OF grea
. value in many diseases. prod icing
. contraction Of the muscles Of the al
: gestiyo organs. and as an aid 10 dlges
} tion II is wonderful In building up los
power. II Is a great remedy Tor con
sumption. In view OF all the fact
stated. Is Il wise or economical to le
: the interests OF the beekccpers OF IN
: state lag In the rear OF other thing
not half so beneficial TO mankludl GU
beekcepers interests should be repre-
scented In the state experiment station
for which We have pleaded so FAR with
out avail. and we ought to have on
, pure food law in the state enforced, a
, We hope to have It.
Pruning a Vineyard.
Z. G. Lodeman In Department OF Agri
culture Report:-Pruning vineyard
+ as practlccd In the east. may be dlyld