The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-08
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MI ts1} lsv 1LLl1s y'A.. u tluary Cap
Sst tain I3cniberton "a oncybrnin, tic we'll
n Known agriculturallst ana scientific 4 In
4 vcstigator, has Just li,ndo public tho re-
" quilts OF rlorescxperimeiits that have been
H conducted on his estate along the lines
II That have ready given him ur reputation
II that SIs word-wide. 5.:sss
Captain Honeybrain hnving read Il d
Il great deal u the griculturul press, and
even Ia the dal " pa pci;s d bout he con-
e sta1ltly increasing dfficulty n tp secure,
NJ farm help OF the most ordinary duality,
determined last spring TO conduct u few
/, expcrimchts such Il US he "a thought night,
II aoinewhat RELIC III the acutencs ot " the
Saituati on.t No III that CAPTAIN Honey brain
experiences any ulty himself iii find
IA ng men or tlsVolncrl work for hlnl.i
" us the high wages paid II the light work
4 and Stiie In tereStinE SURROUNDINGS 81 solve
e The dilemma; but 1ie I Isl prompted by an
e honest d. slre to freely give HIS talents
FOR the benefit or his fcllow farmers.
88sSF Preparing his pc tato ground last spring
5sinS,llis usual ina nner. i,o Id 1T out In;
II rows. two Zee tSAnd IA afnlf each wa 3, " and
q planted q very W te variety /. D. Ss
AS soon as tho 20 tato plants were up
nicely, he had I hem thlnncd out TO one
stall K inS tile I'LL. 4 each plan was then
IL GU son8 about level wi III /, The ground and
a yo,n 81 N iona ID plant grated On the
potato stall " this new combination OF,
plant life received tie $cul tivntion ncces-i
cary onl VI for cit her CROP I. q nd the result
wa larg u crop Of both potato and to-s
matoes wi TIL IA vast IA Wing 10 81 labor and
ss on one hall g of the land generally used
Ss AZ ter 81 Lnyettes " erzmake had e,
x cImulnted al vast fortune as "a rail road
a at torney, y ana was living In opulencei
l! and splcndor oil Fl ii Avenue, 4 cRi orls
81 tn. he did not forget his ess III Porous
Il classnlates a the University 0f Virg intn,;
but In man sWays he siioWed tina 4 he still
remembered the 4 friends OF HIS yout hs and
Il early nanhoo Il On n ono A ceasl on 55tNh lie
8crnlsing In the Inc Han Seas nj tn ,$ q mil
ri Ionairo5 riand on his Pm Atial private
yacht. no sent & to Capt ain n Honey brain
II several specimer,s Of, HI he Full CORA inca IN
II degcentarIa. IL species OF the santern fy,5
found onl ySon he4 island Of phasun,ph!--{5
N bocn.9 SSf5
III GHTNING BEE.
y For several years, Captain Honey brain
!: had been trying 10 cross the lightning bug
Il and the lioney be-, but WI tn so little
auccesy that he had III mQsts 81 ven up In.
,S .iespair j, n when 9 1,e received tho Fulgora
4 ,ncand cscen tnrias III from HIS II old school
II mat u, His Il forts to 4 cross 4 the honey
y bee With tho E,ulg CORA lncandc scen aria
+ have resulted In n most grnt fyin8 81 uc n
cess. Captain Honey brain MOVE owns
"A seven bees. Vi mu ch larger han the 0rdiI
q nary honey bee but OF herwise very SIM
Hart . them, save that they emit in the
&night-timc a. gil tterlng white light from
<x,s1Z
81 rerIority OF these bees over the s old
fashioned honey bee Is appa rent at once;
f8 possessing all the industrious habits that
%distinsusshed 81 their ped ecessors In the
clover fields and buckwhent " patches,
they eclipse them In being able to ga her
honey at night as easIl al in he day
time. @ The \ ne W. bees a re val ue q very
sshIg h1y by n Captain Honeybrain, as Il he
4. carries an II lnsnra nee Of s. 2. COO on the
q seven bees. 5$ 3s$Ss
81 AZ few Yrs go while travelling Ia
+ SonthernI France, Captain s iII oney ain
met Count Louis 4. X Devalnne kash HES de
Moreetur,g then an old man, and who had
spent tho best years OF his llfeS and the
III best part OF a. large fortune n. a. vain:
Is endeaYor$ to produce q more " gencratTi
purpose breed OF chic kens II an Y my va
fsyiety now raised This French count
SstC
5poultryInen \ and the small &. farmer had
been utterly neg leoted by the poultry
II fnnciers8 both lin Europe and America, In
d mad scompet ition for the orr gination o.
- eW8 ornamental, Yet useless breeds 3S5
&; Count dc AIorcetu found an interest
ed listene, q to the \ theories that others
had dlculed; In On plain oney brain:
When Captain, IIoneybrain returned to
Ibis estate near M orrIsville, he brought
with him all the practical result It's thus
& far acconlpli shed, . etler WI tn a vast
& mass OF notes, giving the sdet ia lis OF every
4 temperament attempted, under promise
a thatsthe work begun beneath the sunny
skies OF ii Pr vence. would 5Sbc continued
s5irl the Old Dominion. 5 S M
NEW BREED Or CHICKENS s.
Captain IIoneybralll placed some OF his
y ablest assistants at work "a long the lines
D marked out by Count de N oreetur, Will e
Il q agents were q dispatch to all parts Of the
world In search OF peclmens OF various
types Of the animal kingd ON required in
y the colossal lexpesilHen hat the work
REQUIRED, The months turned Unto years
Il before there was a cam Of hope. but
n the scientific, systematic and persistent
" efforts of Captain Ioneybra!n and his
4 falthful nssi stants, have tina ly boon re-