Year: 1876

fruit growers in the United States.


DISTANCE BEES GO FOR HONEY.


There are instances on record show
ing that honey bees have gone five or
six miles for honey, when there was
little or none nearer. This was proved
by sprinkling -four upon them on GER
tain days. and the same bees being seen
at the above distance from their hives.
It must be q very mild, calm day for
bees to fly such q distance. But ordi-
narily they do not 60 over a mile and
q half, and the most Of the honey they
gather is found within q mile of their
hives. No person can make bees profit
able unless the most Of the honey is
found within that distance. In windy
days bees have hard work to fly even a
mile against the wind. In some foreign
countries the extensive bee-keepers are
in the habit Of removing their bees from
place to place, about three miles distant,
twice or three times in season, where
the honey harvest varies as to time; and
they consider radius Of q mile and a
half from their apiaries as far as the bees
generally fly.


PURE AND GRADE STOCK.


A farmer writes: !" We have got
plenty Of stock if it were only kept Of
the pure breed. There is too much de-
sire on the part Of farmers to change
breeds, to cross breeds, to have mix
ture Of breeds, and thus have nothing
that is pure. While such q system is
followed, we shall make but little ad-
vancement in breeding fine stock" If
farmer desires to breed choice stock
for sale, it is best to keep only thorough
bred animals; but for his own use grade
stock is often preferable. Many Of our
best cows are grades. The same writer
adds in regard to farmers breeding pure
stock only: HE can sell bis stock for
three or four times what it is worth for
meat. It costs him no more to raise it,
and any surplus stock he has be can
convert into meat just as well as the
mixed breeds. It is not an easy matter
for farmers, unless well known as breed
ers Of choice blooded stock, to find
ready sale for it at high prices A man
has got to make reputation. as good
breeder. before his surplus animals can
be sold at fair prices.


THE USE OF PARIS GREEN


From authentic experiments made, it
appears that the use Of Paris green, 10
killing potato bugs, does not poison the
potatoes 10 the least, nor injure the land
for other crops, the next season. Here
is what an agricultural chemist says !:
-Four years ago, I made careful in
vestigation to determine whether the
potato tuber absorbed arsenic when
Paris green was applied to the plants to
destroy the potato beetle. / took pota-
toes raised in the ordinary course, and
repeatedly busted. and others to which
all the Paris green had been applied
that could be used without killing the
plant; but in no instance could | find
trace OI dTBcuIc III Tie IuUSTS. OCueT
chemists have made similar investiga-
tions with the same result" In some
cases the persons who apply the Paris
green are poisoned by it. The follow
ing cases are reported as having occur
red in Michigan last year: In one case.
BY careless handling, the Paris green
was allowed to come in contact with a
sore on the hand. 1T swelled enor-
mously, but was subdued by vinegar
and salt" In another case the dust
was inhaled. resulting in much pain in
the head and copious discharge from
the nose for two weeks In another
case. the poison was permitted to enter
hole in the boot leg, causing some in
hammation. Another man narrowly
escaped with bis life from inhaling the
dust, which he had absurdly endeavored
to exclude with veil over bis face
He was sick two weeks. Another had
bis eyes badly inaamed for long time
by the dust entering them, and some
children were injured by playing among