Show IN FARM AND GARDEN Of Interest to Cultivators of Large and Small Farms TRAPPING GROUND MOLES How to Hike Straw Mats With Directions For Using 1 hem on Hhcs In Winter Salt For Cows come of our most successful npiar among whom may be mentioned C csts F Muth mid Uadant Son lot Ar1rles recom mend and use straw mats ovr < the brood c nest in winter to slowly n SKA the moist lire of the hive nnd These mats are Mimi otain its heat Ar to those used over hotbed Bash b I an > hardeners and are quit simple of A easily made flees wintered out j5 f doors in many localities need protiHf JHt f Gsn us 4Hlr readers kllow It haN hle that tl d claimed for most bee keepers porthalf hive is not suiliciently I Iort port > ere for convenient use here been A it r bee-n is carried on on a largo scale I r I rr I HO IMAKING STRAW MATS WE are indebted to American nee Journal for the illustrated description here given for making the straw mats and placing them on the hives Unbroken Un-broken rye straw makes the best mats but the straw of other grains may be used as may also prairie slough grass etc Stretch a set of tarred twines over a frame TOO engraving No1 and then fasten another set at the top of tho frame for binding the bunches of straw in place Now take a handful of straw and place it against the nails at the top of the frame and pass the binding twines over the bunch of straw and under un-der the twines stretched across the frame and either knot them each time or carry them back to the nails in the headboard and secure them until the next handful of straw is laid in and soon so-on until the mat is completed When the proper length of mat is reached secure se-cure each end by tying the two sets of twine securely then by means of a stiff straight edge nailed lightly to the frame and a broad sharp chisel cut the sides of the mat even and smooth and to the exact size wanted II Make for winter protection one mat I just the size of the top of the hive and I lay some J inch strips across the tops of the frames and then lay on this a piece I of wire screen cloth to keep the mico out then lay on top of this the mat just described Then mako two mats just I large enough to cover tho ends of tho hive and ends of the mat on top of tho I hive and hang them on top of the hive I by twines secured to each and passing over tho mat on top of tho hive Then I make two mats of proper size to cover the two sides of the hive and the mats at the ends of the hive and on the top of the hive secured in the same manner as the mats at the end of the hive then a good board that does not leak to cover the whole itii a suitable weight to keep it from blowing off and a piece of twino tied around tho whole to prevent the mats blowing out and away from the hive completes the outfit quite perfect r flq b > t loG t 1 i1l1ti 11 1 = = FIG 25TRAW MATS ON THE HIVE ly Use a rim equal to half the depth of tho brood chamber under the hive in I I fact onehalf of an empty brood nest is devoted to this purpose and the hivo prepared thus appears as in engraving No2 Two sticks laid under the edge of the front mat provides an entrance and exit to the bees Feed for Horses j An English authority gives expression to the following The heavier breeds are more liable to colic because they are fed I with larger quantities of food generally of inferior quality A horse is worked several hours at a time brought home I and has his manger filled with bulky and indigestible food which he is allowed al-lowed to eat ravenously The imperfectly imper-fectly masticated food goes into the stomach and intestines whose vital energy en-ergy has been impaired by overexertion Because a horse has done harder work than common he requires more nutriment nutri-ment but then this should be given by extra times of feeding and better food not by increasing the volume of food atone at-one time Horses in our largo towns are often saved from colic by being allowed to drink frequently at the public troughs and fountains By doing this the horse becomes be-comes a good judge of the quantity ho requires If a horso comes home from a hard journey perspiring freely do not allow him to drink his fill of cold water Let him stand in the stable till he has cooled somewhat an is made comfortable comfort-able A little chilled water may begiven and a little good long hay be put into his rack to take his attention It will require re-quire thorough mastication and will have the effect of preparing the stomach for the reception of tho more concentrated concentrat-ed food which is to follow |