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Show FOUL BROOD. Illustrated Directions for Finding Out ij tiro t ombs Have Had It. To be able to recognize promptly tlio combs that have once had tlio disease known as foul brooil is an important mutter mut-ter indeeil to the apiarian, To assist in this decision we here ,i?ive it reiirint of a sketch sent by a Michigan beekeeper to Gleanings in Bee Culture, with this letter:. let-ter:. '" "1 send vou a rough pencil sketch, giving giv-ing something of mv ideas ot how it should appear. 1 also send you a piece ot ? ':.r rvMf '' ' t' I "i -7 irlTj. ESI.AKfiKD Ci:i.L CliLLS NATl l'.AT. S1Z1:. comb containing the diseased and dried up larva?. To see the dead larva? to the best advantage stand with your face to-wanl to-wanl the point of the compass where the sun is and hold the comb down in front of you, with what was the lower edge away from yon, so that the sun lights up the upper side, and so that your sight strikes across it at an angle of 30 or 40' degs. This will make the presence of the disease dis-ease very evident." Following are comments made editorially edito-rially on the foregoing letter fcy Mr. Root: In a former article Mr. Taylor said: "The dead brftod is entirely dried no mere scales, almost the color of thocomb itself, lying fast to the lower sides of the cell and drawn back more or less from the opening." In the sample of comb sent there seemed to be a sort of residue a little darker iu color than the comb itself, lying fast to the lower sides, as explained. It is, perhaps, exagger: ated a little bit in the engraving, but the purpose is to show about how it lies on the bottom sides of the cells, or what are tho bottom sides when in the hive. It seems these scales are nothing but maturated masses of foul brood dried up, and which the bees are loath to clean up. - Measuring Hay In Ttulk. Hay, whethain mow or stack, differs so much iu weight, compared with its bulk, that no rule can be given that will determine the number of tons with much accuracy by measurement. For example, it is variously estimated to require from 400 to 700 cubic feet for a ton, according to the kind of grass and the time since it was packed away. The solid contents of the body of hay are first found in cubic feet by arithmetical rules of measurement, measure-ment, which are then divided, by the irambcT-CTrppoSMi- "tcrfje'Teqnired for a ton. To find the cubic feet in a mow-multiply mow-multiply the lenV width-ami depth together. to-gether. To find the cubic feet in a conical con-ical stack multiply the area of the base by one-third the perpendicular height. Another rule sometimes given is for lohg or sqnare stacks; to multiply the length in vards by the widtb. in yards and then byTialf the height in yards, and divide by 15. For circular stacks, multiply the square of the ciiciiniferen- in yards by four times the height in yards and divide by 100, the quotient by 15. In these cases fifteen cubic yards of well settled hay-are hay-are supposed-to make a ton. A Forous Soil for Corn. Professor Roberts in a paper on corn culture, read at the annual convention of New York dairymen, said: A great point is gameti 1 11 corn culture if the corn is planted while the ground is opeu and porous, allowing the heat to enter and warm the soil, thus starting the seed quickly and so get a start of the weeds. From five to ten days after planting the corn may be cultivated, and far closer to the row and far more rapidly rapid-ly than could be done after the corn has appeared above the ground. All cultivators culti-vators should have many fine teeth, in order that the surface of the land may be fined mid leveled. When moisture is somewhat deficient, cultivating with fine toothed implements is indispensable. Corn should be cultivated five times during the season and the last time as the corn begins to silk. The roots should be broken as little as possible, and every succeeding cultivation should be shallower shal-lower and further from the row than the preceding' one. A Homemade Brooder. A California woman tells in Tho Fanciers'- Monthly how sho is success: fully raising some biddies from the time. of hatching. She says: "Af night I keep them in a boxiifilf full of chicken feathers, and for a cover I have a board f,-i fit tlm hns with strinif of flannel tacked on the under side. . Of course thn box has holes bored "-in the sides ' for fresh air., My' brooder 'takes the cake off of any old, hen. My chicks, l.am sure, wouldn't be any more comfortable under an old hen. When the sun comes out good 1 put them out doors in an old bathtub, the bottom of which 'is covered with gravel and shells, and 1 put their, feathers out to air and then 1 warm their-cover their-cover at night before 1 cover them They were hatched on Oct. 22 and are growing finely.' Agricultural Brevities. Paint the tools and they will last longer: Irregular feeding makes an uneven fiber of wool. Numbered' with potatoes that are everywhere receiving commendation are the varieties Rural New Yorker No. 2 and the Thorbnrn potato. In pruning small orchards the thumb and finger were declared to be the best implements that could be used at the California State Horticultural society. There are no disadvantages to be cited against obtaining seeds, trees, etc., from points considerably north of where the planting is done. We are not so certain that the reverse of this rule, in going toward the equator for planting stocks, is equally true, says The American Gardening. |
