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I — — I. ■ ... .——. [farm and BEES ;SUCCESS IN BEE MANAGEMENT ^Profit Not Now Measured by Increase by Swarming as Formerly— Various Methods. (By E. F. PHILLIPS, PH. D.) The excessive rearing of brood at [the wrong season or increase In the (number of colonies greatly reduces the surplus honey crop by consump tion. The ideal to which nil progres sive bee keejsers work, when operat ing simply for honey, is to stimulate brood rearing to prepare bees for (gathering, to retard breeding win n It is less desirable, and to prevent swarming. Very few' suceted in eii tirely preventing swarming, but by \a rious methods the situation can be (largely controlled. When a swarm Issues, It usually first settles on a limb of a tree or bush near the apiary. It was formerly common to make a noise by beating pans or ringing bells in the belief thai this causes the swarm to settle. There is no foundation for such action on the part of the bee keeper. If the bees light on a small limb that can be spared, it may simply ba sawed off lind the bees carried to the i.ive and thrown on a sheet or hive cover in front of the entrance. If the limb cannot be cut, the swarm ran be shaken off into a 1 \ or basket on a pole and hived, il (he bees light on the trunk of a tree or in some inac cessible place, they can first be at tracted away by a comb, preferably containing unsealed brood. In these manipulations it is not necessary to get all the bees, lint if the queen is toot with those which are put in the hive the bees will go into the air again and join the cluster. It is desirable early in the season, before any preparations are made for Perforated Zir.c Queen Excluder. pwarming, to go through the apiary and clip i : wing of each queen so that if a sum m ir ^ues the queen can hot fly and • bees can bo easily re turned to (Ul stand. This should be done i the hive becomes too populous. I is perhaps best to clip queens n iluy are Introduced, bub some eo n may rear new ones without the knowledge of tho owner, and a spri; < ruination will Insure poescapit;. s arms. When <■: 1 r ing the queen’s wing Is not praotif I -warms may be pre vented fir.r. having by the use of queen traps > perforated aino. These allow the wr . >■ rs to pass out, but not drones or < ns, which, on leaving the entrance, pass up to an upper compartment from which they cannot return. Tin >• are also used for keep ing undesirable drones from escaping, and the drones die of starvation. Queens sometimes die during the winter and early spring, and since there is no brood from which the bees can replace them, the queetiless colo nies are “hopelessly quecniess.” Bee keepers la the north ran frequently buy queens from southern breeders parly in the spring, and naturally ti ls )e better than leaving the colony with out a queen ‘until the l> es ran rear one, as it is important that there be ho stoppage in brood rearing at this season. USEFUL SELF-DUMPING DRAG Handy for Hauling Stones and Other Heavy Materials and Is Easily Overturned. This sled works either side up, and form either end. It is handy for haul ing stones and other heavy materials, and it can be overturned very easily Self-Dumping Drag. and quickly. By putting a clevis in both ends it ran lie drawn both ways, and be adapted to a variety of uses. Flies in Alfalfa. Prof. H. W. Howard of the Wash ington state experiment station has discovered that the common house fly multiplies and thrives in the alfalfa fields. This discovery has caused a ftreat deal of interest in the west, and nvestigations by scientists are now being made to ascertain just how the fly breeds in alfalfa and how the pest piay be overcome. SOME HISTORY OF HOLSTEiNS Cattle In America Are All Descend ants of or Direct Importations From Holland. The cattle called Holstetns In Amer ica are all descendants of or direct inv IKirtations from Holland uud nearly all of them are from the provinces of North Holland and 1'riesland, where are found the types most pleasing to Americans, writes Stanley Milward in the Farmers’ Review. The antiquity of the breed is so good, that history re cords no period when the shores of the North sea and its inflowing rivers were not noted for their great black and white cattle. The Netherland herd-book states that the pedigree of these cattle dtf s hack over L’,000 Head of Holstein Heifer. years, and that they descended from the cattle of the Erieslanders who, sev eral hundred years before Christ, in habited the country north of the rivers Waal and the Rhine. That would seem to be far enough back. In comparatively modern times we •find Importations of these cattle play ing an important if not a fundamental part in the foundation of both the Shorthorn and the Ayrshire breeds, as may be readily ascertained by refer ence to the history of those breeds. In continental Europe these cattle and their offshoots have stamped their impress in every direction and are found In more countries, occupying greater territory, and producing more milk, butter and cheese than all the cattle of other breeds combined. This breed has spread from its place of origin far eastward, even to Rus sia, whebe at the mouth of the River Dwina, on the edge of the Arctic circle, it is represented by a breed called Kolmogorian, which is the most highly valued in its section. South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and indeed most sections of the world where dairying is done, have substan tial representations of the Holsteins, and in their purity, too. Quarantine laws appear to be responsible for their absence in any large number in Eng land. Under a system of advanced registry testing, through the experiment sta tions, which has been largely develop 'd since 1894, the Holstein breed now has a wide foundation stock about which there is indisputable evidence of their ability at the pail, and of their prepotency; aud 1 believe that it is more satisfactory to the average in ve.-for in this brea d to know, beyond question, what ;-■< v ra) generations of ancestry have don- is dairy producers ind as breeding c \ than to depend ntirely upon appearance and itmnedl ite qualities as h is obliged to do in electing Imported stock. Feed for Milk Cows. Some dairymen h lievo that if tlie food of their cows is changed it will lave a bad effect upon the milk flow, but repeated scientific experiments show that changing from on< feed to mother, with in i.nent additions to the regular food, helps the milk flow. Sorghum is au excellent feed for dairy cows. A sorghum dairy ration will in crease the flow of milk. It will pay any farmer or dairyman having more than three good cows to buy a good hand separator. The Ideal ration ior the dairy cow should include a mixture of grains, or alfalfa hay and cut silage. The cow’s ration must be governed by her ability to cat, digest and as similate her food and convert it into milk. If conditions in and about your cow stable are bad, look out for it visit from some member of the dairy and food commission. You cannot expect to get good fla vored milk or butter if cows are kept in a filthy stable and fed on poor, un wholesome feed. Heifers with their first calves are nervous and can be induced to give down their milk only by careful and judicious treatment. It is not advisable to return the calf to a heifer after it has been weaned. By doing so a habit, is formed that will remain with the cow through life. Ropy or stringy milk is a fermenta tion and should riot be confused with garget. It develops after ruilk Is drawm and is caused by bacterial growth. Have a regular stall for each cow, put the mixed feed In the trough be fore opening the stable door; each one will then go into her own stall and can be haltered without confusion. Skimmed milk, used pure, fresh and warm from the separator can be turned to almost as much profit as the cream from the milk, which will great ly increase the net profits in dairy ' lng. ] SUIT IS HELP TO SWIMMERS Equipped With Life Frolector and Fins Attached to Ankles— Aids Experts. A swimming suit that lias the dou ble advantage of aiding the swimmer's movements and protecting his life has been designed by a Washington man. It is intended primarily for t lie use of beginners, hut will lie found conve nient for experts, who wish to take long-distance swims that either would tire them greatly or be impossible without some help The suit hits a Novel Swimming Suit. life preserver fastened under the arm pits of the shirt, and from the strong elastic bands reach down and are fastened just above the knees of the trousers. Just outside the ankles are fastened a pair of (ins, which give re sistance to the water on the back ward stroke and fold in as the legs are drawn forward. The elastic hands help draw the legs forward and save the swimmer all his strength for the kick back. Kquipped with such tin apparatus a beginner may feel per fectly safe in the water, and an expe rienced swimmer will find himself able to swim miles further than he could otherwise do. The suit is made of light rubber so that it does not get heavy by becoming water-soaked. EGG EXPERIMENT IS UNIQUE Interesting Little Test Shows Why It Is so Easy to Swim in Salt Water. Let us take two small pickle bottles, A and i!, and one, C, twice as large. A is to be tilled with clear water. If, now, we try to float a fresli egg in tlie latter we shall . ;suredly fall; the egg will immediately sink to the bot tom, became the density of water is considerably It ss than that of the egg, says .Magical Kx; eriments. Next place the t i'g in 14, which is full of ; f'inc nttatc-J lirinc, end try tr> make I the • gg sink It is just as impossible | as to t ail.- it to float in watc-r. it is j thus clear that stropg salt water is j denser than the egg; and, from this ! simple experiment, we may guess why i it is so much ‘ ■ i to swim in salt j than fresh water, since the greater density of the lorn ■ r permits us the more easily to float. Now let us combine these two ex perimeiMs, and pour into C the greater part of both these fluids, water and strong brine, which wilt, of course, commingle. By a few trials, pouring in a li’tle more of one or the other, we shall obtain a liquid whose specific gravity is identical with that of our egg; and now the latter, having no reason to go to the bottom, and find ing no particular excuse to get to the _ An Egg Experiment. top, will rest, as the illustration shows, in the middle of the jar of salt water; but it will move toward the surface if you add a little more brine, or toward the bottom if you replenish the jar with water. If Only. T'd like to be a poet. Aral I would be, every time, If only when I had a thought, I'd find a proper rhyme. A Queer Ache. One day Mary came to her mother and said: “Mother, my ear aches!” “Does it ache very bad, Mary?” ask ed her mother. "No.” “Well, run out and play, then you will forget about it." Mary went out, but pretty soon she came back and said. "Mother, my ear does ache. It is not the hole, but the ruffle around it." Where Women Reign. In Abyssinia the wife is master. If her husband offends her she can turn him out, for the house and its belong ings are hers. GREAT ILLS OF ALCOHOLISM Professor Strumpet, Leading Authority on Nervous Diseases, Gives In teresting Experiences. Professor Strumpel. a leading nu thority on nervous diseases in Ku roiK'. has been giving ills medical col leagues some Interesting experiences of his researches in the field of “Al coholism as Viewed From the Medical Standpoint," says a correspondent of the Chicago Daily News. In a private talk before the most noted medical scientists tn Vienna the professor outlined In an impassively judicial manner an appalling number and variety of physical and mental dis eases resulting from the excessive use of alcohol. Me confined himself chiefly to the subject of chronic alco holism, as acute alcoholism was gen erally the result of isolated cases of Intoxication, the effects of which were usually only temporary and without any lasting consequences In the beginning he pointed out that persons who regularly Indulged in large quantities of alcohol suffered from chronic catarrh of (he throat, stomach and Intestines, but, serious as these were, they didn't usually de velop further complications and, therefore, to the doctor, were of less interest. But It was another thing altogether when It concerns ttiat or gan which lirst Introduces alcohol into the blood -that la, the liver. As sufferers from liver diseases are for the most part alcohollsts one may with justice assume an original con inectlon between such diseases and the use of alcohol; a 11 the more so as the patients are usually imbibers of "schnups'' and Bplrits and not of beer or wine, so that ts evident the connec tion depends largely upon the quantity and intensity of the alcohol con sumed. Through the liver the alco hol enters the great arteries and cir culates through the whole body. Thus it begins an insidious attack upon the vast network of blood vessels, devel oping later Into calcination of the arteries aud blood vessels. This dis ease is frequently found among drunk ards. But It would be scientifically wrong to attribute the calcination of the arteries solely to alcoholism, as it may also result from excessive pmoking, extraordinary overwork, chronic infections, insufficient nutri tion and other causes. A second symptomatic disease among drinkers Is the “beer heart.” This consists in an extraordinary en largement of the heart, with all the Indications of heart disease. Men with "beer hearts” almost invariably die at an age In which healthy men have scarcely attained full power. By intemperate consumption of nourish ing matter fat Is produced which can not be gut ritl of In the same degree, ronsequ i ; v it nc'cniulaiuK internally and Is rest onslble for the bloated cor pulency of be. r drinks is Respiratory diseases and cases of suffocation are (ho next consequence. Profess or Ktruminl passed over the effects of all ohol upon the nervous system and the horrible mental dis orders, delirium treinon. and the like, as the: e. he said, had been so fre quently and emphatically set forth, lie wt tit on to discuss the effects of alcohol in disturbing the general func tional workings of tlio body manifes ted in such complaints as gout, dia betes and kidney diseases, all which, he said, wore found largely among drinkers. Among Ihe indirect consequences of alcoholism were an increased sensi tiveness with a weakened power of resistance In the physical system, ren dering the subject liable to a number of ravaging diseases, chief among which is tuberculosis. It had been abundantly proved that, whereas In ordinary cases of inflammation of the lungs normal persons recover, to hard drinkers the disease almost always proves fatal. Story of Drinking Man. Chaplain McCabe tells the story of a drinking man. who. being In a Baloon late at night, heard the wife of the saloonkeeper say to her husband: “Send that fellow home; it is late.” "No. never mind,” replied her hus band; “he is shingling our roof for us.” This idea lodged In the mind of the drunkard, and he did not return to the saloon for six months. When passing the saloonkeeper in the street the latter said: “Why don't you come round to my place any more?” “Thank you for your kind hospitality,” replied his former victim; "1 have been shingling my own roof lately." The Industrial asi>ect of the temperance reform is embodied in this illustra tion Whisky Trade Degrading. "A trade which flourishes upon the ruin of Its supporters; which derives Its revenues from the plunder of homes, from the defrauding of helpless childhood and from the degradation of manhood; which requires for Its pros perity the Injury of the community; which ministers to every vile and vicious passion and propensity; which makes drunkards and thieves, and em bezzlers and gamblers, and wife beat t rs and murderers; which brutalizes and degrades all who are brought in contact with it, cannot claim the re ject, and assuredly ought not to be ■ihie to claim the encouragement of tl ■ community."- -New York Tribune, Unlike Any Other One secret of Monarch superiority lies In the wonderful responsive ness of its key action. In no other typewriter in the world do the keys so readily yield to the slightest touch of the finger. That Is why the Monarch is easier to operate than any other writing machine. 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