Saturday
September. 17. 1910.
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t EV WAY TO CURB PEA HAY. It cuts low and does good work. I little people were set up to house- later, cut off nearly all our nectar
. vrfftnra- .Many farmers U8e " lo cul Peas ln rows. after oaU keeping In almost no time. and I had but two swarms from 14
Messrs.
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plant i"p lanter previous to lay- 01 great value as 1 never expect to the morning, and I suspect the little So the late swarming possibly
With a pea v admJt of cut any more green peas for hay, swarm had been hanging out there comes from a belated inclination to
ing-by jn planted in the middle wben 1 can get tnem rIPe and dry, all night However, we moved it to make up for the spring failure, for
cultivation. cultlyatlon ls easily and haul direct to the barn and store its new place ln the bee yard and I swarming may come with any honey
of tbe Ith a Planet Jr., harrow by closely ln bunches, handy to-feed, intend to put an Alexander feeder flow In the North they have what
done witn d center wlthout fear of rain or moldy hay. under the rear of the new home at they call "buckwheat swarms" which
jaking our nn hnth M. P. BERRY. nightfall and Rive the new occu- comer out with the flowinK of that
QWPeD auu " - .... t
With liberal quan- vauw &uuu t up per in meueu sugar, crop. .
But judge of my surprise along in And yet, I am more disposed to ex
the afternoon 'when my assistant plain this unusual phenomenon in
...iHWaAii n rows after nsa hav hv WHntf n,fl BA came in and said that the little another way." I can't see that we
Y maturing the seed in clusters before cutting, and that stock will 8warm had come out agaln and wa3 have just at this time, any special
ftpr'corn is shocked or after being eat this hay; but we are sure he hanging on another apple tree, honey flow to induce swarming, but,
thPred in the usual way. loses more than he gains. We know Again we went and gently placed in going over my bee yard, I do find
iv experience In saving peavine of no experiments to prove it, but it them ln the new -home' This was an empty hive in which, there are
Whas enabled me to come to a deft- seems almost Inevitable to us that very easily done, for in each case no dead bees, but a full stock of emp
nf. ,wnn (satisfactory to at the vines allowed to eet drv hfnr they clustered very near the ground, ty combs.
n . q a tn thA hest meth- cuttine. are less ditrP.stihiA than wn The last tim I didn't put on either My conclusion, then, is that the
the corn rows and'or broadcast peas. I esteem It This happened about 8 o'clock in colonies.
rear
nf the peas
tits-' of seed when planted, the peas Editorial Comment. We have no
will grow more bushy in corn rows doubt that Mr. Berry can cure cow-
.i. m as tn thft best meth- cuttiner. are less dlerp.st.lhlA than when
nds bearing In mind the valued cut at the usual time, and; the leaves iT?r gl0es
nninions and methods of others ad
hering to cutting green vines.
are the best part of any hay. It
seems to us, too, that there must be
bees of that particular hive were
When these bees came out the starvine and soueht relief in flight;
third time, I gave up hopes of doing They had no stores to carry with
A few
years ago I had a heavy crop a considerable' loss of the peas by the anyng fith tnm, and in a day or them in the usual way, and when I
of peas ready to cut, but the indif- breaking open of the pods while
ferent labor and unfavorable weatner nananng.
and wet ground, delayed the cutting One time, the writer remembers,
until the corn was gathered. The on his old home place, a man had a
frnst had killed the leaves of-the-field of cowpeas.
two they had disappeared. Whether put them in a new hive they still had
they had a crazy queen or what was nothing to eat and came out. If I
the matter, I can not certainly tell. I had only known and given them a
learn that a. neighboring bee keeper comb of honey and brood, or put one
He boasted that has lately had a similar experience. in the old hive in time, all might
owarming aepenas largely upon nave oeen wen. l simpiy naa neg
the honey flow. If the spring honey lected to , look after my -bees as I
swarms. Last spring the cold, wet strange conduct.
weather at time of fruit bloom and
T. C. KARNS.
peaS. HiVei y vine auu oicw uwu uo auc uuvv iu vui o uuwpca nay ,
.j Arrr an1 TrfHtiirA. and white and did ft hv loavlnt thn vlnna i-n
for tbe harvest. The mower cut one the swath until they were so dry that flow 'alls we may expect few-or no should have done and hence their
row at a. time,, between the corn all the leaves-shatterecLoft and. only
stubble and staiks, including crab- a lot of, stems reachedthemow.
grass (which in ; part compensated Horses and cattle seemed to eat these
for loss of pea leaves) cutting fore- dry stems with uncommon relish;
noon and hauling afternoon, and but this plan of curing did not appeal
storing direct in the barn prefer- to us. We preferred more of the
ably raking in small bunches, suit-- crop in the barn and less on the
able for handling and feeding from ground.
the barn. As the peas and vines " -
ripen' and dry in spite of bad weather
yielding the whole mature crop to
the mower (less the leaf) which is
left with the roots on the field), I
satisfied therewith, confidently
BEE KEEPING FOR FARMERS.
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XXII.Late Swarming.
Indeed, this has been a remark-
believine I set the full feedine value aDle ee year in more ways than one
.-X 11111 "I- mmI U n rt
of the crop, as the dry vines are not uur iuue worra uot umjr uau a
rejected by cattle or horses, when in- Pr chance to make honey, but also
terlaced mth the mature seed pods, little opportunity to swarm and make
The hay looks good, and has proven increase during the spring season
to he, as feed for my stock, a very when this work naturally comes. And
valuable ration. . now here at the last of the summer
In cutting peas between the rows, unnatural swarms are coming out.
the corn stubbles or the corn stalks On August 25 my helper found a
when standing are in the way, the swarm. on a little apple treejiear the
ordinary mower being too wide to bee yard. Jtwas-verysmall, and
cut between the rows; hence I se- though I could not hope for much
cured a much worn mower and cut from it, we decided to put it in a
two feet off the cutter-bar, shorten- new home all right. So a good
ing to two and one-half feet, so it moveable-frame hive, with plenty of
-would cut-between-the -corn-rows, old comb, was brought out and the
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