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The Farm and Household.
Table of Weights ana Measures.
Bushels. Lbs. Bushels. Lbs.
Vheat 00 Blue Grass Seed...l4
8 helled corn 50 Buckwheat 52
Corn in the car 70 Dried peaches 38
Peas 00 Dried apples 24
Bye 50 Onion 57
Oats 32 Salt 50
Barley 47 Stone coal 88
Irish Potatoes 08 Malt 40
Sweet Potatoes 55 Bran 20
White Beans 58 Turnips 55
Castor lleans 46 Plastering Hair 8
Clover Seed 00 Unslaeked Lime...Bo
Timothy Seed 46 Corn Meal.... 47
Flax Seed 56 Fine Salt 54
Hemp Seed 44 Ground Peas 23
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A Few Facts tor Bee-Keepers,
Editors Rural World : —The life of a
worker bee, during the working season
is only from six to eight weeks duration
and a large majority of them never live
to see seven weeks.
A. worker bee is from five to six days
old befoie it comes out of tho hive for
the first time to take an airing, and it
is from fourteen to sixteen days old be
fore it begins to gather either pollen or
honey.
All swarm engaged in building comb,
when they have not a lertileV{ueen,builc.
only drone and stone comb, and a 1 the
comb in the lower or breeding apartment
of the hive should be worker brood comb
except a very small quantity of drone
comb —four inches square being amply
sufficient.
The more prolific the queen is tho
m >re young bees you have aud the more
sutplus aoney will be stored up, other
tilings being equal.
Never allow tho combs to become
mouldy.
Never double swarms or stock ot bees
in the fall, but attend to that and make
them strong during the summer by tak
ing brood and strong slocks and giving
it to the weak.
A drone laying queen should be taken
away and one producing workers put in
her placo, else the colony will come to
naught.
.Asa rule, as soon as an Italian queen
show's signs of old age, or feebleness,
the bees themselves will “supercede"
her.
All stocks should be kept strong in
order to be successful.
Lvcry hive should contain about two
thousand cubic inches (a lit tie more
than a solid foot) in the breeding apart
ment.
All beginners in bee keeping shouli
be very cautious about increasing the
number of their swarm or stock un*
til they thoroughly understand the busi
ness.
The hive itself, if well constructed, is
all the beo house you need in tho sum
mer time. 1) F. Pike.
Smithburge, Md.
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As illustrating the value of timber on
waste lands, an English journal install
ces the sale of wood which look place
lately on the estate of the Earl of Caw-*
dor in Nairnshire, England. In 1820,
two hills about 300 acres in extent were
planted with fir and other trees, and af
ter successful thinning the sale of which
realized largo sums the remainder of
the wood has fast been sold off for the
sum of £IG,OOO. The sum realized for
the sale of wood on this waste land
during the fifty years is stated to be
equal per acre to the return for the best
arable laud in the country.
Mr. William Newton of Henrietta,
N. Y. writes the American llural Home
that the practice of plowing-iu clover
for wheat is one of poor economy and
not as certain to give good crops as
formerly and runs out the land. It
takes two years to produce a crop of
wheat. The clover is worth more to
feed to stock than to plow under.—
And the manure from it so fed is
nearly equal to its value for plowing
in.
The wonderful progress of agriculture
in the West during the last quarter ot
a century way bo gathered from the
fact that in Minnesota, according to r<_*
liable statistics where in 1850 only 3,v
000 acres were under cultivation, and
the production was 1,500 bushels of
wheat, 5,000 of corn and 16,00 of oats
there were in 1875, 2,816,313 acres
under cultivation, and the products
aggregated 31,475 bushels of wheat,
15,775,000 of oats, and 9,500,000 of
corn.
In Southern California you may see
on plains and hills thousands of sheep
but not a man to watch them. Around
each flock or hand, say a thousand, are
a halt a dozen dogs of a peculiar breed
whose progenitors were imported from
the sheep pastures of the Old World.
These dogs take the entire care of the
sheep, drive them to pasture in the
morning, keep them from straying dur
ing the day and bring them home at
night.
The Practical Farmer recommends
the following wash for fruit trees: One
ounce of copperas to eight or ten gal
lons of water, forms a good Trash, and is
advised for trial as a preventative against
blight. One pound of Breaches’ Soda
and one gallon of water forms a wash
hat cleans of all insects, and leaves
the trees with fresh looking, healthy
bark.
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The Itcii or Mange.—This is not
very dangerous but a “mangy” dog will
never thrive. Soapsuds well applied
with a stiff scrubbing brush is a reme
dy. A running stream to wallow in, or
plenty of wheat straw, will effect a cure
in time.
Oocoanut Pudding. —To the grated
meat of a cocoanut take six eggs, six
1 rge spoonfuls ot sugar, half a teacup
of butter, and a little soda. Lino a
dish with puff paste and fill with the
mixture. Bake in a quick oven.
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A Bad Spell. —“ Thomas, spell
weather,” said a school-master to one of
pupils. W-i-e-a.t-h-ou-g h weather.—
Wdl Thomas you may sit down,” said
th. teacher. “I think this is worst
■ >e!l of wratler we have had sinco
lUristmae.”
STEINWAY.|
“FIGURES DON’T LIE.”
Stein way I* ian o s
STILL TRIUMPHANT.
Steinway'p sales, evidence of
their popularity, - - $1,205,463
Chickering & Sons $822,402
William Knabe & Cos 383,511
Haines Bros 287,051
William P. Emerson 232,799
Albert Weber 221,444
The above figures are taken from the annual
Internal Revenue Tax Returns.
RUBENSTJP During all my long and
difficult journeys all over
America, and in a very
inclement season, I used
your PiaEos, and have
been able to use your Pi
anos exclusively in my two
hundred and fifteen con
certs, and also in private,
with the most eminent sat
isfaction and effect. New
York, May 24th, 1873.
(The above is the only tes
timonial ever given by
Rubenstein to ary Piano
manufacturer.)
LISZT. Pray tell Mr. Steinway
that his splendid upright
Piano shone to brilliant
advantage to the festival
performances at the Wart
burg, where, last Tuesday
it served under my fingers
* as “ Vice Orchestra,” ex
citing general admiration.
(Extract from Dr, Frank
Liszt to the celebrated
composer, Metzdorf,which
letter,dated Sept, 27,1873,
is now in possession of
Messrs. Steinway & Sons.)
MARIE KREBS After thoroughly testing
your Pianos, both in pri
vate and public, I can con
scientiously say that the
Steinway Pianos are supe
rior to all American and
European instruments
known tome- New York,
May 17th, 1872.)
DE MEYER* “ During my artistic ca
reer of more than forty
years, I had occasion to
use the pianos of all the
world renowned makers,
in public and private, but
I have never found an in
strument which compares
with your pianos, [New
York, March 31st, 1808.)
JAELL. “Your name deserves
to be inscribed in golden
letters in history of piano
making in America, to the
improvement of which you
have so largely contributed
lour pianos may be pro
cla:mel as incomparable I
What noble, distinguished
tone ! What poetical sing
ing quality! [Paris, April
19, 1867.]
ABT. “ During my long career
as Artist and Composer, I
have met with many fine
European and American
Piano Fortes, but none
that combine grandeur and
poetry of tone, elasticity
of touch—in short, every
thing that renders a piano
perfect, to such a high
degree as your celebrated
Piano Fortes.” [New York
July 5 r 1872.]
WE ALWAYS GIVE DATES
WITH ALL CREDENTIALS,
as there aro some “ old,” yes, very
old credentials out from different celes
brated Artists, given by them—some
before Mess. Steinway & Sons ever
manufactured Pianos, and others, be
fore they had tried these celebrated in
struments.
S. B. MILLS, (celebrated Composer.
J. N. PATTISON, “ “
ALFRED H. PEASE, “ “
B. WOLLENHAUPT, “ “
JOSEPH WIENIAWSKI, Direc
tor of the Conservatory of Music at
Moscow, Russia.
THEODORE THOMAS,
CHAS. KUNKEL,
S. P. WARREN,
WILLIE B. PAPE, Pianist to 11.
R. 11. the Princess of Wales.
E. B. WASHBURN, Minister to
France.
And numbers of others too numerous
to mention. Send for Catalogues and
see for yourself.
Steimcay's Pianos have talcen euery
Prize aud Medal ichercver their Pianos
have been placed in competition with
others. Paris 1867. London 1862,
which places their Pianos at the HEAD
of THE WORLD.
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Hardman ,
Haines Bros,
And Other Pianos.
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we can supply at lowest rate and at short
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