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/ THE AIKEN RECORDER. AIKEN, 8. C., JUNE 19. 1891. IN THE APIARY. •W CUTTING AND CURING HAY. Directions Given by Professor W. «T. Beul for Making the Finest Hay. Within a few years we have given up the sickle for the scythe, and the scythe for the horse mower The hay tedder takes the place of several heavy boys in tossing the new mown grass; the horse rake, with a spring seat for the driver, takes the place of the old hand rake. In some places the hay loader is attached to the rear of the wagon and saves much heavy work. Implements are all the while improving, and as instructions are freely given in reference to their use by those who sell them, little need here be said in reference to them. The follow ing directions, however, givfen by Pro fessor W. J. Beal in his admirable work on ‘‘The Grasses of North America,” will be read with interest by all beginners; If the grass is heavy the dew should be nearly off before beginning. If the cutting bar is at one side the driver strikes out with the “off horse” next to the fence. He then turns about, driving over the swath cut last, and goes around as much as he chooses; or if he use a Eureka or other mower where the ma chine follows the team immediately, he may go back and forth on one side or proceed in some other manner. Before noon, and perhaps after noon also, the hay tedder stirj the grass once or more. Toward night it is raked and put into cocks. If there is much clover the tedder must not be used after the leaves have dried, as it crumbles and wastes the most valuable part of the hay. The leaves of clover will dry a long time be fore the stems. If cut late in the afternoon or in the evening, so it does not wilt, no harm will come if a heavy dew falls on the hay. If the day is a fair one it is not good prac tice to cut grass in the middle of the day and leave it partially cured exposed to dew or rain. The finest hay is made in dry, sunless weather, with little dew and as little handling over as possible. Burning too long in the hot sun renders the hay brittle, and some of it will be lost in handling. As usually made, the best clover hay is only fairly wilted before it is put in the cock, where it remains from four to seven days. In the meantime the cocks are carefully opened once or more each into two or three piles for an hour or two, then put up again. If not very well cured tho hay will keep better in a close mow in the barn than in a loft or in a stack, where it is much exposed to the air. The closer the barn the better for the hay. Early cut forage is superior to tho late cut. Hay that has been wet Bee Note* from The Uural Home by G. M. Doolittle the Well Known Beekeeper. The most essential and necessary thing looking toward a good yield of comb honey is a good season, combined with having the colonies you intend to use for this purpose strong in numbers early in the season. To have the bees strong early in the season, each colony should be known to have a good fertile queen. As the sea son advances you can help them by in serting an empty frame of worker comb into the brood nest, between the brood combs, though never more than the bees can cover well, as this will spread the brood and induce the queen to greater activity. In spreading the brood, if too many empty combs are inserted at one time i t will some time weaken, aye, even de stroy a nice colony if cold, rough weath er sets in. Bees then concentrate in or der to keep up the necessary animal heat, and consequently the most outside brood will chill. Feeding them, although they have plenty of honey in the hive, will stimulate them much, so that they can stand the cold snaps better, which we often have in this climate during the fore part of the season. The best time to increase bees is when there is an abundant supply of natural forage and colonies are very strong. Under any other circumstances it is dan gerous. Sometimes it will work to take a comb of bees and brood from a hivd. about June 1. and let them work up to a colony by winter, but it is unsafe. Again it will sometimes work very well to divide after the main honey crop is over, if they have honey enough for both colonies. However, June is the best time for increase, and by making each part strong we run no risk of a failure. Cut Worms. During cloudy and rainy days these pests come out of the ground to feed as well as during the night, a single worm destroying a large number of plants in a few hours. They feed upon nearly all kinds of weeds as well as useful plants. In naming remedies for the cut worm a bulletin from the Delaware station says; The plan of frequently going over the infested ground, and digging out and de stroying the worms, has been extensively practiced with very satisfactory results. The expense is not very great, as one man can go over an acre in very short time. Tho most practical method of de stroying cut worms is by poisoning clo ver or other green plants with a mixture of Paris green or London purple and water, and placing bunches of the same upon the ground at intervals throughout the infested field. Almost any succulent plant, such as pig weed, lambs quarter, mullein, etc., will answer in place of clover. When it is known that a field is badly infested with cut worms, bunches of the poisoned food should be scattered over the ground at frequent intervals soon after the ground has been fitted, and sev eral days before the seed vegetables or before the plants are set in the field. The clover can be sprayed with the mixt ure before it is cut, and immediately cut and distributed over the infested ground. Many of the worms, after partaking of the poisoned food, will re-entei the soil before they die from the effects of the «_cx- Population ol Our Towns. A Census Office bulletin issued from Washington gi\esthe population of twenty cities in South Carolina, in the order of the rank, as follows, with the increase since 1880: Citien. J > oj)ulation. Increase. Charleston. . 54,955 4,791 Columbia . 15,353 5,317 Greenville . 8,607 2.447 Spartanburg Sumter 5,544 2.291 3,865 1,854 Beaufort .... 3,587 1,038 Camden. ... 3,533 1.753 Florence .. 3,395 1,481 Newberry. .. 3.020 678 Anderson . 3,018 1,168 Orangeburg.. 2,964 824 Georgetown. 2,895 338 Rock Hill 2,744 1,935 Chester 2,703 804 Piedmont. . 2,436 1,871 Darlington. 2,389 1,449 Aiken 2.362 545 Laurens 2,245 1,496 Summerville 2,219 848 Slavery in New York. Mr. J. D. Collins of Dalton, Ga., has a copy’ of the Ulster County, New York, Gazette, published January 4, 1800, in which the following adver tisement appears: For Sai.k. ‘‘A Stout, Healthy, Active Negro Wench. “Any person inclined to purchase may know the particulars bpapplying to John Shooumaker, juu., at Roch ester. 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O N and after May 31st, 1891, passenger trains will run as fol lows, bv 75th meridian lime: North * * Leave Aiken 10:22 p m 10:58 a in Lv Augusta 7:20 a m 4:20 p in Ar McCormick.. . 9:33 a m 6:50 pm “ Anderson .... 10:00pm “ Greenwood .. .10:45 a in “ Laurens 11’55 a in “ Greenville ... .*1:45 p m “ Spartanburg.. .1:50 pm “ Hendersonville4:20 pm “ Asheville 5:17 pm Ar Hot Springs .. .6:45 p m South * * Lv Hot Springs. .. Lv Asheville 11:30am “ Henderso’ville 12:36 pm “ Spartanbuig .. .-3:20 p m “Greenville 3*00 pm “ Laurens 5:15 pm “ Greenwood . .6:25 pm “ Anderson 2: p m 7:00 am “ McCormick 7:40 p m 10:20 a m Ar Augusta 10:00 pm 12:40 pm Port Royal & Augusta Railway. Time—90th Meridian. South * t Lv Augusta 11:45am 8:00 pm Ar Yemassee .... 3:35 p m 2:10 a in Ar Charleston .. Ar Savannah. .. 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