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2 HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION The Agricultural College Is a Friend to the Farmer Bulletins and News Notes From the Staff at Pullman. VIEW or WASni-XGTOX AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AT PULLMAN, WASH. ITS SOLE AIM IS TO All AOIUO tiiXHiSTS. Using Small Potatoes as Food for Poultry EACH season when the potato crop harvested there are more or less of the tubers that are com worthless either for market Two Hives to Control Swarming e or ilss T j b nature t0 swarm and up they can use, and as fast as a Btiper , . .'.', )n ,, . iparatlvely I tQ the present tiffie no'pjan of ls completed remove It to a warm, Pullman Is offering to send out t or table management has been discovered dry place, where it can be kept se- corn to Persons who want to Offer Seed Corn to Northwest Farmers THE Division of Farm Crops at the State Experiment Station at seed get a use on account of their small size. In that will at all times prevent it with- cure against robber bees. As soon as start with corn from seed grown in recent years such potatoes have been out too much labor and a decrease possible, clean and grade the honey the Northwest. There will be no used to some extent as food 'or vari- of honey yield, so it is not practical, and put it on the market because the charges except for postage. The ous kinds of livestock. In some cases We may, however, check or entirely first honey Is very apt to granulate amollnt sent 01lt t0 each person (five where potatoes have been used as a prevent swarming in ordinary sea- in a short time. In grading you will d , b BUff!, ient to plant poultry food the results have not sons by using two hives to each col- always find more or. less unfinished v ' w been entirely satisfactory. This has ony early in the season -while the sections on the outside. These are over on e-haif acre "nB B'" been largely due to the fact that the Queen mother is in full vigor and called gobacks and should be put in request lor seed aie expected to give composition of the potato and its brood rearing is on rush orders. By supers and return to be finished, the crop the best attention and make nutritive value were not considered this plan of management we may In- Some of this class will be left at the a report of its success. In compounding a poultry ration, crease our bees by dividing or pre- close of the season and are called The two varieties. AYindus white it should be remembered that the vent any increase of colonies. holdovers. They should be kept for flent and Thayerg yellow dont have feeding standard for laying hens is We may be working for comb or baits to start Spring work in first been guccesSfully at the State about 1:4.6. In other words the hen extracted honey. The Spring man- supers. Collece for a number of rears They requires 1 part of protein to i 6 parts agement will be the same up to the If we want no increase of bees, we Allege, tor a nutuner or jeais. iney of carbohydrate to mtalntaln her time of the surplus honey flow. This may control the bees In this respect have also been grown to a limited ex- ..i ...ii. m i. in no in oAt-ava ffuKani naia inoraon riT it'iii iiv h nrua iiiiii iti'i' tn iHriiitrn. fThe carhXtefis t oZe in iv tor' each colon duld Tp M he f rniers. telling of their Proportion to , ths protefn the hen bfr tain ready built combs saved over may look over its frames, find and results have given favorable reports. ?!opoln." ,A "'."..".i" .. fm w Tn Anrii or Mav remove all oueen cells. It may then Some, however, have given adverse stopped Such a condition ten re- when the bees are strong and gath- remain on top of the supers for about reports These wo var etlcs of corn S iniver t erlng freely, we may give a second 15 days to allow all the brood to are being attributed to determine death lr0UBle' inaib.iuou auu b R then the various localities In which they The nutritive ratio of potatoes is old brood chamber where no excluder about 40 pounds or noney. inismay u.e succesa.u.. me .iue corn is 1-1' It i therefore necessary in is used. Move the old hive to one then be set away for extracting or larger than the yellow and is suited usine potatoes as a part of the ration side, put a bottom board on its place returned to one of the lighter hives for a longer season. here the sea using potatoes a a , pan or e ration , v Remove to remain as a double deck hive un- sons are likely to be short or unfa- sre r eh in protein For this purpose two of its comb frames. Open old til the surplus honey flow is on the vorable the yellow corn s more llke- wheat bran ? and alfaUa meal have hive and draw from it two of out- next season. Remember to keep ad- ly to be successful Request, for been foud very satisfactorrin order side combs containing stores or if ditlonal supers added below this hive, com w I be filled In the order in tc mix potatoes fwUhotfier foods t is some brood, all the better, and place It will require about three to six ac- which they are received until the nece sa?v th these in themiddle of the new hive, cording to the season The second supply exhausted ing the Winter months the cooking of potatoes for an ortlnair flock of hens hive so as to get the two empty combs quoen cells are cut out and a third a United amount of field peas for dta can be done with ve 1 tie .expense in the middle of the brood nest and week later. trlbution Field pea orders will be sfnee toes are required or othefpur! Place this old hive on top of the new othcc rlanq. received Ir , amounts up to 2a bushe s poses. The potatoes should be thor- ones. When the surplus noney now Anotner , , t0 set tne top hlve - iJ- ' oughly boiled without removing the comes about a month later, we may ... h)ve ag new PW pound f.o.b. Pullman, Aash will .kitia ant in the foliowlne oro- find the queen nas estanusnea a ... J:.. ,.. . , " ; rf!.k: ... . portions: Ten days later all of Its a limited amount of Swedish Select livnol noct tn thfl invpr htvp an we SW'ai'IU. Five pounds mashed potatoes, four now arrange for the future division, bees may be shaken from the combs oats . will be tWbuted at a charge of nminAa xcheat hinn half DOUUd al- riave your smoner going won uu in uuuL ui uie uc mvc, uuo - . fSfa mcal blow three or four full blasts over time, and the hive then set away or Sewta of other farm crops will be af""b?SUHk Ilave your prepared comb-honey su- a thhive of vaUieofsuc pose'cTl moist6 mash Tnot cntro,s fiw,mlK. up a comb or two of the brood to j". 8chafr. State Experl- complete ration and should be used Llft the top hlve of and set lt the third hive, you make a gain of lo nltnt etauon. in connection with a scratching food down acrog3 an open top Dox. u ls or 20 pounds of honey for your trou- Who 1Ias Grain for fiap, and dry mash. We prefer to feed usuany best to raise a comb from ble. If you prefer, you may raise up Anyone having good seed for sale this moist mash about noon each day. mne or lower hlve so as to be sure the second hlve and place the third should write to the Division of Farm The hens are allowed all they will lt cotains brood. Now place your below it. This practice may be con- Crops at the Washington State Kx eat in 10 minutes, comb-honey super on this hlve; then tinued to the end of the flow, or as periment Station, Pullman Washing- The common symptoms of diges- the o)(j ),ive on top of all, there to soon as you find the honey is mostly, ton, stating the kind of seed name of tive disorders caused by overfeeding remam jo days. This is done to sealed; then you can extract the varletv, amount and price and wheth of potatoes or other starchy foods are give time for au the brood in this honey and return the empty combs cr or not the seed was grown under looseness of the bowels and dark-col- nlve t0 be sealed and queen cells to be refilled. irrigation. ored comb and wattles. If one or ready t0 natch two or three days The honey Is placed In a settling wany inquiries sre coming to fhe two birds develop such symptoms, iater tank in a warm room for a few days; Department of Agriculture of the they may be given a teaspoonfui of Tns la done t0 secure an Increase then drawn off from the bottom into state College asking where various castor oil twice each day until such and t0 get V0T started in the first glass Jars and given a hot bath for kinds of good seed grain mav be oh symptoms disappear. If a large num- Buper oef0re making the division, a few hours to clear it. It Is then talned. A list of parties offerlne seed ber of fowls require treatment they Now move the old ve wnCB is now ready for market. The temperature for sale will be prepared in order to may be given one-half teaspoon of on top t0 a gtan(j 0f its own. About of this bath should not go above 140 supply this Information Epsom salts-per bird once each week 10 dayg later lt9 young nUeen should degrees F. If a settling tank ls not t caSe jt is desired to list nlfaifa until their condition is normal. The haTe mated and Degln laylng so, if used, it will be best to strain the clover and the smaller kinds ofeeds' salts should be dissolved in a small colony lg worklng strong, this hive honey through an open cheese cloth a Bmall gample gnouId b sont in . ' amount of warm water and the water ow may be glven a surplus Buper. or a fine sieve so as to get rid of the tnat a germination and nurltv tit used iu the mash. The mash should The Mve at tbe old gt8nd should be wax particles and pollen. The yield mav bn made The , V',' "l also be seasoned with a small amount ooked after jt jt Ia being crowded of extracted honey snould be from parpd wm incjudo corn wh. ntb 1 of common Bait. . , for super room, additional supers two to three times as great as of barley, field peas alfalfa clover Feeding potatoes as outlined above may be added. Remove them as fast comb honey as there are no new vetch and other crops -'"'. not only adds variety to i the ration, aa they are fllleo and finished. No combs to be built and no swarming. Seed snouId be oWBjned hom bnt it supplies carbohydrates at a more than twj guperB should be on If more bees are wanted, the strong If possbie. There is some Bhsii Z very small cost and is the means or hlve Rt any tlme. hives may be divided. that home-grow sSed Is b"tt a considerable saving of grain. V. R. By ,wing thisTtouble deck hive we We have not discussed the use of 8,apted for growing In lt own in McBride. have accomplished two very impor- queen excluders. A beginner seldom calItv flR it bas ..?. Wn" ' "J , '; a tant points. First, we have secured has them and the plan outlined above there. It Is oft poagibie to refer a n ji,. i,. In thn fnn h ve Eftts as Bond returns. The ereatest. . . . i" lKlvl un t.iB ," knf fm t. . -Ti" 1 l"u '"I'l'rer to some one in his own Leaving bundles on the ground couple of days makes the hard work SQ ltBmay"De taken away. If left benefit from the use of queen exclud- neighborhood who has th" kind0" of shocking corn lighter U It don t ,n the b,.00(J nest thl9 gurplus boney ers is obtained by the queen breeder. Beed he wailt9.JE g Shafer Agron rain, but shocking wet corn is the mght cauge gwarttr;Dg 0r be a hin- J. W. Ware, Apiarian, Puyallup. . omlst ' t.r hanlcst of all and the worst part of .. , v,a con all fliimmpr Innff. it is that shocked when It Is wet lt is SecomJ we havo secured elght'fraraea ..... i. wnl 41nhnahn.lr .'. .. ..... aimOSl Sure IU ilium m onuvn A Supplication. A pace uitereatlnir ll'mn from the Oion Aurlcnltiiral Cnll'S ' Corvallli will alternate In the farm weekly with a pace of nfw notca from the Wanhlaiton State College at rullmao. This will afford an In terrhange of views troin Jhe two big; agrloultural colleges of the North went that should prove of benefit to the reader, for the institutions, deal Willi similar problem. full of brood to the top bars, on Ah Life, thou throbbing, pulsing mys- oh)o pK , , , . J which to place the super, with not . tVZVZLZ my rowt or bad hllh I VZ particle of seaieo noney ne ow a mnt anfl y;t u sane? of the ninny differences between a empty uuns iu wmcu w - May I not place thy golden chalice to potato and a girl. so when the flow Is on toe bees must my upg an(i drink, - store the honey above. Without Intoxication beckoning me be- yond the brink? Super Kooni. Murt j contentel be to see the yeara A Kostliil-Alvr 17. Up to this time we have controlled go slowly by, rU501UlclY ricC swarming and doubled the number of Standing julde while others pass? Then Abcatuif, 42.pcce eet of aishea colonies without having a single nat- . . hrken to the cry B(von to ollr dll.C(,t crea sillppel.s thl(l ural swarm and now the bees are That JhltnvtXanr1tort?,,a1,lll!Ur8fes yeHr Wrlt8 for Particulars. " rushing work In the supers. We For strength, dear God, to let the world T. S. TOWNSEND CREAMERY CO must, therefore, not forget to keep paSs by and stand and wait A , n an p,tT.-T n. them supplied with all the super room Olivia I. Fair, m U A. Times. Creamery B. Seventh and "virett SU
