Bee Culture Advice and Organization Notes in North Carolina
A long column from the Bee Culture Correspondence urges North Carolina beekeepers to adopt movable frame Langstroth hives, transfer from box hives, and maintain proper management for brood, queens, and honey. It stresses education, systematized work, and preserving stock with Italian queens, plus practical farm tips on tools, house maintenance, and ice storage for the dairy season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Aparian
Langstroth
J. W. Hunter
N. C
Newspaper list fragment stabilizes on Ocala pla interest
Fragment of a notice listing papers and towns including Beaver Dam Lumberton Charlotte Concord Wadesboro Salisbury and others. The passage states the listed papers are to remain on a standing list and hints at advocacy or opposition to theOcala plan. The text is partial and cautions readers about looting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Sae
Ory
Beaver Dam
Lumberton
Per
Charlotte
Tenia
Concord
Wadesboro
Ina W. ‘Atchman
Saisbury
Amy Paper Fast
Uly
Ny ‘Ailo
Ocala Pla
Agricultural notes hint rising peanut prices and grape origins
The column discusses peanuts likely to price higher, seed potatoes exposure to light, and mentions the Concord grape originated by Ephraim W. Bull who recently died. It includes advice on farm accounting, tree healing in spring, and drainage to improve yields amid cautious crop estimates from St. Louis papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephriam W. Bull
Care of Farm Implements
It is deplorable to notice the glare of waste that is seen everywhere as one passes through the country. Careless farmers leave their mowers, binders, plows and other implements out in the fields to take the weather unprotected. The bright steel and ornamental mountings will rust with exposure. Much loss is caused by the want of care. many mortgages have arisen from this waste. A lean-to shed can be built cheaply to protect equipment.
Gooseberries offer promise as a neglected fruit
An old Scots gardener argues gooseberries deserve wider cultivation, noting varieties like Red Jacket show vigor and large fruit. autumn planting, careful pruning, and mulching boost productivity. The piece also covers timothy as an exhaustive crop, and warns against sun-exposing Irish potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton
Salem
Mass
Charles Dowing
Downing
New York
England
Pennsylvania
J. W. Adams
Hampden Co
Masa
Selecting a Portable Creamery and Butter Quality
The article examines choosing a portable creamery based on the cold deep setting Swedish method, warns against exaggerated claims by manufacturers who sell theories, and urges buyers to compare build, cost, and practicality rather than marketing. It stresses honest practice and notes best butter preservation via cleanliness, proper salt, and aseptic packaging, with winter flavor preserved by careful dairy hygiene.
Clinton Iowa Butter Flavor In Winter Problem
A discussion on why butter often tastes poor in winter due to inherent or acquired lacteal flavors. Causes include tainted hay, moldy silage, poor stable air, udder health, and dirty milking practices. Prevention rests on starting with milk quality and diligent farm hygiene and handling.
Poultry Yard Profit Then Winter Management Lessons
Waldo F. Brown reports on Tom Smith’s winter poultry plan to maximize egg income and cut costs. Smith divides fowls into small colonies with warm, windowed houses, standardized feeding three times daily, water warmed in cold snaps, and annual culling to keep mainly one and two year olds. He projects wintering 125 fowls at under 20 cents daily feed cost, with eggs repaying costs in all but November and December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Jones
Tom Smith
Bob
Smith
Waldo F. Brown
Letter From Rowan Discusses Arrears and Politics
A reader from Rowan NC explains sending a money order to settle arrears and regrets past delays, noting hardship and labor unrest. The letter criticizes Grover Cleveland politics and references Capt. Sam Ashe, the Charlotte Observer, and state elections, ending with a personal sign‑off.
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Sident
J. F. Willetts
Topeka
H. OC. Snavely
Leb
D. P. Dunscrambie
8. C
L. Loucks
Huron
Mann Brandon
I. E. Dean
Ive Falls
Neweles
H. OG. Dem
Harrisburg
Pennsyl
Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
de. Cyrus
Thompson
Inds
Graham
Ridgewine
Barnes
Furer
M. B Keech
Winneshiek Co
Griculture
St. Louis
F. W. Moseey
Greon Newell
Clinton
Iowa
Rowan
Louispourg
Sam Ashe
Grover
Charlotte Observer
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