. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1903 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 225 be bad throughout the summoi-, except when the weather is too dry. If the phacolia is cut at the beginning of blossoming, or the early part oi it, it will grow again and can furnish Ihree or four cuttings during the soa;Jon. As hay or green forage, poacelia ranks in quality very near to red clo- ver. It should, however, not be cut later than the middle of the blossoming period, otherwise the stems become too hard. The yield obtained by Mr. Henry (Gazette Apicole) was four tons to the acre of hay, or about four time
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1903 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 225 be bad throughout the summoi-, except when the weather is too dry. If the phacolia is cut at the beginning of blossoming, or the early part oi it, it will grow again and can furnish Ihree or four cuttings during the soa;Jon. As hay or green forage, poacelia ranks in quality very near to red clo- ver. It should, however, not be cut later than the middle of the blossoming period, otherwise the stems become too hard. The yield obtained by Mr. Henry (Gazette Apicole) was four tons to the acre of hay, or about four times that amount of green forage when used that way. The yield of seed was 600 . pounds to the acre. These experiments were made in the department of Van- cluse (France), that is in a section of superior land and good cultivation, I doubt if such results could be obtained by our average farir'ors. I spolve here of green forage. In nearly all Europe horses and cows are fed in doors all summer; the green for- age is cut and brought to them in the stable. Under the conditions that ob- tain there it is the best course to fol- low. In a preceding communication, I spoke of the sainfoin. I forgot to say that the hay from the sainfoin is of first quality, superior to that from clover or alfalfa. The seed can be bought in this country from all the dealers. Knoxville, Tenn. plain his method, so the rest of us way-behind-the-times bee-fellows will be able to keep in sight, at least. In this eastern corner of Bradford coun- ty, Pa., to increase from 12'to 55 colo- nies would ruin the whole batch, to say nothing of surplus honey. A good many things look well on paper. Yes, somethings. We had a fair yield Of light honey, but the constant wet weather spoiled the buckwheat crop. Yours truly, Z. Cornell. ?*^-^^^>;^te-'^'''v. TELL US ALL HOW Silvara, Pa., Sept. 5, 1903. W. T. Falconer Co.: In September number of Bee-Keeper, under heading "Good Season in Illi- nois," J. E. Johnson makes
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