29!2                THE WISCONSIN FARMER.

bee hives, through its columns, and you will thr tIcim, first, Dividing the
hive (reaetk) vertically
                                                  thogh tecentre, without
a partition, in such a man-
get it from some one capable of giving it.     ner as equally, or nearly
equally, to divide th brood
                                                comb, the bees and honey,
substantially as set forth.
                                E. GALLUP.       "Yecond, I claim the
peculiar construction and ar-
 BRANDiON, July 3, IS63.                        rangement of moth trap, with
slides for closing the hive
                     ________  -               ~~~~at night.and ventilating
screen, substantWsly asset forth.
                                                  "Third, I claim the
honey boxes, provided with screens
           The Langstroth Patent.              operated by springs on the
bottom, substantially as set
                                                forth.
                     An article in 'ly No. of the FARuER  * Fourth, I claim
the arrangement of the removable
  An articte in thle July  to- of the FAR       siEB  ripi, dlovetailed into
tihe front, for the purpose of holding
on Mo.uvable (lI. mb hlives, making special uieu- i' two parts of the hive,
and for the bees to alight up-
                                                on, as set forth."
tion of a hive sold by a Mr. Lee of this State,   The right to the use of
MOVABLL COMB
induces me to make the following statements FRA5tEs is secured to Mr. Langstroth,
and to
concerning the Rev'd L. L. LIangstrothls pat- him and his lawful aspigns
only; rnd there is
ent, upon which many honetly tihitk Mr. l"e    no doubt but that lie
is preparing to prosecute
is infringing.                                  for infringement as rapidly
as his feeble health
  The first important *.tep towa'l-s ' prosecu- and circumstances will admit.
tion fir infringements has been taken in the
                                                   llaving no intereet in
this patent, except for
BE-IssCE: of this patent.   (See Patent Office individual use, I give this
to the bee-keeping
Record.j   lle-issiues, May 23dd I :'.          public for their information
and self-protection.
* teIS4-ltebine.-L. L. Lang1trt5li, 0t.t.                               
      Ji. i, pot-J. 3f. STE11BISS.
   ~ *4 I clatot, brot, cit~ntroctig ae. : tr,,iig ii.o niov"able  AP-LETON,
July 10, 1563.
Com ib  fila:.led  tIF  'hehive,,  r -  *i  t::.ie that  w.en
      in the hiv, si r cstm-'t      i th.e y ir, sides
autl .: .1.lyelit -trllt ilai. I ltl intch ttllorthter  T  11 E~ P  t0  U
 IL  T  E  R~ E[ R~
aedl fr, l :i tIe . . ~ot,.Iru I 0 t  the Dioluter and fir
the tjuril 1,s deetidl,at iutt  I. t wioetheir tolls _p=e  __
ratI P *..n e-i -m!,er ttiiu4~ o2 t tloc whole ira irtwilti
of thet r lIm-ttlh, .utstantiily ti tile m11ann1er andI for tihe  To Insure
Eggs for Winter.
purp,- - ,-_ v rt Lt.
   I ec 'a I L ellstrUC ri ,ae Iiii mtlgt ti ingU.etC fiils-.  S o everal
ot y ,ir c inirs indents have been
in ru h IL eta r that " lieu tcwivy are inseitetA in  ,.i i th    n
the di'tan-e bm'twee tht mt regulated at will, etJ.i  t disieu~ing te  uoint
as to how to pioueeg
stanti:ally in tt.; Mnner and for the. purplsit teschllel. iii winter.  One
advises early hatched pullets
  ' Third, CemicalructinK mn,,eale frauses and arranging  a very excellent
plan-while again, another
theta in the hive in such a manner that the bees can pams  oniiends fexletpa-hlasn
   nte
above thei Into a shallo  h chambier or sir space. su'tall- reco  h and stimulaing
food.  Per-
tially in the tln.Luner and for any ,-r al of the purposes haps you will
allow me to offer a few remarks,
set f-th.                                        which I trust may be found
useful.    I do not
  ts bFreofrtihe9crt91ll  monvbaebrle fitiles, or their squi- consider age
of so niuch importance as some
  Vaents, and wsith tbae perforatetl itoty board upon which do; yet, if an
old lien has been laying well all
  to place cut plus honey receptitti, mtubstzatially a and summer and autumn,
anl is consequently late
  ttltifth, A movabeiatrition or .ili ider, substantially as in moultling,
she requiires rest and time to re-
  described, wshen ue-i in cosehtnattior with tetovable cover from  the moult;
aund if cold weather
  frades, substantially in the manner and for the purposes comes on her when
but par ilfly moulted, she
  -'Sixth, The use ot movable blocks for axciuding moths will perhaps be
a long time recovering the con-
  and catching worills, so ctonstructed aild arranged as to dition prisper
for laying.  In this case the ear-
  increase or diminish at will the size of the bee entrance. ly hatched pullet
has the advantage; but her
  subetantially ins thle toatninr sadt for tile purposes set
  forth."                                         eggs are usually snaill.
  If, however, the old
  th."e ciaimx are founded on the original spe  liheu is allowed to
sit late in summer, so as to
  These czriar are tounidea on the original spe- rest her from egg-laying.
and daring, the time
  cificati uns which aire not changed in case of a site is tending her brood
she is encotiraged to
  re-issue.                                       moult, by warmth and generous
feeding, she
                                                  will, when her moult is
completed, soon get in-
   Those who have-honestly, no doubt-as- to laying condition, and, by good
management
 serted that this patent was gri.nted through    may often be kept laying
all the winter, and
 igqnorance of the department. at the time of its lay better and larger eggs
than pullets. I have
                                                  two hens now laying that
have not left off lay.
 issue, itiU.t now see their ertor, since the re- ing since October, having
  completed   their
 issue is granted with so mucih light before mnoult in September while cooped
with their
                          those havingthe mater insecond broods; the one
is five and a half years
 those having the matter in hatid.               old, the other is one year
younger.
    But what has Mr. Lee patented '   Here it is    My feeding is very plain;
they have the run
 in full :                                       of a small field, and I
give them once a day a
 2,4-eW.v M. Leeof no~ewle, Wfis. for imaprovement thalf gallon of barley
and oats mixed, among
 in BeehivM. es ,o: t~eiitWa..t mrvmn          twenty ;the rest they must
cater for them-