Cider Making

The ruoderu eider mili is constrncted with an idea of economy in labor and strength. Nolonger is hand power nsed, and it is rarely that the horse treadrnill is the motive power. Steam from an'ongine whicb at other seasons of the year wouid be nsed for a thrashing machine or a small farm sawrnill fnrnishea the power. In the larger milis the apples are thrown by the wagon load iuto a big box outside and are carried to the floor above by means of an endless belt, which dumps thern into the grinder. From the grinder the pumice, grouud rnuch finer thau in the old way, drops into the press. The press is built on the same general principies as it was in the olden times, but on different lines. There is a Jong platform with tho tank for the eider underneath. On the platform is a heavy truck on wheels, traveling along steel rails. The' track has a slatted bottom and is covered with eider cloth, a heavy quality of cottou goods. The pumice drops down from the griurter npon tüe truck, and when enough has acenmulated a slatted cover is put on with another eider cloth, and more pumice is deposited. This is repcated nntil the pile has grown four or five feet, with altérnate layers of slats, eider cloth and pumice. The truck is sljoved over to the press proper, the top pieces are put in place, and the steam is turned on the screws for the final pressure. The eider comes out in torrents and flow3 into the gutters aronud the platform ! and into the tank beneath, where it is strained through a coveririg cloth. Wlien the eider is to be put into barrels, the engiue ia again set iu motion, and it is pumped out, with a register on the pump to show the quantity passing through. A good Eized eider mili of modern ronstruction can turn out from 60 to 100 barréis of eider a day and with less labor than the oíd time eider maker produced his single barrel. The eider is of ten' made on commission or for custom trade, the farmer bringing in his own apples and paying to have them made np, says the New York Sun, authority for the foregoing description. Wintering Cees. A woman beekeeper, writing to The American Bee Jourua), says: We lose less than formerly in cellar wintering. The reason for losing less, we think, is m:inly the lurge entrance we give by lifting up one side of the hive, as our hives are not nailed but clamped at the corners, any way to give a large opening at the bottom EO all the dead bees can be easily carried out by the bees, so as not to clog their entrance. When they have a siuall entrance, the bees that die in the hive drop down and clog the entrance, and the live bees find themselves shut in. They become uneasy and restless and eat inore, which canses them to become diseased and die. Thedead bees remaining in the hive would decay, often causing the death of the whole colony. 'A Handy lïay Holder. A bag holder is a convenience on any farm and notably on farms where rnuch grain is handled. There are bag holders and bag holders, but a New York farmer after considerable experiment bas discovered a hoider that gives encire satisfaction. He describes it as follows in The Farm aud Fireside: Procure a piece of 2 inch plank 30 inches Jong aud wide as you can get it. Bore two 1J inch holes in the plank 24 inches apart. Then get two sticks 3 feet 9 inches long, of some tough wood - green poles will do - which shonld be about as large as a man's wrist. Shave these sticks to fit into the holes in the plank and shave about 10 inohes of the upper ends bo they will fit tightly into a three-quarter inch hole. Now niake twa blocks of hard wood 4% inchea long aud 2 inches square. Bore a three-quarter inch hole in each near the end. Set the compass for a 6 inch circle and mark off two half cirnles oa au incli board ; then saw them out with a compass saw and nail oneof these circular pieces on each block close to the end, as shown at A. These circular pieces should be one inch thick each way, and they should havo about three small lathing nails lef t sticking out a quarter iuch to keep the bag from slippiiig off. It is the spring of the two long sticks that holds the bag tight. The blocks can be slipped np or down for bags of different lengths. Loss Froin Surumer Fallow. In a bulletin from the Minnesota station it is contended that surumer fallowing causes the loss of great quantities of humus and of uitrogen, which evapórate rapidly iu sumnier fallowing. Green crops for turiiiug under are strongly recomrutiiided iustead of summer fallowing.