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possible. Bat the honey bee is often prevented in adverse weather 

 from working to advantage. When I say that the honey bee travels 

 fifteen miles to find flowers, from which to get honey, I am not speak- 

 ing at random. I might be called on to explain my assertion. I know 

 whereof I speak. I will also say that in large numbers they cross 

 sheets of water fifteen miles across. The apiary to which I refer was 

 situated on one shore of a stream fifteen miles wide, and the flowers 

 were on the other shore, fifteen miles away. They were always like a 

 swarm on that body of water. The honey bees are industrious. They 

 will work on your neighbor's field if you have not enough blooms to 

 keep them engaged. So we must think that the honey bee, although 

 he may live on one man's farm, he will work on the farm of another 

 man if he cannot find enough to occupy him at home. Everything in 

 nature shows that there is a God in nature who rules over all and gives 

 to us. He has given us many an insect which is a benefactor which we 

 think is our enemy. I cannot agree with the gentleman who says he 

 does not think that the honey bee has anything to do with the fertili- 

 zation of fruit trees. I think they are very important factors in that 

 work. 



Tuesday, June 4 — 8 p. m. 



The house was filled to overflowing and the best of attention was 

 paid to the program. Good music was interspersed through the even- 

 ing exercises and helped to give variety to the program. The papers 

 were good, the discussions sharp, and the meeting a very successful 

 one. 



Liawn Makinj? and Decoration. 



If my paper on "Lawns" shall be the means of prompting one 

 admirer of the beautiful and good to greater effort to make home more 

 attractive, I shall consider myself well paid for my effort. If I can 

 arouse a similar sentiment in the breasts of a greater number, I shall 

 be better rewarded. 



;N^o better proof of advanced civilization, no greater evidence of 

 progress in fine arts can be produced than such careful attention to 

 our home approaches as will make them most attractive. No better 

 investment in a pecuniary sense can be made than a reasonable outlay 

 of time and money in making the exteriors of our homes as attractive 



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