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inclies,) to secure that result. A stall of tliis description has 

 kept a cow dry and clean, in good condition, and with a large 

 flow of milk. There is one inconvenience about it, in that it is 

 adapted to cows of one length only. If it is wanted for one of 

 a different size, then an alteration of the length of the platform 

 becomes necessary. Perhaps it might be so arranged that the 

 platform plank should pass under the manger, being made 

 moveable, but properly secured. We leave the suggestion for 

 wiser heads to consider. 



Norman T. Leonard, Chairman. 



BEE CULTURE. 



ESSEX. 



From the Report of the Committee on Bread and Honey. 



We think, were a proper interest awakened on this subject, 

 our county might exhibit a large amount of honey. We might 

 keep bees enough to visit every flower in the county, so that 

 nothing which contains honey should be allowed "to waste its 

 sweetness on the desert air." There are probably not so many 

 bee-keepers in this county as there were twenty-five years ago ; 

 and we may here inquire what has produced this falling off". 

 The principal reason given by those who have abandoned the 

 business is, the depredation of the moth ; and this is true not 

 only of this vicinity, but of all the Northern States. Those who 

 have kept bees, say to us, " Yes, we used to keep bees, but the 

 moth destroyed one swarm after another, till they were all gone ; 

 and as we knew no remedy, we thought it was useless to try 

 again." And besides, our bees did not swarm as they did some 

 years ago ; and this, so fai* as our experience goes, and from all 

 "we can learn from others, is true. 



We know some who have kept bees ten or twelve years, and 

 have had no swarms. Whether this is the result of taking honey 

 from the hive in boxes, we cannot say ; but we can say that 

 during fifteen years' trial we have never had a natural swarm 



