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some attention. I now have twenty swarms of bees. My bee- 

 house stands fronting to the Southeast, and is protected from the 

 North and West wind. I white-wash the shelves occasionally to 

 keep the moth miller away and the house neat to please the bees. 

 By keeping a neat house and clean hives I have never lost a 

 swarm in time of swarming for the whole twenty-eight years. 

 On warm days in March and April, I place plates of rye flour 

 where the bees can collect it and carry it away to their hives for 

 food for their young in the comb. The longer the comb is used 

 to increase bees the smaller the bees will be. Owing to some 

 peculiarity of the season, the bees have made less honey than 

 usual, and it is not as white as that of former years. When it is 

 collected slowly it vfiW be of a darker color. 



DAVID S. COWLES. 



CHOPS. 



STATEMENT OF LEVI STOCKBRIDGE. 

 To the Executive Committee of ihe^ Ilavipshire County Agricultural 



Societij. 

 Gentlemen: — The crop of broom corn which I entered for 

 premium was grown on two acres of ground, which was in pota- 

 toes in 1864 and tobacco in 1863. The field was put into good 

 condition for the crop, by plowing and harrowing on the 22d of 

 May. One half of it was planted May 24th, the remainder the 

 8th of June. At the time of planting, four hundred pounds per 

 ftcre of Wilsons Phosphate was applied in the hill, and it had no 



