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REPORT ON BEES AND HONEY. 



BY DAVID S. COWLES. 



The exhibition of honey, this year, indicates that more interest is 

 felt in this subject than formerly. The productions of the honey bee 

 are beginning to be appreciated, both as a source of pleasure and of 

 profit. To make bees profitable, the keeper must study their habits 

 and consult their tastes. The times have changed since a swarm of 

 bees found a home in the carcass of a lion. In our day, neatness 

 and order are essential to the prosperity of bees. The hives should 

 be well ventilated. For the purposes of ventilation, ease of manage- 

 ment, and convenient removal of honey at the pleasure of the keeper, 

 the hive patented by Phelps, of Ohio, and exhibited at the Fair, this 

 year, is one of the best ever invented. The best book on bees is that 

 of Mr. Langstroth, of Greenfield, whose apiary is worthy of admira- 

 tion and examination. 



REPORT ON SWINE. 



BY SAMUEL NASH. 



It may be proper to say, at the commencement, that an exhibition 

 of wit and humor is not proposed in this report. Such exhibitions 

 have been so frequently made, that there appears to be somewhat of 

 a general expectation, at the anniversaries of our agricultural socie- 

 ties, that the committ'^e on swine should enliven the occasion with a 

 humorous report. The object aimed at is amusement, rather than 

 usefulness ; — an object not easily attained, and the attempt, perhaps, 

 on account of the peculiar talent required, quite as often results in 

 failure, as success. We have no inclination to attempt such difficult 

 ground, but prefer, rather, making a few remarks naturally suggested 

 by the exhibition. The only attempt at wit we propose, is not to 

 make an attempt to be witty. 



The show as a whole has been a very good one. The several va- 

 rieties of swine, for which a premium was offered by the Society, have 



