S6i THE EBB KEBPER'S BTANCTAZ.. 



irior value. The GoTernment of Norway has appropriated 

 $300, per annum, for the ensuing three years, towards 

 diffusing a knowledge of Dzierzon's method, in that coun- 

 try ; having previously despatched Mr. Hanser, Collector of 

 Customs, to Silesia to visit Mr. Dzierzon, and acquire a prac- 

 tical knowledge of his system of management. He is now 

 employed in distributing model hives, in the provinces, 

 and imparting information od improved bee-cuhure. 



Note. — The time has hardly come when the attention of any of our 

 State authorities can be attracted to the importance of bee-culture. It 

 is only of late that they have seemed to manifest any peculiar interest 

 in promoting the advancement of agricultural pursuits. A Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture ought to have been established, years ago, by the 

 National Government at "Washington. Let us hope that the Admin- 

 istration now in power, will establish a lasting claim to the gratitude 

 of posterity, by taking wise and efficient steps to advance the agricul- 

 tural interests of the country. A National Society to promote these 

 interests has recently been established, and much may be hoped from 

 its wisdom and energy. Until some disinterested tribunal can be es- 

 tablished, before which all inventipns and discoveries can be farily 

 tested, honest men will suSer, and ignorance and imposture will con- 

 tinue to flourish. Lying advertisements and the plausible misrepre- 

 sentations of brazen-faced impostors, will still drain the purses of the 

 credulous, while thousands, disgusted with the horde of impositions 

 which are palmed off upon the community, will settle down into a 

 dogged determination to try nothing new. A society before which 

 every thing, claiming to be an improvement in rural economy, could 

 be fairly tested,, would undoubtedly be shunned by ignorant and un- 

 principled men, who now find it an easy task to procure any number 

 of certificates, but who dread nothing so much as honest and intelli- 

 gent investigation. The reports of such a society after the most 

 thorough trials and examinations, would inspire confidence, save the ' 

 community from severe losses, and encourage the ablest minds to de- 

 vote their best energies to the improvement of agricultural imple- 

 ments. 



