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It seems to me that it is a very necessary kind of gait for farmer’s 
horses. I have thought that this matter ought to be taken up at 
our fairs, and that better premiums ought to be given for good 
walkers. 
Mr. Benton. I want to say that the last gentleman has struck 
the key-note, we want the walkers. There is our success in almost 
every occupation as farmers, it is in the horse that can walk, and do 
it easily. I hope that subject will receive attention from those in 
the management of our fairs. 
APICULTURE OR “LIGHT IN THE BEE-HIVE.” 
BY G. W. MARYATT, MILTON - . 
The Creator has stamped the seal of His infinity on all his works, 
so that it is impossible by searching, to find out the Almighty to 
perfection. On none of them, however, has He displayed Himself 
more clearly than in the economy of the honey-bee. No doubt He 
intended the bee, as trul} r as the domestic animals, for the comfort 
of man. In the early ages of the world, and even until quite mod¬ 
ern times, honey was almost the only natural sweet and the prom¬ 
ise of a land flowing with milk and honey had once a significance 
which it is difficult for us fully to realize. The honey-bee is the 
only insect that has been domesticated by man, and besides giving 
us wealth and a splendid luxury, it possesses many charms and is a 
study for the naturalist. 
There are very few societies in this country for learning and in¬ 
vestigating the wonders of this little insect. Forages past, organi¬ 
zations have been effected by our best men to develope the various 
agricultural resources of the land, and during the same period the 
most industrious workers of our continent have been consigned to 
the ignominy of a death by fire and brimstone. 
If apiarists had given the time and attention in selecting the males 
and females from the largest, most industrious, prolific, and docile col¬ 
onies to breed from, with the same care, shrewdness and attention that 
has been practiced with horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry, we 
would have a race of bees far superior to what we now possess. 
