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extermination, is to cut them twice a year, preventing them 

 from going to seed. His fruit trees are truly beautiful. He 

 informs us that he scrubs them well with soap suds, and the 

 bark is as smooth as the skin of a fat baby. 



James C. Scott, is entitled to the second premium. His 

 farm is well cultivated, and in good order; and evinces skill, 

 good taste, and an inventive mind; and doubtless pays him 

 well for his effort. In fact his farm is a beautiful one — few 

 weeds to be seen. His practice is to cut them before the seed 

 matures. Many of the fields have the stumps all taken out. 

 Farmers should call on him and get a model of his stump- 

 puller, with which he can take out a stump as soon as a Den- 

 tist can a tooth. 



Lewis Burk's farm, near Milton, presents a pleasing pros- 

 pect, and is well worth a ride to look at ; it is well arranged 

 for stock, and the fine blue grass pastures are unsurpassed in 

 the west. Nature and Art has done so much, that the situ- 

 ation seems enchanting ; and we think him entitled to a 

 Diploma. t 



D. P. WIGGINS, 



D. COMMONS, \ Committee. 



JOSEPH LEWIS, 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GRAIN AND GRASSES. 



The undersigned committee on Grain and Grasses, respect- 

 fully report that they have given the matters assigned to 

 them their attention ; and award the first premium for the 

 best product of corn from one acre, to Aaron Drellinger, of 

 Franklin township, he having produced one hundred and 

 thirty-five bushels per acre. 



We also award to Daniel Clark, of Boston township, the 

 second premium, he having raised one hundred and twenty- 



