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taken premiums had tliej not accepted tlie appointment of 

 Judges, without being aware of the fact, that by the rules of the 

 Society no competitor can act as a Judge. Having got nearly 

 through the examination before they were apprised of this fact, 

 they magnanimously withdrew their entries rather than to put 

 the Society to the trouble to appoint a new set of Judges who 

 would have to go over the whole ground a second time. 



REPORT ON FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



Below will be found the award we have thought proper to 

 make on the Farm Implement presented for your Society's pre- 

 miums. We will observe that all the articles shown us were of 

 excellent quality and highly creditable to their manufacturers, 

 and deserve the patronage of the public. 



K it is proper for us to particularize any articles as possessing 

 particular excellence, we would say that the two sets of stove 

 furniture, from Messrs Ilay k Clark, were better in point of 

 workmanship, than any thing of the kind we have ever before 

 seen, Messrs. H. & 0. are both practical workmen, and have 

 had many years experience in the business, and have facilities 

 for purchasing their stock at the lowest rates, which gives them 

 a decided advantage over those who have to depend entirely 

 on the knowledge and skill of hired help, and whose facilities 

 for doing business are contracted. 



The Corn and Cob Crusher, pressnted by Mr. "W. D. Bacon, 

 is an article of great excellence, and should be owned in every 

 neighborhood, if not by every farmer in the country. It is de- 

 cidedly the best article of the kind we have ever seen, as it is not 

 owned in the county, and consequently cannot compete for pre- 

 mium, we recommend to the Society to give for it a diploma. 



PROCESS OF MAKING CHEESE, BY ELI STILSON. 



The cheese presented by me was made in July. The number 

 of cows kept on the farm is 53, but the milk of about 45 was 

 used in the manufacture of these cheese ; the night's milking was 

 strained into the cheese tub, and cooled off by pails of cold water 

 to So'^, in the morning the milk is skimmed, and the cream heat 



