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to Mrs. Verplanck, Fishkill Landing, for several fine heads of Lettuce 

 — to Thomas Addis Emmet, New-York, for Okra and Cucumbers. 



PLOWING MATCH. 



First premium to Wm. H. Warrall, Poughkeepsie, $15 — 2d, to Pe- 

 ter F. Procius, Kinderhook, $12— 3d, to Valentine Halleck, $10 — 

 4th, to E. B. Smith, Poughkeepsie, $6 — 5th, to Elias Westervelt, 

 Poughkeepsie, Diploma. 



The Committee awarded prizes of $3 each, to John Day, of Lith- 

 gow, and James East, of Poughkeepsie, as the best plowmen. 



DISCRETIONARY PREMIUMS. 



JVeedle Work — To Mrs. Tuckerman, 70 years old, for a Counter- 

 pane, $2 — to De WittC. Thomas for superior woolen Mittens, $2 — 

 to J. G. Wood, Gloverville, for a specimen of buckskin Mittens and 

 ladies' Moccasins, $2~to Mrs. Polly B. Wescott, Greenfield, for 

 Counterpane, $2 — to Mrs. Johanna Hurley, Poughkeepsie, for a spe- 

 cimen of embroidery needle work, $2 — and Diplomas to Mrs. J. 

 Reynolds for an embroidered Table Cover ; to Mrs. Eliza R. Davies 

 for raised Worsted Work ; to Miss'Frances M. Kirby, Brownsville, 

 for a beautiful Work Bag ; to Miss Akin, Dutchess co. for an elegant 

 specimen of needle work. 



Flour — To E. S. Beach and Co, Akron Mills, Ohio, for a good 

 barrel of flour. Diploma — to Phillip Garbutt, Wheatland, N. Y. for 

 a better barrel of flour, $3 — to John Williams, Rochester, for the best 

 barrel of flour, $5. 



Diplomas were awarded to Miss McDonald, Poughkeepsie, for a 

 beautiful specimen of Wax imitation of Fruit ; to Comstock and 

 Johnson of Rome, for a splendid assortment of Garden Tools ; to 

 Lewis Wetham, Poughkeepsie, for two elegant Piano Fortes ; to 

 Maurice Cunningham, gardener of R. L. Pell, Esq.; to Charles 

 Roome, New York, for a specimen of the application of Coal Tar as 

 a paint ; to James Vail, Poughkeepsie, for an Artificial Grotto ; to 

 Miss Mary Sherwood, Fishkill, for one Divan and three Gilt Frames ; 

 to John M. Ketchum, for three slabs of fine white and clouded Mar- 

 ble, from the quarries of Dover, Dutchess county ; to Giflbrd & Sher- 

 man, Poughkeepsie, for a specimen of ground dye-wood in jars ; to 

 Jared Gray, Poughkeepsie, for beautiful specimens of Hair Work ; to 

 Elisha M. Haley, Poughkeepsie, for a handsome specimen of fan- 

 cy Brick ; to Peter Crispell, jr., for a specimen of Flax ; to Augus- 

 tus Thayer, Maiden Bridge, for a Columbian Pump ; Peter Van Vliet, 

 Newburgh, for a specimen of Cooperage ; to Hiram Pierce, Coopers- 

 town, for a beautiful specimen of Penmanship ; to Gen. R. Harmon, 

 jr., Wheatland, for thirty-five varieties of Wheat in the ear ; to John 

 R. Stuyvesant, Hyde Park, for three Top Knot Fowls, remarkable 

 for laying eggs the whole year without intermission -, to B. J. Hayes, 

 Hastings, for a specimen of Egyptian Wheat in the ear j to Russell 

 Comstock, Washington, for Seedling Apples and Pears ; to Noah 



