VI CONTENTS. 



Sheep — Long Wooled 35 



John Hinton'a statement 35 



Middle Wooled 35 



A. P. Lyman's statement 35 



Merinos 36 



Almon Atwood's statement 36 



Wesley P. Benson's statement 37 



Saxons 39 



Cross Bleeds 39 



George C. Pratt's statement 39 



Remarks of Committee 42 



Swine — Joseph Carpenter's statement 45 



WiUiam Knight's statement ^. 46 



F. H. Westover's statement. . 47 



Poultry — Remarks of Committee 48 



Plowing Match 52 



Farming Implements 53 



Dairy — Butter — Mrs. E. W. Edgerton's statement. 55 



Butter — Samuel Brown's statement 56 



Cheese— F. S. Eldred's statement 56 



Cheese — Augustus Smith's statement 57 



Flour, Meal, Sugar and Honey 57 



Grains and Seeds — Winter Wheat — Joseph Dibley's statement 57 



Winter Wheat — Hiram F. Story's statement 58 



Spring Wheat — Peter Marlett's statement 58 



Spring Wheat — Ira Blood's statement 59 



Barley — James F. Walklin's statement 59 



Indian Corn — William E. McClure's statement 59 



Indian Corn — Hiram F. Story's statement 61 



Flax Seed — Note by Secretary 61 



Buck Wheat — Alanson Pike's statement 62 



Buck Wheat — Ira Blood's statement 62 



Hops— J. F. Antisdell's statement -. 62 



Timothy Seed — Alanson Pike's statement 63 



Timothy Seed — Ira Blood's statement 63 



Clover Seed— Letter from E. W. Edgerton 63 



Remarks by the Committee 66 



Vegetables — Black Winter Pea — George P. Pfeffer's statement 68 



Domestic Manufactures — Needle, Shell and Wax Work 69 



Fruit — Apples — F. K. Phoenix's statement 70 



Apples — John Bell's statement 73 



Apples — Orra Martin's statement. 74 



Apples — Anson H. Taylor's statement 74 



Apples — Cyrus Hawley's statement 75 



Pears '. 75 



