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From Hart Massey, of Watertown, JefFersoD county ; five 

 varieties of Apples, in fine condition, to which they award a copy 

 of Downing's Fruits. 



From J. J. Thomas, of Macedon, Wayne county; twenty varie- 

 ties of Apples, in fine condition, to which they award a Diploma 

 and a copy of Barry's Fruit Garden. 



N. Crittendex, Ithaca, 6 different varieties of Apples, Di- 

 ploma and Earry. 



VoLNEY Burgess, East Chatham, Isabella Wine, five years 

 old. Diploma. 



Mrs. J. Denio, Rome, Apple Jelly, very fine, S. S. Medal. 



From C. Goodrich, of Burlington, Vermont ; specimens of a 

 Seedling variety, supposed by some growers in Vermont, to be 

 identical with Norton's Melon, but which is not Norton's Melon, 

 and though not by any means equal to it, is nevertheless con- 

 sidered by the committee a good fruit ; the committee award to 

 Mr. Goodrich, for his attention, and for the opportunity offered 

 to correct the mistake, a volume of the Society's Transactions. 



HERMAN WENDELL, M.D. ^ 



CHARLES DOWNING, 1 Committee 



P. BARRY, ^ i^ommiuee. 



A. SAUL, 



Fattening Pigs, by Jurian Winne, Bethlehem, Albany Co. 



The pigs exhibited were dropped in May 1852. They ran to 

 grass, and were fed with five others of the same litter, on the 

 milk of three cows, with feed enough to keep them thriving until 

 fall, when they were fed with boiled pumpkins, mixed with 

 shorts and other feed then soft corn, and afterwards hard corn 

 in the ear, until the 13th of January, 1853; commenced weigh- 

 ing and measuring feed) and weighing pigs. 



Jan. 13, No 1 weighed 299 lbs. From Jan. 13tli to 21st, 8 days, 



No. 2 *' 261 <' fed 56 lbs. corn meal boiled, 



■ and 1 bushel corn in the ear. 



S60 Valueoffeed -. $150 



