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Dover; second do., to Mrs. Walter G. Jewett of Sangerville ; third 

 do., to Mrs. Charles Loring of Guilford. 



First premium on cheese, to Mrs. Samuel Greeley of Foxcroft; 

 second do., to Mrs. Ira Rowe of South Dover; third do., to Mrs. 

 Charles Loring of Guilford. 



Implements. The Committee remark, that there were plows and 

 cultivators presented by Chandlers, Brown & Co. of Foxcroft, which 

 would have been entitled to premiums had not the Society conferred 

 the same last year. 



Mr. Place of Charleston, exhibited a fine specimen of a spring 

 tooth horse rake; but not being manufactured in the county, it could 

 not compete with others made in the county. 



Some Berwick Frye plows were put on show by Sawyer & "Wood- 

 bury of Dover ; the same that took the highest premium at the late 

 State Fair at Bangor. These plows need no recommendation from 

 your Committee, as many of them have been proved by the farmers 

 in the county. 



The Committee also remark, that the farmer's boiler, for which 

 they awarded a premium, should be used by every farmer in the 

 county, as with it the greatest quantity can be cooked at the least 

 expense — takes but very little fuel, and can be used out or in doors 

 as convenience or circumstances may require. 



Mr. Chamberlain who received premium on horse cart and hand 

 cultivator, makes the following statement : 



"The horse cart was built by my own hands, and is my only 

 attempt at making wheels. The result is so satisfactory, that I may 

 be indulged in saying a few words on even so small and common a 

 matter. Six years ago, in fitting up for the management of a few 

 acres of land, I spent the cold part of the winter in making a set of 

 tools. This cart, a field roller and some other articles, have stood a 

 pretty severe test in the service of a village neighborhood ever since. 

 I procured a pair of cast iron hubs at the village foundry, and bought 

 a chance to saw out a set of spokes from a lot of oak. I had some 

 red heart beech plank, that had been several years sawed, from which 

 I made the felloes. The spokes were made without shoulders, and 

 driven to the bottom of tlie mortice, usinsj in the setting;, a mixture 

 of oil and hydraulic cement. The bands were put on without nails; 



