ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY SOCIETY. £43 



here in Maine as thej would have to in the west, they may on the 

 average accumulate as much property and be as smart men and as 

 good men here, as they can be in all the great west." 



Dairy Products. 



Among these were two excellent firkin-cheese, by Mrs. Stephen 

 Davis of Lewiston, one of them stained ; both well deserving a 

 premium. / 



About fifty specimens of butter and cheese were presented of 

 nearly equal quality. 



The first premium on butter was awarded to Mrs. Charles R. 

 Mitchell of Webster; the second, to Mrs. H. W. Sawtelle of Poland; 

 the third, to Miss Mary J. Loring of Danville. 



The first pi-emium on butter made prior to July 1st, to Mrs. 

 Sewall Moody of Webster, for a jar of packed butter ; the second, to 

 Mrs. Phillips Bradford of Turner; the third, to Mrs, Joel Moulton 

 of Greene. 



A few specimens of butter, made by girls under sixteen years of 

 age, were presented. One jar, very fine, made by Miss Eldora F. 

 Moody of Webster. 



The first premium on cheese, to Mrs. Rufus Prince of Turner ; 

 the second, to Mrs. B. L. Townsend of Auburn, for two very fine 

 cheeses, one of them stained ; the third, to Mrs. G. W. Blossom of 

 Turner, for two cheeses of excellent quality. 



Fruit. 



The Committee on Fruit report, that although fruit is not the 

 staff of life, it is one of the luxuries and necessaries, the withholding 

 of which would soon render man unhealthy. We should encourage 

 its cultivation more extensively, not only apples, pears, plums, but 

 also, the smaller varieties of fruit. We should select the best varie- 

 ties, and pursue a more scientific mode of cultivation. 



