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varieties of vegetables ; H. C. Haskell, Dent corn from Michi- 

 gan, grown in a hundred days, well ripened ; Parmenter 



of Greenfield, red onions, potatoes, trace of very good corn ; 

 J. S. Grinnell of Greenfield, collection of grain and vege- 

 tables; Elias Bardwell of Coleraine, six varieties of apples, 

 very fine specimens ; T. J. Field, several traces of corn, speci- 

 mens of wheat, beets, &c. ; J. A. Hawkes, collection of vege- 

 tables; R. Campbell, broom-corn brush and seed; H. C. 

 Haskell, Havana tobacco ; J. M. & C. K. Smith of Sunderland, 

 broom-corn seed, and Indian-corn twelve-rowed ; George N. 

 Smith, oats and barley; W. Bardwell of Montague, sweet- 

 potatoes, very large and fine; E. C. Hall, oats, very good; C. 

 M. Cobb, Springfield, specimens of pumpkins ; S. W. Frary 

 of Greenfield, two traces of corn ; T. Metcalf of Nortkfield, 

 tobacco ; F. H. Williams, beets and onions, the latter good ; 

 John B. Moore of Concord, onions, beets, turnips, and pota- 

 toes. The onions approached very near perfection. 



Three bundles of wool were exhibited without a name. 



The exhibition, as a whole, was very good, and would have 

 attracted more attention if the articles had been properly 

 arranged. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Edmund Hersey. 

 John B. Moore. 



The Board then adjourned to ten o'clock on Wednesday. 



SECOND DAY. 



The Board met at ten o'clock a.m., his Excellency Gov. 

 Long in the chair. 



Present: Messrs. Abbott, Anderson, Bowditch, Brown, 

 Damon, Demond, Gleason, Goessmann, Grinnell, Hadwen, 

 Herrick, Hersey, Long, Lynde, Macy, Mayhew, Moore, Nich- 

 ols, Perkins, Pierson, Sessions, Slade, Taft, Varnum, Wake- 

 field, Ware, Warner, and Wheeler. 



Mr. Slade, for the Committee on Credentials of newly- 

 elected members, submitted the following 



