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With pleasure your Committee attended to the duties assigned 

 them, being kindly received and hospitably entertained wherever we 

 were called. We may have erred in judgment but have tried to be 

 particular and thorough, honest and impartial toward all. When we 

 commenced our examination we found corn quite green and back- 

 ward, but before we finished our examinations it had become quite 

 sound and hard by the warm dry weather that had intervened. We 

 gave H. L. Smith of Lee, first premium on five acres of corn; it had 

 about thirty hills to the rod, twelve rows, yellow corn, best weight 

 seventy-five and nine-tenths pounds to the rod. Charles Spun* of 

 Sheffield received first premium on three acres of corn, twelve rows, 

 yellow corn, thirty and one quarter hills to the rod, average of three 

 pickings, seventy and one-half pounds. E. E. Joyner of Egremont. 

 first premium on one acre of corn, eight rows of white corn very long 

 ears, planted in drills, thirty-nine and two-third hills to the rod, best 

 weight ninty-three and one-half pounds to the rod. We think that 

 about thirty hills to the rod as a rule gives the best results, although 

 Mr. Joyner had many more, and Mr. B. F. Gilmore of Great Bar 

 rington was given a premium on three acres of corn, only twenty-one 

 hills to the rod, but such hills I never saw before, we found as many 

 as eleven good ears on a single hill. We found very heavy pieces of 

 ensilage corn, it is astonishing to see the amount that can be grown 

 on an acre. Warren Crissey of Great Barrington, entered five acres 

 of ensilage corn, but through mistake it was placed with the five 

 acre entries of common planted corn in the book given us, so we did 

 not reach him until it was nearly all cut, according to the one -quar- 

 ter left standing rule we could give no premium, but to all appear- 

 ance it was very heavy, and we recommended a premium of four 

 dollars be given to him. 



We were shown some very good pieces of planted sweet corn, it 

 is without doubt a crop we all can raise to a profit. We found 

 buckwhat a good crop ; could have given double the premiums to 

 good pieces if we had had them at our disposal, although we hardly 

 think the society cares to encourage the raising of the crop any more 

 than it now does. 



Potatoes were an uneven crop. We were shown some very good 

 crops, near the last of our examination, we found them rotting some. 

 Burbank gave the largest yield, one hundred and ninety-eight pounds 

 to the rod, and Late Kose next. We think every piece that took a pre- 

 mium was planted in drills. White beans and sugar beets were rather 

 a light crop. Onions, a good crop, every piece shown was worthy 

 of a premium. Mangle Wurzels seem to be affected by blight. Car- 

 rots were very good, we didn't find a poor crop, we wished we had 

 more premiums at our disposal to place on this worthy crop, and 

 this year an uncommon good crop. Turnips were not a large crop. 

 Cabbage were good. We have a good many good farmers in the 

 society and if one expects to take a premium on any of the leading 

 erops, he must do extra for that crop, as the competition is so sharp 

 he will be left out unless he does. 



We think we should plant no more than we can manure well and 



