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To Levi Bradford, of Lanesborough, 2d best acre of oats, f 4 00 

 Edson Sexton, of Stockbridge, for the best acre of 



meslins, - - - - - 4 00 



To Reed Mills, of Williamstown, 2d best do. 3 00 



The meslins entered by Mr. Mills, were barley and 

 flax, mixed, which was new to the committee. 

 To Nathaniel C. Waterman, of Williamstown, for the 



best acre of barley, - - - - 5 00 



To Rufus Branch, of Richmond, 2d best do. - 4 00 



Albion P. Bagg, of Lanesborough, for the best 



acre of potatoes, — chenangoes, 632 bushels, - 6 00 



To Henry Colt, of Pittsfield, 2d best. Carters, 480 do. 5 00 

 Seymour Coman, of Pittsfield, 3d best, long Johns 



600 bushels, - - - - - 4 00 



The potato yield is the largest we have witnessed 

 for many years, and, when viewed by us, generally in 

 a healthy state. We found some rot in southern Berk- 

 shire, but none north until we reached Pittsfield. 

 To Samuel Goodrich, of Stockbridge, for the best 



young orchard, 54 trees, - - - 12 00 



To George S. Willis, of Pittsfield, 2d best, - 10 00 



John L. Cooper, of Sheffield, for 14 acres of fine peas, 2 00 



CALEB BROWN, Chainnan. 



Working Oxen and Steers. 



The exhibition of working oxen and steers, was highly cred- 

 itable. It is a fact, full of interest, that the improvements in 

 the form, size, flesh and management of the team, have kept 

 pace with those in the plough. At the first ploughing match 

 in Berkshire, there were four competitors, and three wooden 

 ploughs. Knowing that it required much power to speed the 

 " old Simsbury," the committee are of the opinion that the 

 oxen that lived and labored in those days, might with propriety 

 be called working oxen, and that no farmer was then guilty of 

 the often alleged fault of having his working oxen too fat. 

 Who to-day could have witnessed the work of a wooden 



