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sent a premium of three dollars ; they were a sample, well 

 worthy of the imitation of the farmers of the county. 



REED MILLS, Chairman. 



Stephen Reed's Statement. 



These potatoes, of which there were ten varieties, were 

 raised by us, on the Dwight place farm, in Richmond. They 

 consisted of the Eastport, a choice and very early variety from 

 Maine ; Ward's Early Blue, very early ; an Early Blue, brought 

 by us from Connecticut, — a fine table potato, at all seasons : 

 the Kidney, nearly as early as the last named variety ; the round 

 Pink-eye ; the Lady Finger, — bakes easily, and is almost deli- 

 cate enough to honor a lady's ring ; the Peach Blow, a bushel 

 of which, — as the several last seasons have been, — can be 

 raised at less expense than any variety we have tried ; the Car- 

 ter, choice, as all know, for the table, but uncertain as a crop ; 

 the Long Red, an old variety, which would pay most amply 

 for a re-introduction of seed from a distance ; and the Greylock. 

 a rare variety, originated by Hon. A. Foote, of Williamstown, 

 and believed to be a cross of the Carter and Mercer. 



PiTTSFIELD, 1849. 



Agricultural Implements. 



The committee regard every improvement in the implements 

 of husbandry, as a benefit conferred upon the world ; and while 

 they would be slow to adopt every change in farming tools, as 

 a gain upon old methods of agriculture, they still believe, that 

 much of the superiority of the homestead, at the present day, 

 is owing to the application of science and thought to the im- 

 provement in farming implements. 



For valuable improvements in the numerous implements pre- 

 sented, the committee award 



To Stephen Reed, of Pittsfield. . .. . $10 00 



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