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take six common sized potatoes ; pare, slice, and boil tlieui 

 soft in as little Avater as possible. "When done, mash them, 

 mixing with them a tea-cup of flour ; then pour on cold Ava- 

 ter enonah to cool sufficientlv to rub smooth Avith the hands, 

 adding one-half cup full of (^imbridge Liquid Yenst, and let 

 it rise six hours in a AA^arm place. 



Make a sponge of the six quarts of flour, one (jUiU't of tepid 

 AA-ater and the aboAC preparation, adding a little salt and two 

 table-spoonfuls of AAdvite sugar. 



In t\A'el\'e hours stir into the sponge a tea-cu[> i'uH of boiling 

 Avater and snflicient flour to make the ])astc stiff enough to 

 knead, and let it rise. Then knead and make into loaACs, and 

 AA'hen sufficiently light bake three-quarters of an hour in a slow 

 oven. ^^Irs. J. C Uxdektiill, 



Broadfields Farm, West l*eabody. 



Committee — Josiah Xewhall, Charles Fngalls, F. A. AA'ait. 

 (jreorge Haskell, Amos Gonld. 



PKAK'S. 



Tiie Connnittee on IV'ars would state the exhibition as the 

 finest ever presented to the Society. 1'here Aveie 94 entries, 

 each and all deser\ing of great credit. After much time spent 

 in the examination of the different specimens [)resented, have 

 with nuich difficulty awarded the following premiums : 



For the best plate of Pears, 24 spcciuiens, Augustine Ilodg- 

 kins, 15 and diploma. 



To J. Perkins, Jr., for the be.^i ten varieties, $;>. 



Two dollars each to Frank Perkins, XcAvbury, Bartlett ; 

 Tho^. Capers, Xewburyport, Belle T^ucrative ; 11. Jordan, I])s- 

 wich, Ik'urre P)osc : J. Perkins, IpsAvich, Onondaga ; B. F. 

 Stanley, Xewburyport, Seckel ; Eben Dodge, Salem, Buffum ; 

 B. F. Stanley, Xewburyport. Winter Xelis ; Wm. Willcomb, 

 I[)swich, \'icar of '\\'iiikfic!(l : ]i. Daniels, Ipswich, I>awi-cnce : 



