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by Miss Lucretia Allen, a blind lady, of Danvers, upon which 

 the Committee bestow a gratuity of $3. 



Also an Engraving in India Ink, admirably done, bv E. Ji. 

 lU'own of Ipswich, to which is gi^en a gratuity of $3. 



A llustic Stand, by Philip E. Clark of Ipswich, Jiolding an 

 aquarium and a small fern case, should be mentioned as very 

 neatly executed; to which is given a gratuity of $3. 



It is not often that Butte?' is placed among fancy articles, 

 and much seldomer a Flower constructed of that oleaginous 

 substance, but the Committee find a Dahlia made of butter, by 

 Mary S. Caldwell of Ipswich, which they consider worthy of 

 special commendation for its ingenuity, and to Avhich they 

 award a gratuity of $2. 



Committee — Thomas Morong, John Price, Andrew Xichols, 

 :Mrs. John Pike, Mrs. D. F. Appleton. 



FAPMS. 



The Committee on Farms regret that they are forced to com- 

 mence their report by quoting a complaint made by their pre- 

 decessors many years ago, and often since repeated in the Es- 

 sex County Agricultural Society, " that so few of our farmers 

 have been willing to come forward as competitors for the lib- 

 eral premiums offered for farm management." A great variety 

 of agricultural or horticultural productions, from upwards of 

 fifty different farms in the county, were brought to the soci- 

 ety's annual exhibition at Ipswich, yet in only one instance 

 was an exhibitor willing to submit the entire management of 

 his farm, Avith its herds, its flocks, its fields, its orchard and its 

 ;garden, to the inspection of the committee appointid by the 

 society to examine and to report thereupon . 



The reason for this general unwillingness to compete for the 

 [)reiniums offered for the best managed farms, is (in the opin- 

 ion of the writer of this report), a general conviction in the 



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