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vegetables were shown your committee, all of which deser"^8 

 the highest praise. We are happy to see such evidences of a 

 growing taste for the cultivation of the different varieties of 

 fruits ; the apple, pear, peach, plum, apricot, and grape, and a 

 variety of other fruit, to all of which our soil and climate are 

 so admirably adapted, and would cheerfully recommend a more 

 extensive cultivation of the same. 



In conclusion, your committee would take occasion to say, 

 that they have everywhere been made the recipients of that 

 kind hospitality so characteristic of the good people of Berk- 

 shire. 



The number of entries for premium was 220, a number far 

 exceeding that of any former year, all of which have been ex- 

 amined with great pleasure and satisfaction. Your committee 

 would be pleased to give to each and all a premium, which 

 they so much merit, but our means are limited, and we award 

 as follows : — 



WINTER WHEAT. 



For the best acre of winter wheat, James Baldwin, Eg- 



remont, - - - - - - |6 00 



For the second best do., Leonard Tuttle, Sheffield, - 4 00 



SPRING WHEAT. 



For the best acre of spring wheat, Reed Mills, Williams- 

 town, - - - - - -6 00 



For the second best do., Harvey Chapin, Sheffield, - 5 00 

 For the third best do., Caleb Brown, Williamstown, - 4 00 

 For the fourth best do., Solomon Russell, Pittsfield, - 3 00 

 For the fifth best do., Darius Ford, Lenox, - - 2 00 



WINTER RYE. 



For the best acre of winter rye, Norman Wilcox, Stock- 

 bridge, - - - - - - 6 00 



For the second best do., Joseph H. Chapin, Sheffield, - 5 00 



For the third best do., Edmund Bush, Sheffield, - 4 00 



For the fourth best do., Chester K. Lanphire, Lee, - 3 00 



For the fifth best do., Enos Smith, Stockbridge, - 2 00 



