144 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



No. 20. — One barrel of potatoes, Jackson AVbites, by J. F. C. Hyde, Newton 

 Centre. 

 21. — One barrel of spring wheat, by O. Curtis, SlieHield. 



22. — One barrel of winter rye, by O. Curtis, Sheffield. 



23. — One barrel of corn, by O. Curtis, Sheffield. 



24. — A collection of grain, vegetables, and quinces, by E. W. Gardner, 

 Nantucliet. 



25. — Chinese Sugar Cane, by A. Bowditch & Son, Roxbury. 



26. — A collection of grasses, millet, and Chinese sugar cane, exhibited by 

 Leander Wetherell, Boston. 



27. — A string of seed-corn, by William Buckminster, Framingham. 



28. — One loaf of rye bread, by Mrs. Abel F. Adams, Fitchburg. 



29._One loaf of wheat bread, by Mrs. E. B. Metcalf, Frankhn. 



30. — A collection of vegetables by John Forbush, Bolton. 



31. — A collection of grasses, by Dennis Murray, Roxbury. 



32. — Cucumbers, California, by A. B. Rice, Newton Upper Falls. 



33. — Carrots, specimens of, raised on an acre, by J. B. Hull, Stockbridge. 



34.— Turnips, specimen of, raised on an acre, by Benjamin Hull, Stock- 

 bridge. * 



35. — Chinese Sugar Cane sirup, by F. H. Williams, Sunderland. 



36. — One barrel of rye, by S. A. Merrill, Salem. 



37. — A collection of seedling potatoes and apples, by D. A. Bulkeley, 

 Willi amstown. 



38. — One barrel of redtop grass seed, by S. T. Thurlow, West Newbury. 



39. — Bread, wheat, and Indian, by Mrs. A. Newell. Needham. 



The judges on agricultural products presented the following 

 REPORT : 



The judges on agricultural products make the following awards. 



To S. A. Merrill, of Salem, for his fine collection of vegetables, 

 which were well grown ; his cabbages weighing 45 lbs., his enormous 

 squashes, and great variety, entitles him to the first premium of $10. 



To J. F. C. Hyde, Newton Centre, for his large collection of vege- 

 tables, including his select varieties of seedling potatoes, the judges 

 award to him the second premium of $5. 



To J. F. C. Hyde, Newton Centre, for his experiments in the growth 

 of the sugar (fane, manufacture of sirup, and the manufacturing of 

 paper from the residuum of the cane — entitles him to the first premium 

 of $25. 



To Joel Lake, of Topsfield, for similar experiments, except tlie 

 manufacturing of paper, entitles him to the second premium of $15. 



To John Brooks, Jr., of Princeton, for the best barrel of potatoes 

 (these are St. Helena's, large and very smooth,) the first premium of $5. 



