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The committee recommend that a copy of Coleman's 

 " Agricultural Tour in Europe" be awarded to Mr. Jewett, as a 

 gratuity, for the service he is rendering the community by his 

 endeavors to ascertain and introduce the best varieties of do- 

 mestic fowls. 



Thomas Drew, of Worcester, was the owner of the only 

 ducks offered for premium. They were of the half Poland 

 breed, and in the opinion of the committee he is entitled to a 

 premium of $3. 



The committee are of opinion that the raising of poultry 

 for the market is not claiming that attention from the farmer 

 which its importance demands. In the city of Boston, alone, 

 in 1848, the sales of poultry amounted to $1,000,000, and 

 that of eggs to nearly or quite the same. The demand will 

 increase with the population, and there is no danger of over- 

 stocking the market. If farmers and others would have suita- 

 ble enclosures for fowls during the winter, and also while their 

 seeds are exposed to their depredations, and at other times 

 would allow them the free range of their premises, they would 

 nearly pay for such extra care by their destruction of trouble- 

 some insects. 



By order of the committee, 



Anthony Chase, Chairman. 



Cheese. 



Your committee considered themselves very fortunate in 

 finding most of their members punctual in their attendance. 

 A single vacancy, occasioned by the absence of Mrs. Tidd, of 

 New Braintree, was filled by the unanimous selection of Mrs. 

 David Lee, of Barre, — a very successful cheese-maker, and 

 unquestionably a good committee- wflw. The committee, or 

 the male portion thereof, at all events, cannot speak too highly 

 of the arrangement, by which the ladies are associated with 

 them on this important subject. They have derived great 

 " aid and comfort" from their superior judgment in such mat- 

 ters, and trust that no competitor whatever, will for a moment 

 question the decisions of such impartial and unerring judges. 



