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cimens of cheese from N. York, and we may hope for similar 

 favors from other States, at our future anniversaries. Much 

 good may result, from a comparison of our own products, with 

 those of other States and countries. 



From our own county of Worcester, your committee were 

 pleased to find an excellent collection of cheeses, in quality 

 certainly, if not in quantity. They would, however, urge upon 

 the farmers of the county, and more particularly upon their wives 

 and daughters, who are or should be interested in this matter, 

 the duty of sending specimens of their skill from all sections of 

 the county, in order that a larger number of dairies may be 

 represented, and all competitors be benefitted by the compari- 

 son. Your committee are induced to allude to this subject, as 

 it is a well known fact, that a majority of the entries are 

 almost uniformly from the somewhat celebrated town of New 

 Braintree. It is not a little singular, that the first and only 

 premium for cheese at the first anniversary of this society, 

 thirty-three years ago, was awarded to " Messrs. John & Dan- 

 iel Hunter, of New Braintree," and that, at nearly all, if not 

 all, their exhibitions, a majority of premiums have been be- 

 stowed on citizens of that town. It is an honor to that place, 

 but there is no reason why other towns should not emulate 

 their success. 



Upon examining the list of entries submitted to their inspec- 

 tion, your committee found in the whole, thirteen lots of cheese. 

 According to the rules of the society, each lot consisted of not 

 less than 100 lbs. of the manufacture of the same person, and 

 all new cheese exhibited, was certified to have been made in the 

 month of June. The entries of new cheese were as follows : — 



Lot No. 1, Hiram S. Harwood, of Barre, . 7 cheeses, 108 lbs. 



" 2, Jason Wilson, of Spencer, . 



'•' 3, Samuel Ellsworth, of Barre, 



" 4, L. Converse, of N. Braintree, 



" 5, Asel L. Clark, « 



" 6, Moses Thompson, " 



" 7, Job Rainger, « 



« 8, Charles Wilcox, « 



« 9, Arba Bridges, of Warren, . . 4 " 100 



« 10, John Washburn, of Barre, . . 4 " 126 



