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men of full stature ; and we were struck with admiration at 

 the adroitness and dexterity of a lad of fifteen, son of Dr. Jacob 

 Burghardt, of Great Barrington, who handled the plough with 

 the expertness of a veteran in the business. 



Your committee report the following awards : — 



On ox teams. 

 Freeman Bates, of Pittsfield, 1st premium, 

 Edward Clark, " 2d " . . 



Asa D. Rowland, of Lenox, 3d " . . 

 Collins Warner, of Pittsfield, 4th « 

 Jonathan Baldwin, of Great Barrington, 5th premium, 

 Wm. H. Burghardt, of G't Barrington, 6th premium. 



On horse teams. 

 George S. Willis, of Pittsfield, 1st premium, 

 Joshua R. Lawton, Jr., G. Barrington, 2d premium, 

 James N. Strong, of Pittsfield, 3d premium, 

 Horatio N. Tuttle, of Sheffield, 4th « 

 Andrew Baldwin, of Great Barrington, 5th premium, 

 David L. Pratt, of Sheffield, 6th premium. 



Your committee award a reserved premium of 

 Stephen Reed, of Pittsfield, for " a worthy exhibition of experi- 

 mental ploughing," with a plough called by the Doctor " the 

 Michigan soil and subsoil plough." One of your committee, 

 who has used it, and carefully attended to its operations, ex- 

 presses the conviction that it is admirably suited to many of our 

 Berkshire soils. 



H. W. Bishop, Chairman. 



Grain and Root Crops. 



The committee on agricultural productions have attended 

 to the duty assigned them and offer to the society the follow- 

 ing report. The whole number of crops entered for premiums 

 is 192, the most of which we have examined ; a few have 

 been withdrawn. It is the opinion of the committee, that the 

 interest manifested by the farmers of Berkshire, to build up, 

 support and sustain the society, is by no means abated, but on 



