350 BERKSHIRE SOCIETY. 



any kind was used ; the clover was permitted to grow till the 

 4th of July, and then mowed. We had a yield of 1^ ton per 

 acre. 



In the spring of 1852 the ground was ploughed once, and sub- 

 soiled, harrowed before sowing, and then manured with com- 

 post manure at the rate of ten loads per acre, sowed and har- 

 rowed. Nothing further was done to the crop from the time 

 of sowing until examined by the committee. 



The soil is a sandy loam. One and a half bushel of Med- 

 iterranean wheat was sown, broadcast, to the acre, the 1st of 

 May. 



I am confident that my wheat the present year is a greater 

 growth, and will yield more per acre than my wheat crop of 

 last year, which was 28| bushels per acre. And what makes 

 it still more interesting to me is, that more than seventy-five 

 years ago, it was cleared by my father, and upon this same 

 wheat field the first log dwelling was erected, and constituted 

 his only dwelling for quite a number of years. 



Butter and Cheese. 



The committee appointed to examine the specimens of but- 

 ter and cheese offered for premium, report that the total num- 

 ber of entries for the society's premiums on butter is believed 

 to have been larger than at any previous exhibition since the 

 organization of the society, in 1811. There were forty com- 

 petitors for the prizes. The superior quality of all the butter, 

 and of the eleven specimens of the cheese inspected, reflected 

 much credit upon the Berkshire dairies, and rendered it ex- 

 ceedingly difficult for the committee to decide in regard to the 

 most deserving. The committee award 

 For the best 100 lbs. of cheese — 



1. Seymour T. Coman, of Pittsfield, . . . $5 00 



2. John B. Wells, of Cheshire, 4 00 



3. Mrs. John H, Jordan, of Williamstown, . 3 00 



4. Mrs. Eliza Morrison, of Monterey, . . 2 00 

 For \ \e best 25 lbs. of butter — 



1. Mrs. Jerome Hulbert, of Pittsfield, . . 5 00 



2. Mrs. Levi Childs, of Pittsfield, . . . 4 00 



