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For the best acre of oats — 



1. "Washington Bissell, of Great Barrington, 



2. Edson Sexton, of Stockbridge, 



3. Edward Plulbert, of Great Barrington, . 



4. Merritt I. Wheeler, of Great Barrington, 



5. Gorton Rice, of Egremont, 

 For the best acre of barley — 



1. Morgan Lewis, of West Stockbridge, . 



2. S. P. Lincoln, of Stockbridge, 

 For the best acre of buckwheat — 



1. Christopher French, of West Stockbridge, 



2. A. C. Butler, of Lenox, .... 



3. Freeman Houghtailing, of Great Barrington, 

 For the best acre of white beans — 



1. Lorenzo H. Rice, of Great Barrington, . 



2. George Hollenbeck, of Egremont, . 

 For the best acre of potatoes — 



1. Lyman L. Huggins, of ShefReld, . 



2. Elias Wright, of Monterey, . 



3. Jay Shears, of Sandisfield, 



4. Milo Hall, of New Marlborough, . 



5. Stephen Powell, " « . . 

 For the best one-fourth acre of carrots — 



1. Jared Mansir, of Monterey, . 



2. Mark Laird, of Great Barrington, . 



3. E. N. Hubbard, of Great Barrington, 

 Edmund Joyner, of Egremont, an extra premium 



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For one and three-fourths acre of carrots — 

 John Brewer, of New Marlborough, . 

 For the best vegetable garden — 



1. Rodney Hill, of Great Barrington, . 



2. Rev. G. Clark, of Egremont, . 



3. Edwin R. Joyner, of Egremont, 



Benjamin Baldivinh Statement. 

 The field of wheat which I enter for premium, contains fif- 

 teen acres. Soil, clay loam. It was a pasture lot in 1851 ; 

 had been seeded, two years previous, with clover, eight quarts 

 to the acre. Ploughed, between the first and tenth of July, 



