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The third, of $15, to Darwin Deane, of Mansfield. 



The committee have also viewed with great pleasure the 

 pine woods of Henry T. Gilmore, of Raynham, and James 

 Smith, of Norton ; but as they are not strictly within the 

 regulations prescribed by this society for competitors for pre- 

 miums, your committee cannot award them a premium, but 

 deem them equitably entitled to a gratuity of $10 each. 



The present regulations require, that the number of trees 

 shall be not less than a thousand to the acre. At this rate, the 

 trees must stand not far from six feet apart. Believing that 

 they can be raised more profitably, if more thinly planted, 

 your committee recommend that the future premiums shall be 

 offered to the person setting out the greatest number of acres 

 after this date, to be not less than three hundred to the acre. 



Edmund H. Bennett, Chairman. 



Heavy Manufactures. 



[The committee on heavy manufactures awarded about fifty 

 premiums for different articles.] 



Domestic Manufactures. 



The committee on domestic manufactures have great sat- 

 isfaction in announcing, that 164 articles, principally from the 

 never-tiring hands of the gentler sex, were entered this year for 

 exhibition, all of which gave evidence of the ingenuity, skill, 

 and industry, which are characteristic of all New England 

 ladies. The committee would have been happy to have clas- 

 sified, described, and mentioned in detail, these articles, many 

 of them eminently worthy of particular notice ; but the time 

 would not allow us to perform this pleasant task, and we are 

 obliged to submit the report in its present brief form, merely 

 noticing a few articles of prominent interest. 



The committee avail themselves of this opportunity to ac- 

 knowledge their great indebtedness to those ladies who kindly 



