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battle-axe — if not to hew down men, yet it would be val- 

 iant to hew down the forests. We should much rather 

 use it than a two-edged sword. The buggy and sleigh 

 from Belchertown, were of excellent workmanship, and 

 carried with them their own recommendation. 



All the contributions in our class were very creditable, 

 and added much to the interest of the fair. We hope 

 there will be a greater variety another year. We regret 

 that so little money was at our disposal, since we could not 

 do justice to our feelings in point of award according to the 

 merits presented. We hope contributors will accept the 

 will for the deed, and receive with kind feelings what we 

 have given. LEVI ADAMS, Chairman. 



REPORT ON MILCH COWS. 



The Committee regret to report that they found their 

 department of the show very meager. Only two entries 

 were made, viz., by Messrs. Smith of North Hadley and 

 Cooley of Amherst. Mr. Smith's cow appeared, from his 

 verbal statement, to be quite valuable as a butter cow, 

 but no record having been kept of her yield of milk, and 

 no written statement as required by the rules of the Soci- 

 ety being presented, we were obliged to decline granting 

 a premium. The Committee had at their disposal $33.00 

 to bestow in premiums for an object every way worthy, 

 and we should be sorry to believe that there is no stock 

 within the limits of the Society worthy of the premiums 

 offered to this class. 



That the dairy business is a good and paying business, 

 it is not very difficult to make appear, provided a judi- 

 cious course is pursued in two or three different particu- 

 lars. First, in the proper selection of stock ; second, in 

 supplying with regularity a sufficient amount of suitable 

 food; third, in using neatness and skill in the manufac- 

 ture, when butter or cheese are made. 



We will not undertake to decide which of the various 



