20 Reports of Committees. 



Cabbage — One-half Acre. 



1st Premium, James Burke, Pittsfield, $5,00 



2d " D. T. Kendall, Lenox, 4,00 



3d " Alexander Hyde, Lee, 3,00 



Swedish Turnips — One-quarter Acre. 



1st Premium, Alfred Raymond, Pittsfield, 5,00 



2d " Giles Torrey, Williamstown, 4,00 



3d " John L. Cole, Williamstown, 3,00 



Gardens. 



1st Premium, Mrs. George N. Briggs, Pittsfield, 0,00 



2d " Wm. B. Cooley, Pittsfield, 5,00 



3d " Mrs. E. R. Colt, Pittsfield, 4,00 



4th " Elisha Collins, Barringtou, 3,00 



5th " H. Hathaway, South Adams, 2,00 



6th '■ Timothy Hall, Pittsfield, 1,00 



Flower Gardens. 



1st Premium, Mrs. Z. Candee, Sheffield, 5,00 



2d " Mrs. Alexander Hyde, Lee, 4,00 



3d " C. A. Babbitt, South Adams, 3.00 



Mows of Hay. 



1st Premium, E. A. Bradley, Lee, C,00 



2d " John M. Cook, Lenox, 5,00 



3d " Scott Jenks, Adams, 4,00 



Lesian Wood, } ,, ... 

 m -r. m i Committee. 



T. D. Thacher, ^ 



FARMS, ORCHARDS, dtc. 



Tlie Committee of the Berkshire Agricultural Society, appointed to view Farms, 

 Orchards, Fruit Trees, Dairies, and Reclaimed Band, respectfully submit the fol- 

 lowing report : 



The number of farms entered for our inspection this year was fifteen, a less num- 

 ber than we hoped to see. We hardly know how to account for the small competi- 

 tion in this department. The premium is ample, and the honor of having the best 

 managed farm in the county is certainly great, and still we are confident that some 

 df the best managed farms do not compete. We are inclined to attribute the defi- 

 ciency of entries in this department to the modesty of the farmers. If this is the 

 fact, we desire to remind them that although true merit is always modest, still com- 

 petition is the life of business. We have already seen the beneficial results of com- 

 petition in the improved condition of the farms we have examined. Buildings, 

 lands, fences and stock have evidently received extra attention -in prospect of the 

 inspection to be made by your Committee. The wife of one of the premium farmers 

 said to us, " My husband has had fence on the brain for a year or two," and cer- 

 tainly his high and well-laid walls testified to his labors in this direction. We have 

 noticed with great pleasure the increased attention paid to making the wet places 



