to Reports of ( 'ommUtees. 



Susie 6. Bassett , Pittefield, I ; crayon drawing, Josephine Whipple, Pittsfield, 50c; 

 monoohromatio drawings, Mrs H W Chapin, Pittsfield, 2; pencil drawings, Emma 

 Carter, Pittsfield, 1; Bello Perkins, Becket, 2; Mary E Field, Lanesboro, t; speci- 

 imcns in water colors, Allie Millard, Pittsfield, 4; MrsL M Barnes, North Adams, I ; 

 autumn leaves in wax, Mrs W 1! Baown, Pittsfield, I; specimens in wax work, Mrs 

 Goo I? Powell, Lanesboro, I; Georgie Dunham, Pittsfield, 1; KM Pratt, Pittsfield, 1 ; 

 wax fruit, Mrs "Win 11 11 Clark, Pittsfield, 1 ; wax flowers, M P> Prague, Hinsdale,l ; 

 wax work, (autumn leaves) Mrs Chas Newman, Lanesboro, 1; wax cross, LA Lew- 

 is Lanesboro, 50c; wax basket and bracket, Mrs Perkins, Pittsfield, 50o; wax fruit, 

 Mrs 1 R Cole, Pittsfield, 50c; worsted flowers, Julia G Sharp, Richmond, 1 ; worsted 

 pioture, Mrs Geo W Brown, Pittsfield, 1 ; worsted wreath, Alice Ford, Pittsfield, 50c; 

 worsted flowers, Jennie Taylor, Hancock. 1,50; worsted wreath, Mrs Sarah Munsou, 

 Lee, 50c; perforated wreath, llattie Harder, Pittsfield, 50c; wreath of autumn 

 leaves, Clara. Painty, Pittsfield, 50o; crystalized grasses, Mrs Geo L llowland, Pitts- 

 field, 50o; Jennie Hathaway, Pittsfield, 50c; cloth flowers, Mrs Calvin Gunn, Pitts- 

 field, 50o; seed flowers, Amanda Williams, Pittsfield, 1; hair wreath, Mrs Frank 

 Taylor, Hancock, 50o; shell box, Mrs M W Butler, Lenox, 1; wreath o( evergreens, 

 Mrs M 1> Brague, Hinsdale, 50o; cone frame, Libbie Gordon, Hancock, 50c; feather 

 flowers, E M Pratt, Pittsfield, "J; paper (lowers, Harriet Lawrence, Dal ton, 1; hair 

 wreath, Addie Heed. Lanesboro, 50c; artificial blackberries, Mrs G F Glentz, Pitts- 

 field, 50c; feather flowers, Mrs John P Walker, Stockbridge, 1; moss work, Sarah E 

 Buck, Stookbridge, 1 ; wreath of butterflies and grasshoppers' wings, Mrs Calvin 

 Gunn, Pittsfield, 1. 



R. Goodman, } 



Mrs. T. F. Pluxkett, > Coin in ilia-. 



Mas, E. M. PlEESON, ) 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND MECHANICAL PRODUC- 

 TIONS. 



Justus Town-. Lanesboro, } 



D. F. BuitLiNGAME, South Adams, > Committee. 



B. F. Mills. South Williamstown, ) 



This is one of the most important departments on exhibition at our annual fair. 

 Here are exhibited Agricultural Implements invented the present age. The saving 

 of labor by the inventive genius has revolutionized almost every department of in- 

 dustry, manufacturing, and tilling of the soil. These implements, which have 

 brought so much relief to the tillers of the earth, are deserving more special notice 

 than the Society has been in the habit of devoting to them. Perhaps there is no 

 Committee at our fair, that has bo important and difficult a duty to perform, or so 

 many nice points to investigate, in order to see where the merit lies, do justice to all 

 the competitors, and award premiums where they truly belong. 



When we contemplate the value of the Mower and Reaper, the Tedder, the Horse 

 Rake, the Plow, and numerous other implements of the Farm, who can compute the 

 saving of labor, or the greater ease and quickness with which the farmer performs 

 his work'.' The Sewing and Knitting Machines, which have taxed the mind in pro- 

 daring the present results as much as any machine ever invented, and brought re- 

 • ■ this department of industry, should receive special notice. 



We think a Committee of this department should be made up of the best me- 

 chanics, larger premiums should be given to encourage, and more notice should be 

 t iken of those who come to our fair to exhibit their articles from a distance. 



