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the summer crops the prospect was bad ; but the dull and cloudy, 

 and you may say wet weather, prevented the farmer from cutting 

 the crop until in our opinion, it reached an average. 



Sweet Corn. — 8 entries, all very good. 



Compost Heaps. — 11 entries, some of which were very good. 

 We would suggest that our Society offer more premiums on com- 

 post, but instead of having it made from the manure from the barn 

 yard that has been left and not drawn out, let it be made from 

 muck, lime, ashes, bones, weeds and all refuse stuff. 



Fall Crops. 



Corn, as a general thing, was good throughout the county, and 

 your committee would say was generally planted too thick and 

 too many stalks in the hill. 



Buckwheat. — 24 entries, mostly poor ; some pieces scarcely 

 worth harvesting. Your committee saw but one piece that was 

 well filled ; said piece contained about thirty acres, about ten of 

 which was well filled and very heavy ; this was raised by H. S. 

 Goodale of Mount Washington. It was a new kind called the 

 round cornered or grey buckwheat, and your committee would 

 recommend it. 



Potatoes. — 44 entries. The crop of potatoes was light, some 

 pieces badly rotted. The Early Rose seems to take the lead both 

 in quantity and quality. Your committee are of the opinion there 

 will not be more than two thirds of a crop, 



Carrots. — 5 entries ; rather a small crop generally. 



Beets. — 6 entries, all very good. 



Beans. — 2 entries ; about a middling crop. 



Turnips. — 18 entries, all of which were very good. 



Cabbage. — 7 entries ; the crop was generally poor and some 

 pieces were almost entirely destroyed by worms. 



Vegetable Gardens. — 16 entries, most of which were worthy of 

 premiums. 



Flower Gardens. — 12 entries, most of them very fine. Your 

 committee would suggest that another division in Vegetable and 

 Flower Gardens be made, as it is impossible for the farmer or the 

 fanner's wife to compete with the village gardening. 



Your Committee add their thanks for the kind hospitality they 

 received while in the discharge of their duties. 



We make the following awards : 



Sj>ring Wheat, one acre : We award Wm. O. Curtis of Lenox, $6 ; ('lias. 



