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company it 41.50, and for fruits as a dessert 11 1. For paintings 

 and other productions of art 89.50, household manufactures 253.50. 

 To seeds, grass and grains, 58. To the manufacturers' depart- 

 ment 57, and for agricultural implements and mechanical produc- 

 tions 74— $861.75. 



In the line of stock, the bulls — larger, we think, than those of 

 Bashan — carried off $92, the cows and calves 139, the heifers 65, 

 fat cattle 26, oxen 36, steers 27, herds of cattle 36, sheep 110, 

 hogs 40, and the quacks, gobblers, hissers and cook-o-doo-dle- 

 doos 50. The horses, young and old, kept for present or in anti- 

 cipation of future use 234, and for fast trotting, some 500 more. 

 The plowman's skill — the first, second and third requisite of good 

 farming — was unusually modest and asked for but 33, although it 

 was known that more could be had for asking. 



The number of fortune's favorites is 647, nearly all of whom re- 

 side in the county. The amount which has gone to each town, 

 and the sum each member in that town would receive if divided 

 equally, we give below : — 



Adams $163, $3,70; Alford 15, 3,00 ; Becket 13, 2,60; Chesh- 

 ire 130, 3,17 ; Dalton 60, 1,08 ; Egremont 13, 6,50 ; Great Bar- 

 rington 419, 26,20 ; Hancock 29, 2,60 ; Hinsdale 68, 3,24 ; Lanes 

 borough 232,2,03; Lee 239, 7,70; Lenox 226,50, 4,25; New 

 Ashford 41, 1,80 ; Pittsfield 828,25, 1,88 ; Richmond 84,25, 2,30; 

 Savoy 4,50, 1,50 ; Sheffield 54,50, 6,60 ; Stockbridge 215, 6,15 ; 

 Washington 3, 1,00; West Stockbridge 27, 2,25; Windsor 3, 

 1,00 ; Williamstown 104, 3,58. 



