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crops that have come under our inspection, have not, and cannot 

 receive the first or second premiums, for the reason that we are 

 not allowed to give a member but one premium in each division, 

 although he may have the very best in more than one of the en- 

 tries he has made. In some of our awards the crop taking the 

 first prize is not really entitled to a prize higher than the third 

 or fourth. We submit, is this just and right f 



Your Committee would here express their thanks to the farm- 

 ers of Berkshire, for their kindness and courtesy extended to us, 

 while making our examinations, and would here say to our suc- 

 cessors, whoever they may be, that we will be glad to receive a 

 call from them at any time they may pass near us, upon their ex- 

 aminations, and we will willingly share our dinner, or other meals, 

 with them ; ever remembering that as we have " freely received," 

 we would " freely give." 



"We award for 



Spring Wheat, one acre— Allen Comstock, Lenox, $6 ; William D. Curtis, Lenox, 5 ; 

 Seed Mills, Williamstown, 4. 



Winter Rye, one acre— Geo. W. Bliss, West Stockbridge, 8; Ira Richmond, Adams, 7; 

 Granville Bliss, Cheshire , 6 ; Charles Spurr, Sheffield, 5 ; Carlton Curtis, Stockbridge, 4 ; 

 G. W. Hutchinson, Lenox, 3 ; E. A. Bradley, Lee, 2. 



Oats, one acre— Harvey Owen, Lanesboro', 8; P. M. Shaylor, Lee, 7; George W. Far' 

 num, Lanesboro', 6; Henry Smith, Lee, 5; H. D. Palmer, Stockbridge, 4 ; Amos Shepard 

 son, Lanesboro', 3; C. K. Lamphire, Lee, 2. 



Barley, one acre — Thomas Allen, 7 ; Thomas H. Curtis, Great Barrington, t>; Albert 

 Ford, Windsor, 5; Henry Goodrich, Williamstown, 4; Robert Pomeroy, 3. 



Sowed Corn, one-half acre — Henry Noble, 6; John E. Merrill, 5; F. K. Hinkley, Lee, 4. 



SECOND DIVISION— FALL CROPS. 



Com.— Thos. Barber, of Pittsfield, T. D. Thatchek of Lee. 

 Com, four acres. P. M. Shaylor, Lee, 6; H. M. Owen, Lanesboro', 5; Henry Smith, 



Lee, 4. 



Corn, one acre— Wm. O. Curtis, Lenox, 8; T. L. Foote, Lee, 7; Caroline Tappan, Len- 

 ox, 6 ; Henry Goodrich, Williamstown, 5 ; John Dudley, Adams, 4 ; Duhamel Clark, Lee, 

 3 ; Luther Sears, Lenox, 2. 



Buckwheat, one acre— F. Dorr Deming, Lanesboro, 5 ; Oren Benedict, 4 ; James M. 

 Wells, Cheshire, 3 ; Ebenezer French, 2. 



Beans, one-half acre— E. Sexton, Great Barrington, 5 ; J. W. Ford, Stockbridge, 4. 



Potatoes, four acres— Lyman Payne, Hinsdale, 6 ; A. J. Bucklin, Adams, 5 ; S. L. Nor- 

 throp, Lanesboro, 4. 



Potatoes, one acre— F. A. Palmer, Stockbridge, 8; M. C. Danforth, Williamstown, 7 ; 

 Joseph Foote, 6; Zaccheus Cande, Sheffield, 5; H. D. Palmer, Stockbridge, 4; S. L. Lin- 

 coin, Adams, 3; Wm. H. Nichols, Richmond, 2. 



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