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Hair w roa th— Mrs. Herbert D. Prince, Cheshire, $1. 



Butterflies— Miss Libbie Montville, Pittsfield, $2. 



Thistle Balls—Daisy M. Clark, Pittsfield, %\. 



Collection Old Coins— E. Tremain, Hinsdale, $1. 



Paper Flowers, Panel and Plaque— Mrs. A. A. Walsh, Pittsfield, $1. 



Brass Work— Miss E. D. Davis, Pittsfield, $3. 



Bracket Work— Louis Schaffer, Pittsfield, 1. 



Ladies' Work Table— Z. A. Ward, Pittsfield, $2. 



Carved Clock— Z. A. Ward, Pittsfield, $1. 



Carved Box and Table— Miss Kate Brown, Pittsfield, $2. 



All which is respectfully submitted by 

 Committee— -E. W. B. Canning, Mrs. W. A. Taylor, Mrs. A. R. Ranous. 



Working Oxen. 

 The report of tbe committee on Working Oxen has been accidentally mis- 

 laid, and its publication is necessarily deferred. 



Gardens. 



The committee assigned at a late date to view gardens, make the follow- 

 ing report : 



Knowing well their incompetency for such duty, especially in the depart- 

 ment of the Flower Garden, we must humbly ask pardon for any errors we 

 haue made in awarding the premiums, if any, to the successful competitors. 



There were nine flower gardens entered by non-professionals, and only 

 four premiums to award. Flower gardens are, as a general rule, cultivated 

 and attended to by the female department of the household. Their fine 

 tastes for beauty and adornment of the surroundings of our homes, gives 

 the credit to the wives and daughters. 



The Vegetable Gardens are the work of the farmer in planning and laying 

 out his garden, and comes under his general care ana ordering. There were 

 eighl entries of vegetable gardens by non-professionals, and one of these 

 was thrown out as being improperly entered. It should have been entered 

 as a market garden. This was the garden of A. M. Stevens of Williams- 

 town. We viewed his garden and referred the matter to the Secretary, and 

 his decision was that it was improperly entered. 



The garden awarded the first premium was one of great merit, showing 

 economy in using all the ground for early and late vegetables with many 

 varieties of the same, well laid out for easy cultivation, no fruit trees to in- 

 jure the growth of plants, and the crowning beauty of all not a weed to be 

 seen. The proprietor of this garden is a man of rather poor health, and 

 his great effort had been in attending to his garden and not much else, and 

 the probability is thai garden pays him as well as any other branch of his 

 farming. 



The other gardens were all good, and we were at a loss to give each one 

 its proper merit. There were hut two market gardens for us to look at, 

 both well cared for, one in West Stock bridge and the other in Williamstown. 

 The one in the north pari of the county was on much the largest scale, cov- 

 ering five acres <rr more, and the vegetables were several days earlier than 

 those in the south part of (he county. The proprietors are well adapted to 

 their work in those two gardens. 



