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50 cents each to the following persons : Miss E. Spalding, ot- 

 toman cover ; Nellie C. Clark, slippers, &c.; Anna L. Knapp, 

 tatting ; Mary J. Ingraham, pictures ; Frank N. French, in- 

 sects; George Osgood, case of bugs ; J. S. Gerrish, baskets; 

 Mrs. E,. Jaokman, insects ; Hattie C. Bartlett, ottoman ; Mrs. 

 Mary Merrill, 89 years old, stockings ; S. Carrie Nelson, tidy; 

 Mrs. John Burrill, flowers ; James Devereaux, picture ; Mrs. 

 J. Johnson, Jr., wreath and frame ; Mrs. E. Lunt, embroidery; 

 Miss H. Brown, watch case ; Augusta Cook, shell frame ; Mary 

 C. Currier, cushion ; Mary L. Dockham, frame and basket of 

 flowers ; M. J. Brookings, tidy ; Abbie E. Smith, sea mosses ; 

 Mrs. Tristam Rogers, 94 years old, stockings ; Nellie A. Pike, 

 cushion ; Mrs. R. J. Lamb, blanket ; Annie M. Little, husk 

 frame ; Carrie K. Lecraw, infant's bibs ; E. G. Cheever, shell 

 boxes; Mrs. J. Lunt, cushion; John A. Addie, inlaid work; 

 Lydia H. Ordway, 83 years old, stockings ; Anna L. Currier, 

 baby clothing ; S. Sawyer, -pictures ; Annie Rogers, lace col- 

 lars ; E. J. Roof, tidy ; Fannie E. Talbot, bead cushion. 



Committee — H. G. Herrick, Geo. W. Chadwick, Sam'l A. 

 Smith, Richard Teuney. 



FARMS. 

 The Committee on Farms would respectfully report: — 



Notwithstanding the urgent calls of the committees, and 

 the liberal offers of the Society for the last iew years, the num- 

 ber of farms entered for premium is by no means increasing. 

 The general business of farming which prevailed until a recent 

 period, and which developed some of the finest specimens of 

 mixed farming in the Commonwealth, is now displaced to a 

 considerable degree, by a special attention to particular crops, 

 or by a tasteful improvement of valuable estates. The pro- 

 duction of garden vegetables for the market, both early and 



