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let it stand about an hour, cut and drain thoroughly, scald 

 with water, chop fine, add one cup of salt to sixteen pounds 

 of curd, and press twenty-four hours. 



BREAD AND HONEr. 



The bread offered for inspection was nearly all of good 

 quality. In some instances, no statement being given of the 

 manner in which the samples were made, in accordance with 

 the rule of the society, no award could be given. After 

 careful examination and discussion your Committee recom- 

 mend the following gratuities : — 



Mrs. D. B. Fogg, Methuen, $2 ; Mrs. G. M. Stoddard, 

 Lawrence, $1.50 ; Mrs. Willard Messer, Lawrence, $1 ; Miss 

 Mary Kennedy, Lawrence, $1 ; Mrs. Parker Cross, Methuen, 

 $1 ; Mrs. N. E. Ladd, Groveland, $1 ; Mrs. M. A. Bennet, 

 West Andover, $1 ; Master Harry Tucker, Lawrence, 75 

 cents ; Bertha L. Childs, Lawrence, 75 cents ; Alice M. 

 Hunkings, Lawrence, 75 cents ; Alice M. Rea, Andover, 75 

 cents ; Mrs. Joseph Poor, Andover, Cream Cakes, 50 cents ; 

 Mrs. M. N. Hindish, Cake, 50 cents; Mrs. J. II. Spofford, 

 Lawrence, 50 cents ; Mrs. Hannah Lenney, North Andover, 

 50 cents ; Fred Peet, Lawrence, 50 cents. 



Mrs. Joseph Howe, Mrs. E. W. Jacobs, Miss Lucy A. 

 Blunt, Nathaniel Lambert, G. W. Hill — Committee. 



PEARS. 



Your Committee on Pears attended to their duties and 

 submit the following report : — 



The whole number of Exhibitors, or Entries of Pears, 62 ; 

 number of Plates of Pears exhibited, 285 ; number of varie- 

 ties G8 ; Amesbury exhibited 29 plates of 25 varieties, from 

 2 persons, for which $25 in premiums were awarded; An- 



