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Lynn, Carriage Wheels. And the Committee awarded the 

 following gratuities : 



Sawyer & Chase of Lynn, $15. 



Wm. Chase & Son of Merrimac, $10. 



Charles E. Stone of Amesbury, Diploma. 



T. W. Lane of Amesbury, $10. 



Skinner & Colder of Lynn, Diploma. 



0. S. Butler, T. K. Leach, Aaron Sawyer, Henry Hobbs — 

 Committee. 



DAIRY. 



The Committee on Dairy make the following awards, viz.: — 



First premium on Butter, $10, Farnham Stiles of Middleton ; 

 Second premium, $8, to Z. C. Wardwell, of Groveland ; Third 

 premium, $6, to S. K. Griflfin of Groveland ; Fourth premium, 

 $4, to J. K. Bancroft of Lynnfield. 



There were no specimens of cheese exhibited, or any state- 

 ments offered for the greatest produce of milk on any farm in 

 proportion to the number of cows producing it, or of the great- 

 est amount of Butter made from any quantity of milk, the 

 produce of any single cow. 



John A. Putnam, Joseph Hale, Thomas A. Sides — Commit- 

 tee. 



STATEMENT OP FARNHAM STILES. 



I present seven pounds of September butter (made from Jer- 

 sey and Ayrshire cows), as follows : The milk, after standing in 

 pans from 24 to 36 hours, is skimmed ; the cream is stirred at 

 each skimming ; temperature at churning, 62 degrees. The 

 buttermilk is worked out, the butter is then salted, using about 

 one ounce to the pound, and, after standing twenty-four hours, 

 is worked again. 



STATEMENT OF Z. C. WARDWELL. 



I enter for premium seven pounds of September butter, from 



