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and being brought, by draining and cultivation, into a state of 

 usefulness and beauty, the highly cultivated fields, the neat- 

 ness and the conveniences about many dwellings and out- 

 buildings, and the elegance of some, speak volumes for the 

 industry, the skill, and the taste of the farmers of Berkshire. 



While our common country is making rapid advances to 

 wealth and greatness, while her agricultural productions are 

 yearly increasing, and have already increased to that degree, 

 that millions in other countries may be fed from her crib ; while 

 this spectacle is before us, it cannot but be gratifying to the 

 members of this society, and to the farmers of the county in 

 general, to feel assured that our own Berkshire is not lagging 

 behind in agriculture, but that her course, too, is onward. The 

 committee would say to the farmers, relax not, but persevere in 

 your praiseworthy exertions, until Berkshire shall become, — if, 

 indeed, she is not already so, — the pride of Massachusetts. 



For the best acre of winter wheat, to Oliver P. Dick- 

 inson, of Pittsfield, . . . . . $6 00 



For the best acre of spring wheat, to Solomon L. Rus- 

 sell, of Pittsfield, . . . . . 6 00 



For the best acre of winter rye, to Leonard Tuttle, of 



Shefiield, . . . . . . 5 00 



For the best acre of oats, to E. I. Wenden, of Rich- 

 mond, . . . . . . 5 00 



For the best acre of barley, to Morgan Lewis, of West 



Stockbridge, . . . . . . 5 00 



For the best acre of meslins, to Robert Campbell, of 



Pittsfield, . . . . . . 4 00 



For the best acre of potatoes, to Samuel Lewis, of 



Great Barrington, . . . . . 6 00 



For the best acre of corn, to Charles Hinckley, of Lee, 6 00 



For the second best acre, to Clement Harrison, of 



Adams, . . . . . . 5 00 



For the third best acre, to Samuel Goodrich, of Stock- 

 bridge, . . . . . . 4 00 



For the fourth best acre, to Nathan W. Hall, of Wil- 



liamstown, . . . . , . 3 00 



