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and was cut and fed green, and no weight taken of the crop. The first crop of 1878 

 was cut June 24th and 35th, Avas cured until the 38th and 39th, when it was put into 

 the barn. All of this crop was weighed, and the total crop from the five acres was 

 17 tons, 1600 pounds, or 3 tons, 1130 pounds per acre. The second crop was cut August 

 28th, cured and drawn in on the 31st, and weighed 7 tons, 700 pounds, or 1 ton, 940 

 pounds per acre. The first crop of 1879 was cut July 1st and 7th, was carted, weigh- 

 ed and put in the barn on the 11th, and the total weight was 15 tons, 1330 pounds, or 3 

 tons, 364 pounds per acre. The second crop was cut September 10th ; cured until the 

 18th, was then carted, weighed and put into the barn. The total weight of this crop 

 was 7 tons, 890 pounds, or 1 ton, 978 pounds per acre. Total crop for the two years, 

 48 tons, 510 pounds, or 9 tons 510 pounds per acre. All of Avhich is respectfully submit- 

 ted. D. G. Roberts, Agent. 

 3d do., Henry L. Rowe, Egreraont, 3 

 Best half -acre SoAved Corn, James Bullard, Lee, 5 

 3d do., Leonard Tuttle, Sheflield, 4 

 3d do., T. S. Baldwin, Egremont, 3 

 4th do., William H. Day, Great Barrington, 3 

 5th do., Oscar M. Hall, Great Barrington, 3 

 Best three acres CultiAated Grass, George F. Wooden, Sandisfleld, 7 

 3d do., Benjamin Wheeler, Ncav Marlboro, 6 

 3d do., D. G. Roberts, Pittsfield, 5 

 4th do., H. C. Byington, Stockbridge, 4 

 5th do., Parker Stoddard, Great Barrington, 3 

 6th do., Dr. Charles E. Heath, Lee, 2 



CHARLES E. SLATER, ) ^^ ... 



WILLIAM H. HAWLEY, | ^oi^^niittee. 



GARDENS. 



Whole Numbeb Entries 13. Vegetable Gardens, 5; Flower Gardens, 8 



Best Vegetable Garden, James Bradford, Shefiield, S7 



3d do., DeWitt S. Smith, Lee, 6 



3d do., Da\'id Leavitt, Great Barrington, 5 



4th do., Paul Beer, Great Barrington, 4 



5th do., Horace Z. Cande, Shefiield, 3 



Best FloAver Garden, DeWitt S. Smith, Lee, 5 



3d do., Mortimer W. Strong, Egremont, 4 



3d do., Mrs. Orren Curtiss, Sheffield, 3 



4th do., Mrs. Hopkins T. Cande, Sheffield, 2 



5th do., Mrs. J. M. Mackie, Great Barrington, 1 



6th do., Mrs. Elihu Church, Alford, 1 



7th do., Mrs. Charles Spur, Sheffield, 1 



CHARLES E. SLATER, ) 



Mrs, D wight ANDREWS, - Committee, 



Mes, J. A. KLINE, ) 



FALL CROPS. 



Entries, 187. Five acres of Corn, 17 ; three acres of Coru, 21 , one acre of 

 Corn, 37 ; oue-lialf acre of Planted Sweet Corn, 2 ; one acre of Buckwheat, 18 ; 

 one acre of Potatoes, 27 ; one-fourth acre White Beans, 3 ; one-fourth acre of 

 Sugar Beets, 17 ; one-fourth acre Mangle Wurzel, 10 ; one-fourth acre Carrots, 7; 



one-fourth acre Turnips, 11 ; oue-fourth acre Cabbage, 3 : Farms of forty acres, 

 3 ; Farms of one hundred acres, 11, 



Best five acres of Corn, H. L. Smith, Lee, $8 



3d do., H. H. Hall, Great Barrington, 7 



3d do., G. M. Hollenbeck, Great Barrington, 6 



4th do., P. M. Shaylor, Lee, 5 



5th do., J. A. Kline, Egremont, 4 



6th do., N. B. Turner, Great Barrington, 3 



7th do., Frederick Abbey, Groat Barrington, 2 



Best three acres of Corn, H. C. Byington, Stockbridge, 8 



3d do., F. T. Owen, Sheffield, 7 



3d do., Z. Cande, Sheffield, 6 



4th do., W. H. Day, Great Barrington, 5 



5th do., G. M. Fitch, Ncav Marlboro, 4 



6th do., P. M. Shaylor, Lee, • 3 



7th do., A. W. Barnes, Stockbridge, 2 



Best one acre Corn, E. P. Tanner, Lee, 7 



3d do., James Bullard, Lee, 6 



3d do., Ira N. Tuttle, New Marlboro, 5 



4th do., J. M. Mackie, Great Barrington, 4 



5th do., Frank G. Hollenbeck, Great Barrington, 3 



6th do., Z. Cande, Sheffield, 2 



7th do., Dahamiel Clark, Lee, 1 



