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Best Lig-ht Brahinas, A. Dings, Lee, 3 



2d do., George Kellogg, Sheffield, 1 



Best White Cochins, George Kellogg, Sheffield, 3 



Best Black Cochins, George Kellogg, Sheffield, 2 



Best Plymouth Rocks, William M. Chapin, Sheffield, 3 



2d do., William S. Willcox, Sheffield, 1 



Best American Dominiques, A. Dings, Lee, 3 



2d do., W. H. Wilson, Great Barrington, 1 



Best White Leghorn A. Dings, Lee, 3 



2d do., George Kellogg, Sheffield, 1 



Best Brown Leghorns,, A. Dings, Lee, 2 



2d do., George Kellogg, Sheffield, 1 



Best Black Spanish, J. P. Ballard, Alford, 1 



Silver Spangle Polish, J. P. Ballard, Alford, 1 



White Crested Black, Pratt L, Tobey, Great Barrington, 3 



Golden Polish, Loroy Tobey, Alford, 3 



Houdan, William Pitt Palmer, Stockbridge, 3 



Best Hamburghs, Silver Spangle. E. C. Cook, New Marlboro, 3 



2d do., William P. Palmer, Stockbridge, 1 



Hamburgs, Golden Penciled, D. G. Roberts, Pittsfleld, 3 



Best Frizzles, J. J. Hart, New Marlboro, 1 



Best Games, B. B. R., Charles Decker, Egremont, 3 



2d do., H, Pendleton, Lee, 1 



Yellow Duck Wing, D. G. Roberts, Pittsfleld, 3 



Silver Duck Wing, D. G. Robberts, Pittsfleld, 1 



Best Red Pile, J. C. Lowrey, Egremont, 3 



2d do., Lyman Decker, Egremont, 1 



Irish Gray, Lyman Decker, Egremont, 3 



Bantams, White Pile Games, D. G. Roberts, Pittsfleld, 1 



Best Black Breasted Red Games, A. Dings, Lee, 1 



2d do., D. G. Roberts, Pittsfleld, 1 



Golden Seabrights, A. J. Freeman, New Marlboro, 1 



Guineas, William Ford, Sheffield, 1 



Best Pigeons, A. L. Hubbell, Great Barrington. 1 



2d do., Charles S. Macomber, Great Barrington, 1 



3d do., William H. Wilson, Great Barrington, 1 



Best Rabbits, Charles Macomber, Great Barrington, 1 



2d do., W. Walsh, Sheffield, 1 



Largest and best exhibition, A. Dings, Lee, 5 



2d do., George Kellogg, Sheffield, 3 



J. C. ^VHEELER, ^ 

 C. G. MERRILL, }■ Committee. 

 CHARLES FRETZ, 



ORCHARDS. 



In setting out an orchard, the first thing to be considered is where you wish 

 it to stand. Theh commence by making it rich, deep and dry. While you are 

 doing this, find the varieties that do best on such soil ; take time to look around 

 and carefully examine orchards on soil and location similar to yours. You will 

 see a great difference in the bearing. The Baldwin in some places bears the best, 

 quahty good ; in others it is a poor bearer, and quality of fruit poor. To recom- 

 mend varieties would be useless, perhaps worse, in a country where there is so 

 much difference in soil and elevation. If the Housatonic Agricultural Society 

 would divide the bearing in fine grades, and request the competitors to place the 

 quaJity of bearing and the soil on each j)late, it would help those wishing to 

 plant very much. A mistake now will cause much trouble and expense. 



Get your trees of some reliable person. To learn how to set trees, take up 

 some wild ones, carefully examine the roots and see how they grow, will be a bet- 

 ter lesson than any one can write. The roots will be well spread, and the dirt 

 around each root well packed. Set them straight ; don't let them lean to north 

 or east ; place or crook so the sun in the afternoon cannot shine on them with full 

 force, and it is better to have them lean to the southwest if they lean at all. Af- 

 ter they are set, mulch ; if they require water, it is better to make holes near 

 them and fill them with water, and cover, than to spread it on the surface. Now 

 look for their enemies, the tent calipinae eggs are easily seen after the fall of the 

 leaf, and can be easily picked off. Other worms must be taken off as they appear 

 in the summer. 



The borer is easily detected by their chips ; destroy them by knife and wire. I 

 have tried turning boiling water from a, t^a-kettle in July and October with good 



