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CHEESE. 



Entries, 13. Cheese, 12 ; Factory Cheese, 1. 



Best 25 pounds of Cheese, Mrs. Orren E. Clark, Sheffield, $6 



2d do., E. B. Sears, Sandistield, 5 



3d do., Orrin Millard, Becket, 4 



4th do., W. J. Clark, Sheffield, 3 



5th do., Mrs. O. W. Cone, Sandisfield, 2 



6th do., Mrs. Warren Candee, Sheffield, 1 



Best 100 pounds of Factory Made Cheese, Joseph F. Lawton, Gt. Barrington, 6 



EDWIN ADAMS, ) 



EZRA C. TICKNOE. [ Committee. 



J. C. MUNSON, ) 



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WHITE BREAD AND BISCUIT. 



Entries 71. White Bread, 39 ; Biscuit, 32. 

 Best White Bread, Jennie Hines, Great Barrington, 34 



2d do., Miss Mary Tolster, Great Barrington, 3 



3d do., S. L. Sheldon, Egremont, 2 



4th do., Miss Maggie Gibbons, Great Barrington, 2 



5th do., Mrs. J. C. Wolfe, Great Barrington, 1 



6th do., Mrs. William I. Walker, Great Barrington, 1 



Best Biscuit, Miss Mary Tolster, Great Barrington, 4 



2d do.. Miss J. M. Cooper, Stockbridge, 3 



3d do., S. S. Sheldon, Egremont, 2 



4th do., Mrs. Harvey StrebeH, Great Barrington, 1 



Rusk, Mary McDermott, Stockbridge, 1 



MRS. H. DRESSER, ) 



MRS. H. W. PALMER, - Committee. 



MRS. WILLIS BARTHOLOMEW.) 

 The Committee on White Bread and Biscuit, finding 71 entries, presumed 

 they might need the exquisite taste of the travelers mentioned by Cervantes in 

 Don Quixote ; but soon discovered there was an easily defined distinction between 

 the numerous specimens before them. Some had forgotten that ''A httle leaven 

 leaveneth the whole lump," some did not use the best materials, while some 

 failed either in compounding or baking. The making of good bread is not the 

 result of chance, but of the use of the right material, mechanical skill and good 

 judgment, and should be classed among the fine arts. No housewife who makes 

 this knowledge practical and teaches it to those under her care, need blush to 

 spread a simple board before an epicure, while poor bread greatly detracts from 

 the otherwise choice meal. Ann E. F. Dresser. 



RYE, BROWN AND GRAHAM BREAD. 



Entries 28. Rye Bread. 12 ; Brown Bread, 6 ; Graham Bread, 10. 



Best Rye Bread, Mrs. E. F. Barnes, West Stockbridge, $3 



2d do., Mrs. S. M. Cooper, Stockbridge, 2 



3d do., Mrs. C. L. Wright, Egremont, ' 1 



Best Brown Bread, Miss Ella Watson, Great Barrington, 3 



2d do., Mrs. J. P. Ballard, Alford, 2 



3d do., Mrs. Harvey Roys, Sheffield, 1 



Best Graham Bread, Mrs. M. S. Heath, Stockbridge, 3 



2d do., Mrs. S. L. Sheldon, Egremont, 2 



3d do., Mrs. Harvey Roys, Sheffield, " 1 



MRS. M. W. BUTLER, ) 

 MRS. ADNA MERRILLS, > Committee, 



MRS. G. W. BRIGGS, ) 



MAPLE SUGAR. HONEY AND SYRUP. 



Entries 12. Maple Sugar, 1 ; Maple Syrup, 5 ; Honey, (5. 



Best 20 pounds Maple Sugar, Miss Cordelia Jenks, Williamstown, $3 



Best Gallon Maple Syrup. Mrs. C. H. Fuary, West Stockbridge, 3 



2(1 do., Mrs. G. F. Bradford, Egremont, 2 



3d do., Mrs. Langdon Hulet, Sheffield, 1 



Best Five Pounds Honey, Mrs. E. B. Richards, Becket, 3 



2d do., Mrs. Austin Lindsey, Sheffield, 2 



3d do., Mrs. J. P. Ballard, Alford, 1 



ORREN S. MILLARD, ) 

 MRS. WILLIAM H. HAWLEY, - Committee. 



MRS. EDWARD MANVILLE ) 



