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from the tares ; The Vermont Farm Machme Co., of Bellows Falls, 

 Vt., showed different styles of the Cooley Creamer, the Davis Swing 

 Churn and the Eureka Butter Worker, and one of the committee, at 

 least, was ready to endorse all that the accomplished and affable 

 young man in charge said in their praise, while the Reid and the 

 Lincohi Creamers, standing near by, were left to speak for them- 

 selves, possibly for the reason that then- good points are so apparent 

 as to need no explanation. 



The advanced state of agricultiu^al entei^prise and the immense 

 aggregate of agricultural products of to-day are rendered possible 

 only by the inventive genius and the mechanical skill that has given 

 us the agricultural implements of to-day, and it becomes the pro- 

 gi'essive farmer to acquaint himself, so far as possible, with the va- 

 rious labor-saving de^dces adapted to his wants, and to this end we 

 recommend the Society to encourage the exhibition of Agricultural 

 Implements in the firm belief that in the future this department is to 

 constitute one of the most important and interesting features of oui- 

 annual exhibitions. 



M. I. WHEELER, ) 



H. T. CANDEE, ^Committee. 



L. J. CHAPIN, ) 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



The entries comprise 872 animals and fowls, as follows : Cattle, 

 274; sheep, 247; Swine, 106; Horses, 174; Poultry, 71. 



FIRST DIVISION. 



Whole number of entries, 14, (28 head.) Fat Oxen, 3; Working 



Oxen, 7 ; Draft Oxen, 4. The Committee on Animals, 1st Division, 

 award as follows : 



Best yoke Fat Oxen, Jacob H. Van Deusen, Great Barriugton, $10 



2d do., F. K. Hinckley, Lee, 8 



Best yoke Working Oxen, Frederick Abbey, Great Barriugton, 10 



2d do., Jared Lewis, Great Barrington, 8 



3d do., E. G. Laiigdon, Lee. 6 



4th do., Edwin N. Hubbard, Great Barriugton, 5 



Best Yoke Draft Oxen, Henry A. Carpenter, Stockbridge, 8 



2d do. , William H Hawley, Sandisfield, 6 



3d do., J. H. Van Deusen, Great Barrington, 4 



L. P. KEYES, ) 



G. H. STEDMAN, -Committee. 

 J. E. MANSFIELD, ) 



SECOND DIVISION. 



Whole number of entries, 15, (42 head.) Four-year-old Oxen, 5 ; 

 Three-year-old Steers, 7 ; Neat Stock, 3. The Committee on Animals, 

 2d Division, award as follows : 



Best Yoke four-year-old Oxen, broke to labor, W. H. Hawley, Sandisfield, $8 



2d do., George E. Hale, Tyriugham, 7 



3d do,, William W. Hale, Tyringham, 6 



4th do., William H. Palmer, Stockbridge, 5 



Best Yoke three-year-old Steers, broke to labor, John B. Walker, Now Marlboro, 7 



2d do., Warren Walker, New Marlboro, 6 



3d do., Josiah Trask. Stockbridge, 5 



4th do., George M. Gibson, New Marlboro, 4 



