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ly amounts of milk could be given, as the record was kept, 

 day by day, but it would add to the length of this statement 

 without increasing its value, so I give the total amount for the 

 year, and will only say further that the quantity of hay fed 

 has been determined by weighing, and every particular of the 

 record is exactly as given. I have so far changed ray cows, 

 that this herd is not the one on which I received a premium 

 two years ago. 



breId, honey and canned fruits. 



The committee found on exhibition a large number of loaves 

 of white bread, and all of excellent quality. The number of 

 premiums seem small to offer to the ladies of the county, and 

 your committee believe that the bread show would be a much 

 more cultivated feature, if the committee were allowed more 

 premiums and gratuities to award. The "Graham" and 

 "Brown" bread loaves, so called, were few in number, and 

 hardly up to the standard of former years. 



No honey or dried apples were on exhibition. 



The show of pickles and preserves was quite large, but most 

 of the large collections were from parties engaged in the 

 manufacture and sale, as a business, although there were some 

 of fine quality, from the homes of the county. * 



An arrangement for cutting bread into slices, exhibited by 

 Francis 0. Butterfield, of Lynn, deserves honorable mention. 

 It is a box and knife, simple in construction, cheap, and would 

 prove a great convenience in every family. 



Premiums and Gratuities awarded as follows : — 



Mrs. Wm. H. Patch, Hamilton, white bread, first premium, 

 wo. 



Mrs. J. Henry Hill, Amesbury, white bread, second premi- 

 um, $2. 



Mrs. Martha Dana, Amesbury, white bread, third premium, 



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