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and hence it is not only highly interesting but instructive 

 and valuable. 



The committee awarded the second premium of eight 

 dollars to Mr. Benj. P. Ware, for his report upon " Exper- 

 iments with Manures. The critical and suggestive remarks 

 of the writer seem to be worthy of careful consideration, 

 as contributing useful thoughts upon a subject of very 

 great importance. 



No award was made of the third premium. 



The committee have been authorized for several years to 

 award premiums for the " best Statements," but have not 

 done so for the reason that they have not known what is 

 expected of them by the society. They have assumed that 

 Statements submitted as vouchers in claims for premiums 

 on crops, &c., could not come within the society's intention, 

 as the Statements in such cases are essential elements in 

 the claim and perhaps determine the whole matter. 



It can hardly be intended to award two premiums, one 

 for the exhibit and another for the explanatory statement, 

 and it would certainly be inconsistent to award a premium 

 for the statement if the exhibit were unsatisfactory ; nor 

 would it be easy to approve of the exhibit and condemn 

 the statement. The committee have therefore considered 

 such statements, as being outside of their province, and 

 having also failed to see to what other Statements their 

 instructions could apply, they have simply done nothing. 

 But they would respectfully suggest that it is desirable to 

 defHie the intentions of the society in offering premiums 

 for " best Statements," in order that the committee may be 

 correctly guided hereafter. 



Gilbert L. Streeter, Chairman. 



N. M. Hawkes, Dan'l E. Safford, Chas. P. Preston.— 

 Committee. 



