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W. F. Lynch <fe Co., Dedham, 2d premium of $8. Eagle 

 plow, No. 20. 



H. & A. Blackmail, Needham, 3d premium of $6. Prouty 

 <fe Mears plow, No. 155. 



HENRY GOULDING, Chairman. 



Dover, Sept. 20, 1867. 



Single Horse Teams. — Aaron D.Weld, West Roxbury, 1st 

 premium of $6. Lyon plow, No. 25. 



Patrick Wall, Dover, 2d premium of $4. Whittemorc k 

 Belcher, No. 4, Doe plow. 



W. F. Lynch, Dedham, with double Michigan plow. 1st 

 premium of f 6. 



Dover, Sept. 20, 18G7. 



B. N. SAWIN, Chairman. 



FRUIT. 



The Committee on Fruits have to report, that the contribu- 

 tions of Fruits were both in quantity and quality equal if not 

 in advance of those of any previous exhibition, the liberal 

 space allotted to this department of the Fair being fully appro- 

 priated by the contributors ; and yet but a moiety of the fruit- 

 growers of our county appear at our annual fair as competitors 

 for the many and liberal prizes which are offered by the Society. 

 What excuse can they make for, such neglect ? It does seem 

 as if the contributions of neighbors and friends must, if silently 

 yet with earnestness, plead with the delinquents to forsake their 

 further neglect of privilege and duty ; and in this connection 

 the Committee cannot permit this opportunity to pass without 

 an expression of grateful thanks to the president of the Society, 

 who year after year has, by his princely contributions, made us 

 conscious of the presence of an exhibit of such private lavish- 

 ment of time, talent and wealth, and who has set us such an 

 example to follow, if haply we might reach the mark. 



The Committee awarded the following premiums, and recom- 

 mend the giving of the following gratuities : — 



Apples. — For the best collection of 12 varieties, 1st to F. & 

 L. Clapp, Dorchester, $12; 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th, not awarded. 

 Baldwin — F. & L. Clapp, 1st prize, $2 ; 2d prize to Albert 

 Crosby, West Roxbury, $1. R. I. GreeningT— F. & L. Clapp, 

 Dorchester, $2 ; W. F. Harrod, West Roxbury, $1. Graven- 

 stein — F. & L. Clapp, Dorchester, $2 ; 2d not awarded. 

 Hubbardston Nonsuch — C. F. Curtis, Jamaica Plain, $2 ; F. 

 & L. Clapp, Dorchester, $1. Roxbury Russet — W. F. Harrod, 



