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four months, from the 20th of May to the 20th of September, — a sam- 

 ple of not less than twenty pounds to be exhibited, — quantity as well as 

 quality to be taken into view, with a statement of the number of cows, 

 and a full account of the manner of feeding them, and the general man- 

 agement of the milk and butter — first premium, $10 ; second do., $8 ; 

 third do., $5 ; fourth do., $4. 



Note. — It will be seen that these premiums are offered for the best produce 

 on the Farms, and not simply for the best specimens exhibited. Competitors 

 will therefore be required to keep an account, and render a statement of the 

 entire produce within the time^entioned. Each lot must be numbered, but 

 not marked ; any public, or kirown mark, must be completely concealed, nor 

 must the competitors be present at the examination. 



For the best box of Butter, — ^not less than 12 pounds, — first premium, 

 $5 ; second do., $3 ; third do., Flint's Treatise on Dairy Farming. 



I^' NoTE.^ — Butter must he presented only on the morning of the 

 second day before 9 o^cloch. ■ 



Cheese. For the best lot of Cheese, — not less than forty pounds, — 

 with a written statement of the whole process of making — first premium, 

 $5 ; second do., $3 ; third do., Flint's Treatise on Dairy Farming. 



BEEAD. 



Commitlee. — Edmund Quincy, Dedham ; Calvin Richards, Dover; Samuel W. Curtis, 

 Stoughton; Mrs. Benjamin Newell, Dover; Mrs. William Harding, Dorchester; Mrs. 

 Eliphalet Stone, Dedham. 



For the best loaf of Wheat and Indian, of not less than two pounds 

 weight — first premium, $3 ; second do., $2. 



For the best loaf made of Unbolted Wheat, which has been grown in 

 the County, of not less than two pounds weight — first premium, $3 ; 

 second do., $2. 



For the best loaf of Rye and Indian, of not less than four pounds 

 weight — first premium, $3 ; second do., $2. 



For the best loaf of Wheat Bread, of not less than two pounds weight 

 — first premium, $3 ; second do., $2. 



For the best specimens of each or any of the aforementioned kinds of 

 bread, made by any young woman under eighteen years of age, an 

 additional premium of twenty-five per cent. 



The bread presented for premium must be made on the first day of 

 the pjxhibiiion, by some member of a family, in whose name the entry 

 shall be made, and to whom the premium shall be awarded. The bread 

 shall be made without the use of saleratus or other alkaline substance, 

 and made in the family, and be presented only on the second day of the 



