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We regret, therefore, that no greater inducements are presented to 

 inventors, manufacturers and sellers, to make a full exhibition of 

 implements and machines at our Annual Cattle Show. And we 

 recommend that the premiums to be hereafter offered in this 

 department be more numerous and of greater value. 



We also recommend that arrangements be made in future by 

 which the operation of imjjlements and machinery may be, as far 

 as practicable, observed upon the grounds. Were it once widely 

 known that such arrangements were made for the exhibition and 

 trial of new and improved implements and machinery at each An- 

 nual Show it would attract the attention of a large class of culti- 

 vators, eager to see and to avail themselves of any actual improve- 

 ment in articles for which they have continual use. 



To Parker & Gannett, of Boston, for the largest collection of va- 

 rious articles, among which were several of improved form and 

 use, we award the first premium, of twelve dollars. 



To Holbrook & Small, of Boston, for a smaller collection of 

 articles of like excellence, we award the second premium, of six 

 dollars. 



These being the only premiums offered by the Society, and the 

 award of gratuities being left to our discretion, we feel justified, by 

 a regard to the interests of the Society and to the good will of 

 those who may be hereafter disposed to contribute to its Annual 

 Show, in awarding the following gratuities : — 



To the Ames Plow Company, of Boston, for exhibition of the 

 American Hay Tedder and Burt's Horse-Rake, a gratuity of three 

 dollars. 



To James Gould, of Boston, for exhibition and trial of a Grass 

 Renovator, a gratuity of three dollars. 



To J. R. Fisher, of South Dedham, for exhibition and trial .of 

 Clement's Horse-Hoe, a gratuity of three dollars. 



To W. B. Wickes, of Sharon, for Plant-Protectors, a gratuity of 

 fifty cents. 



To Shamrock & Cooper, of Hyde Park, for new and improved 

 Furnace, Parlor and Cooking Stove, the Society's Diploma. 



To T. B. Fairbanks & Co., of Boston, for various Scales and Bal- 

 ances, the Society's Diploma. 



For the Committee, 



CHAS. C. SEWALL. 



