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For tbo best loaf of bolted rye bread, to Miss 

 Mary L. Adams, of Fitcbburg, 1st prem., $1,00 



For the best loaf of rye and Indian bread, to 

 Miss Lizzie H. Howard, of Fitchburg, 1st 

 premium, • 1,00 



For the second best, Misa Alice Jano Wel- 

 lington, 2d premium, ,50 



BUTTEB. 



Whatever of argument or expediency there is that will 

 apply to the necessity and importance of making good 

 bread, will apply with equal, and perhaps greater force 

 to the maldng and use of good butten 



The art of making good butter comes down to us 

 through the venerable lapse of ages, and centuries long 

 since passed, bearing upon its hoary brow alike the 

 marks of time and of vernal freshness and purity. 



So important has this product of our farms become, 

 that she who successfully vies with her sister dairy^ 

 woman in producing the purest, siveetest, and most palat- 

 able aaticle, can command for it her own price, and 

 stands forth as the undisputed sovereign of the product 

 of her own industry and skill, without a competitor or 

 rival. Such a position of celebrity however, is occupied 

 but by the few, while the mass plod on in the old beaten 

 track, with but little, seemingly, to care or hope for. 



The demand for good butter, both at home and 

 abroad, is rapidly increasing, and should stimulate our 

 farmers not only to increase its supply, but so far as 

 possible, improve its quality. 



Most of the specimens contributed for the inspection 

 of your Committoo, wore of superior quality, and serve 



