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stinct that assures success he goes to his daily task, and 

 finds as the reward of his industry, as the blasts of win- 

 ter howl about his humble dwelling, that he is secure 

 from its rage, and within his grasp are garnered a boi^in- 

 tiful supply of the fruits of his own patient and untir- 

 ing industry. 



The present season has been one of unusual fruitful- 

 ness to the bee. A kind Providence has furnished for 

 them an abundance of the sweet and fragrant clover, 

 from whose opening petals they have gathered the lux- 

 urious honey in abundance, both for themselves and us. 



Your Committee have made the following awards : 



Jonathan P. Davis, ,75 



Thomas Palmer, of Fitchburg, ,75 



All of which is respectfully submitted, 



J. S. BROWN, Chairman. 



GEORaE Miles' Statement. 



Our process of making butter, in the summer, is to 

 strain the milk in tin pans, when brought from the cow, 

 set it on the bottom of a cellar used expressly for that 

 purpose, and ventilated from the north. It is thus suf- 

 fered to remain twenty-four or thirty-six hours, when 

 the cream is separated from the milk, and deposited in 

 an open vessel there to remain till a sufficiency is 

 acquired for a churning. A free ventilation both for the 

 milk and the cream, we consider as absolutely important 

 to the making of good butter. When either are con- 

 fined in a tight room or close vessel for any considerable 



