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lar has been awarded for the last three years. Will you not wake 

 up, and make the Society pay over to you the full amount of pre- 

 miums which they offer to you for the next year ? 



EPHRAIM WILSON, Chairmaji. 

 Dover, Sept. 25, 1861. 



REPORT ON CRANBERRIES. 



First premium to Nathan Longfellow, of Needham, . $4.00 

 Second premium to Hannah P. Mcintosh, of Needham, 3.00 



ROBERT PORTER, Chairman. 

 Stougliton, Sept. 25, 1861. 



REPORT ON BEES AND HONEY. 



The Committee on Bees and Honey have examined two boxes 

 of honey, presented by Mr. Mirick P. Sumner, of Dedham, and 

 aAvard to him the first premium of $2.00. 



Mr. R. S. Torrey, of Bangor, Maine, offered for inspection a 

 bee-hive, invented and patented by him, and explained to the 

 Committee its advantages. We were favorably impressed by its 

 adaptation to the uses for which it is designed, its convenience, 

 compactness and economy. We understand that it has given gen- 

 eral satisfaction wherever it has been tried, and we advise the 

 members of our Society and the public who are interested in the 

 raising of bees, to examine it. 



We award to Mr. Torrey the Society's diploma. 



Walpole, Sept. 25, 1861. 



JOHN M. MERRICK, Chairman. 



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REPORT ON HORSES. 



The Committee on Horses submit the following report : 



While we take pleasure in stating that some of the animals 

 exhibited on this occasion, — particularly some of the Stallions, 

 Mares, Colts and Fillies, — were of a character which would do 

 credit to any exhibition, wo cannot withhold the expression of our 

 regret, that, considering the position occupied by the horse, both 



