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Best Beach Wagon, S. E. Morse, of South Dedham, $4. 

 For Milk Wagon, to S. E. Morse, of South Dedham, $2. 

 To S. E. Morse, of South Dedham, for open buggy, second 

 premium, $1. 



SANFORD CARROLL, Dedham, ) ..„,.,,, 

 T. L. BARNEY, Medfield, \ '-^'""""^^• 



Dedham, Sept. 29, 1865. 



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REPORT ON INSECTS AND BIRDS. 



Three cases of Birds and three of Insects were presented. 

 They were all the product of Norfolk County, and though they 

 contained but a small number of the species that might be ob- 

 tained in it, they proved that it is by no means deficient in objects 

 of interest to the naturalist. But few persons seem to be aware 

 of the countless forms of beauty which flit, by day and night, over 

 our fields and through our forests. Still fewer ever think of the 

 influence these denizens of the air have upon the prospects of the 

 agriculturist. But when the farmer finds all his labor wasted, 

 because of the undue prevalence of some insect family, he is 

 obliged to own that a knowledge of their habits is of the utmost 

 importance. To increase such information among those who cul- 

 tivate the soil, is certainly an object worthy the attention of every 

 agricultural society. 



There being but one premium at the disposal of your Commit- 

 tee, they were unanimous in awarding it to Mr. George E. Brown, 

 of Dedham, who presented two cases of birds, and a rare collec- 

 tion of moths and butterflies. 



Mr. Henry F. Colburn, of West Roxbury, for a beautiful case 

 of birds, is entitled to the diploma of the Society. Also a diploma 

 is awarded to master Theodore S. Slafter, for a cabinet containing 

 over two hundred insects. 



Your Committee cannot, in justice, omit to commend the ex- 

 ample of Mrs. Hannah P. McLitosh, of Needham, who reported her 

 experiments in destroying insects in her orchard and garden. 

 She exhibited several bottles filled with the remains of thousands 

 of the silly marauders, who fell victims to alluring sweets. 



C. SLAFTER, Chairman. 

 Dedham, Dec. 1, 1865. 



