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to the fitness of each person to judge of the merits and 

 comparative worth of articles in the department in which 

 lie or she may be appointed to serve. The acting com- 

 mittees of this year, some of whom were informally ap- 

 pointed, were quite prompt in making their awards and 

 in returning their hooks and reports to the Superinten- 

 dent. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Am<»s Merrill, Superintendent of Hall. 



DAIRY. 



Correction of Error of 1887. By some mistake, the Dairy Committee of 

 1887 returned to the Secretary the statement of Mrs. ):. B. Farnum of her exhibit 

 of butter as that of *'L). (i. Tenney." and his statement as hers, and they were 

 so published in the Transactions of the Society, much to the surprise of Mrs. 

 Farnum who disowned any such statement as appeared under her name. In be- 

 half of the Society, I express its regret lor the mistake and trust Mrs. Farnum 



will pardon it. 



D. W. Low, Secretary. 



The Committee on Dairy have attended to their duty, 

 and respectfully report to the Secretary that they have 

 made the following awards: 

 $8. First premium, to C. W. Gowen, West Newbury, 



for 5 lbs. butter. 

 §6. Second premium, to W. K. Cole, West Boxford, for 



box butter, 5 lbs.. 

 $4. Third premium, to Mrs. II. A. Perkins, Peabody, for 



box butter, 6 lbs. 

 N. Longfellow, J. K. Bancroft, Ezekiel G. Xason, D- 

 Bradstreet — Committee. 



STATEMENT OF MRS. C. W. GOWEN. 



This is Jersey butter, made by setting milk in pans- 

 about half full, and skimming in thirty-six hours. It is 

 churned and salted at the rate of 1 oz. of salt to a pound 

 of butter. I wash it in two or three waters before salt- 

 ing. After standing awhile, it is ready to put up in 

 pound balls as exhibited. 



