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owing to the causes before suggested ; such as adaptation of the 

 breed to the circumstances of the farmer, and the modes of rearing 

 and fattening. The Commissioner, in a note appended to the 301st 

 page of the report, expresses his own opinion, that " one hundred 

 pounds of corn-meal ought to produce twenty-five pounds of pork," 

 and he adds, that " three and a half pounds of meal gave Mr. Ells- 

 worth, former Commissioner of Patents, a pound of pork." This 

 last would be twenty-eight and four-sevenths pounds of pork to one 

 hundred pounds of meal. If the farmers of Hampshire county can 

 attain to Commissioner. Ellsworth's success, we need not fear, that 

 pork cannot be produced at a profit, in the Connecticut valley. 



KEPOllT ON FLOUE AND BREAD. 



BY ZEBIXA C. MONTAGUE. 



Many specimens of both wheat and rye Flour were submitted to 

 the commhtee. Standing among the bags which Avere labelled wheat 

 four, was a large pail of flour on which there was no card Avith the 

 number and kind, it probably having fallen off in the confusion 

 attending the examination. Several cards belonging to flour, bread, 

 and even butter and cheese, were lying near it on the table, and the 

 committees were often at a loss to determine wliicli belonged to 

 which. This specimen, not being fully understood, was in a mea- 

 sure overlooked in the examination. Subsequently, however, we dis- 

 covered it to be a specimen of superior rye Flour (No. 3), presented 

 by Alfred Baker, President of the Society ; though, owing to the 

 confused state of the numbers and labels, its kind was not discover- 

 ed until after the committee had concluded their examination and 

 agreed on the awards. It should be some compensation to him for 

 its failing to be noticed in its true place among the specimens of 

 rye, that from its position on the table it Avas supposed to be tvheat, 

 and the committee Avere some moments in doubt whether the second 

 premium on wheat flour should be aAvarded to the sample in the pail 

 (Mr. Baker's rye), or to the specimen of Avhcat Avhich eventually did 

 receive that joremium. This statement is due to Mr. Baker's excel- 

 lent specimen of rye, Avhich came so near receiving the second pre- 



