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mium on wheat. We speak of it also to protest against such 

 careless attaching of the numbers and labels to the specimens, and 

 the mingling together of the different kinds of articles, by those in 

 charge of the halls, as necessarily leading to much confusion and 

 numberless errors in the examining committees. We hope* the evil 

 complained of will be carefully corrected, hereafter, for the benefit of 

 all future committees, whose business is in the halls. A small box 

 of wheat Jlour (No. 32) was submitted by Messrs. J. Adams & Sons, 

 of Hadley ; unaccompanied by any statement, and the quantity was 

 too small to allow it to come into competition for a premium, un- 

 der the rules which limited the committee ; — this is to be regretted, 

 as the small quantity exhibited was deemed by the committee, fully 

 equal, if not superior in quality, to either of the specimens which did 

 receive the premiums ; it having that peculiar comjmct fineness and 

 faint rosy tint, which used to distinguish the best " Rochester Flour,'' 

 in the early days of " flour barrels." We would take this opportu- 

 nity to inquire of the Messrs. A., in regard to the growth and manu- 

 facture of that specimen, and whether they have any quantity of the 

 same lot? 



Of Bread, there was a large number of loaves submitted, compris- 

 ing all the various kinds, and one specimen of hiscidt. The com- 

 mittee deem it no " faint praise" to say, that not a loaf of the whole 

 display but looked " good enough to cat." But not content to rely on 

 sight alone, in so important a matter, we procured a knife, and, 

 though unsuccessful in effecting a coalition with the committees on 

 butter and cheese (probably conscientiously opposed to " coalition- 

 ism"), every loaf was subjected to extensive multisection, and we 

 thoroughly examined them, both by the taste and the other tests 

 which the experienced ladies of our board knew so well how to ap- 

 ply. Though we failed in obtaining, as stated above, from neighbor- 

 ing committees a fair exchange of commodities to make it " go down 

 more smoothly," we were unanimous in the awards which have been 

 heretofore announced. A lady-member of the committee, prevented 

 by her position on the committee from her usual off'ering of Iread for 

 competition, has, at the special reqviest of the chairman, submitted 

 some Bread-rhymes, which may be called Rye-and-Indian. We 

 oiFer them below, though, unfortunately for future aspirants, no 

 statement accompanied the production, and we are utterly unable to 

 state the exact kind or proportion of the ingredients, — how long it 

 was permitted to "rise," — how long to "bake," etc.; and — sad to 

 say^ — the quantity was too small to allow it, under the rules, to come 



