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skimming, and the cream is then reduced by ice to the tempera- 

 ture of 56°. The Committee have awarded 



To L. B. Hapgood, of Shrewsbury, 1st premium, . . $6 

 " Melvin Allen, of Shrewsbury, 2d " . . 6 



" Charles E. Miles, of Shrewsbury, 3d " . . 4 



The Committee congratulate the town of Shrewsbury upon 

 the excellence of the manufacture of its farmers, and the suc- 

 cess which they have so deservedly obtained. 



To Otis Longley, of Boylston, 4th premium, . . • $3 

 " George Flagg, of Holden, 5th " ... 2 



The Committee know not whether each farmer has a wife 

 who, from this time, will stand higher in her narrow circle, and 

 often recall the proud day of her success, as she lays down, with 

 the precision of a housewife, the rules to be used in the dairy; 

 they know not whether he can meet, on his return home, bright 

 and rosy-cheeked daughters, and thank them that he has re- 

 ceived the prize, and praise again the domestic skill and indus- 

 try that has won it : but this they do know, that many a bright 

 eye has looked upon these firkins ; that many a healthy girl has 

 bent over the bubbling cream till the tempting yellow butter " has 

 come ;" that many a fair hand, larger, it maybe, than some dis- 

 played by our polished ladies, but one not less useful to her 

 friends and county — that many a fair hand has moulded its 

 balls, and tempered it with loud-sounding blows, and that many 

 a weary husband and father has praised the result of their labor 

 as he has taken his evening meal beside them. It seems to us 

 that this article comes bearing a different stamp from all the 

 others. The orchard, the garden and the barn have each dis- 

 played their stores ; but this is a manufacture from home. 



WILLIAM R. HOOPER, Chairman. 



