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For the best breeding mare and colt, to Asa Cone, of 

 Richmond, -------- $6 



" 2d best do. to Amasa Rice, of Pittsfield, - - 5 



" 3d best do. to David Smith, of Dal ton, - - - 4 



There were seven pairs of farm horses exhibited, from which 

 your Committee deemed it their duty to select the two which, 

 on the whole, would be most serviceable and effective in per- 

 forming all the various business of the farm. They award 

 the premium, — 



For the best pair of farm horses, to Leiand J. Burlingham, 

 of Pittsfield, ------- $6 



" 2d best do. to John G. Tuttle, of Great Barrington, 5 



The part of their duty least gratifying to the Committee was 

 the examination of stud horses. There were but two or three 

 two years old colts upon the ground, and only one of them was 

 entered for a premium ; and although that one bids fair to make 

 a respectable horse, yet his age, and general character, were not 

 such as to entitle him, in the opinion of your Committee, to the 

 premium ofiered.' 



But, though the exhibition of horses of this kind, from our own 

 county, was so meagre, the Committee observed with pleasure 

 a horse from a neighboring State, which, if he is a fair represen- 

 tative of his class in that State, speaks well for the beauty 

 and excellence of the horses there. And we cannot but hope, 

 that the sight of such a horse from abroad will provoke an em- 

 ulation on the part of our horsemen to exhibit, at some future 

 show, an equal at least, if not a superior, specimen from among 

 ourselves. 



LEVI SMEDLEY, Jr. Chairman. 



Ploughing Match. 



A perfect plough we never expected to see, but perfect work 

 of the most perfect ploughs extant, we think we have seen to- 

 day. That the plough is yet to be improved, who can doubt 

 that has observed the progress of improvement in this imple- 

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