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" Yet farmer may 



Thank God and say, 



For yearly such good hap ; 



' Well fare the plough, 



That sends enow, 



To slop so many a gap." ' 



The number of teams entered for the Society's premiums 

 was twenty- four — ox teams, thirteen, horse teams, eleven. The 

 quantity of land assigned to each team was one fourth of an 

 acre — the time allowed for ploughing 60 minutes, including a res- 

 pite of 10 minutes. Your committee have awarded the premi- 

 ums as follows : — 



Ox teams, 1st premium to George S. Willis, of Pittsfield, $7 

 " 2d " " Sam'l. Lewis, of Great Barrington, 6 



" 3d " " Joseph Howland, of Pittsfield, 5 



" 4th " " Freeman Bates, of " .4 



" 5th " " William P. Walker, of Lenox, 3 



" 6th " " Asaph D. Foot, of Pittsfield, . 2 



7 

 6 

 5 

 4 



Horse teams, 1st premium to John Sears, of Lenox, 



2d " " Loomis Millard, of Egremont, 



3d " " Nelson Tracy, of Pittsfield, . 



4th ^" " Daniel Sprague, of " 



5th " " Jos. K. Hewens, of W. Stockbridge, 3 



6th " " William Bradley, of Lanesborough, 2 



ASAHEL FOOTE, Chairman. 



Domestic Manufactures. 



Amidst all the changes and improvements in manufacturing 

 labor which the last third of a century has witnessed in this 

 comitry, this Society has always kept its eye steadily fixed upon 

 household industry. The industry of home, the employments 

 of the fireside, have received our unwavering encouragement. 

 Whatever improvements may be made in labor-saving machine- 

 ry, or however cheaply a great variety of fabrics may be pro- 

 duced thereby, there will still be objects of domestic industry 

 that cannot be superseded. 



