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this point. We hope every member of this Society, who has not 

 done it, will unite in a plan now matured, which, without in- 

 creasing the annual tax upon himself, will essentially increase 

 the aggregate annual fund. 



JULIUS ROCKWELL, Chairman. 



Butter, Cheese, &c. 



There were thirteen entries for premiums on cheese, and ten 

 on butter. The cheese offered was of a superior quality, and it 

 required great care and attention, as well as taste, to determine 

 which was best ; it was generally good, and, with the exception 

 of one or two parcels, was well manufactured, and of a rich 

 quality. The parcels of butter were exceedingly good, and well 

 manufactured. Of all the products of the farm, there is none 

 more extensively used than butter. In its manufacture, no new 

 method is recommended. The process is as old as the hills, and 

 one which every good housewife well understands. It requires 

 no costly or complicated machinery, but simply clean hands, 

 good order, and great neatness. With these ingredients, there 

 never can be a failure in the making of good butter. 



The Committee have awarded the following premiums, — 



For the best 100 lbs. of cheese, to Mrs. N. Cook, of Richmond^ $5 



" the 2d best, to F. & C. Ford, of Windsor, - - 4 



" the 3d best, to Mrs. Alvira Bradford, of Lanesboro', 3 



For the best 50 lbs. of butter, to Mrs. Hosea Merrill, Jr., of 



Pittsfield, -------- 5 



" the 2d best, to Mrs. Jerome Hurlbert, of Pittsfield, 4 



" the 3d best, to Mrs. Levi Childs, of Pittsfield, - 3 



For the best 100 lbs. of maple sugar, to Asahel Sherman, 



of Lanesboro', ------- 3 



" the 2d best, to Henry Robbins, of Pittsfield, - - 2 

 For the best two bushels of timothy seed, to Samuel 



Goodrich, of Stockbridge, -.,_-- 3 



" the 2d best, to Asahel Sherman, of Lanesboro', - 2 



" the 3d best; to Edward Sexton, of Stockbridge, - 1 

 LESTER FILLEY, Chairman. 



