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 PLOWING— OX-TEAMS.— 2 entries. 



Beet Plowiug, Ox-Teams, Henr 

 2d do., John S. Merrill, Lee, 



ORCHARDS. 



SET IN FALL OF 1871 OR SPRING OF 1872. 



Your committee respectfully submit the following report : There were two 

 entries of Apple and three of Pear Orchards, all set on well selected soil and 

 location, except one Pear Orchard which, we think, the soil is too warm, dry 

 and sandy. One of the Apple Orchards, the trees were killed the winter be- 

 fore they were taken from the nursery; the wood was killed, leaving the bark 

 and buds in good condition to all appearance, and was received as good trees, 

 and were well set. All started well in the spring of '72, but in the fall they 

 had made but little or no growth and were, to all appearance, dead and dying. 

 Now, Sept. 1874, we find the stumps of many of them, tops broken off near 

 the ground, three to seven inches high, and the owner has consequently aban- 

 doned said orchard. 

 We award as follows : 



Best Apple Orchard. Elisha Collins, Great Barrington, $8 00 



Best Pear Orchard, Gilbert H. Smith, Stockbridge, 10 00 



2d do., Ralph Little, Sheffield, 8 00 



3d do , Elisha Collins. Great Barrington, 6 00 



Orren Curtiss, , 



T. B. Strong, ] Committee. 



[NOTE.— Owing to sickness in the family of the Treasurer, he is unable to prepare hi 

 report for this pamphlet.] 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The annual meetings of the society are held on the 

 second Thursday in January of each year. 



The next annual meeting will be held at the Town 

 Hall in Great Barrington on 



Thursday, January 14th, 1875, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



