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fat man, and to see the expression on his face was truly painful. Said he, in 

 almost an agony, "We never can get through with this. Let us go back to 

 the Secretary and tell him to arrange these fowls, aud clear out this crowd, or 

 we will not serve." A second sober thought brought us to our work. In a 

 few minutes our large man said "O dear! can't stand this," and off went his 

 overcoat. I think he did not take off his undercoat and vest, but he grew very 

 warm. The committee had other difficulties. We were to be governed by the 

 "American Standard of Excellence," but no standard of excellence was to be 

 had. How to pass judgment intelligently upon 25 or 30 varieties of fowls, 

 without some such guide was a conundrum. Another difficulty was that some 

 of the finest entries were not noted in our book, and were not mentioned in the 

 premium list. James Bullard of Lee had several coops of fine fowls, but we 

 had no minute of their entry, so they had to go by default. Another per- 

 plexity, and a very serious one too, was that several of the competitors hung 

 around all the afternoon and wrangled about the unfairness of the awards, and 

 talked loudly about the incompetency of the committee. At one time we were 

 in danger of being devoured. Another trouble was, the many small coops. 

 Some of them were ample and tasty, but others again with three or four fowls 

 wedged in, were not roomy enough to show off a single bird to good advantage. 

 In the midst of such difficulties your committee did their work. The awards 

 were as follows : 



Best trio of Turkeys, F. K. Hinckley, Lee, $3 00 



2d do., H. D. Hollenbeck, Egremont, 2 00 



Best trio Geese, John R. Prindle, All'ord, 3 00 



2d do., Elisha Collins, Great Barrington, 2 00 



There were several other entries of Geese, but being only in pairs, did not 

 compete for premiums. No premiums were offered for Ducks. 



Best trio of Ducks, Pratt L. Tobej', Great Barrington, (discretionary,) 1 00 



Trio of Ducks, Michael Haley, Sheffield, (discretionary,) 1 00 



Our book indicated the entry of Black Hamburghs by Frank H. Gibbs. 

 There must have been a mistake here, as no Black Hamburghs were on the 

 ground. A few inferior Black Spanish Chicks were entered in the above name, 

 but the committee passed them without premium. 



Dominiques, T. S. Baldwin, Egremont, 2 00 



The White Leghorns were numerous, but there were no perfect birds ; scarce 

 a coop of White Leghorns that did not show the black feather. 



Best Trio White Leghorns, George Kellogg, Sheffield, 3 00 



2d do., Frank H. Gibbs, "reat Barringtou. 2 00 



3d do., Erastua Warner, Great Barrin-ton, 1 00 



Best Brown Leghorns, James W. Parks. Sheffield, 3 00 



2d do., Charles L. Scudder, Great Barrington, 2 00 



Trio of Golden Polish, James H. Lyons, Great Barrington, (discretionary,) 1 00 



Best Silver Hamburghs, J. W. Parks, Sheffield, 2 00 



2d do., John H. Race, Great Barrington, 1 00 



Best Black Breasted Red Games, John H. Race, Great Barrington, 2 00 



2d do., Samuel Seeley, Great Barrington, 1 00 

 Black Breasted Red Game Bantams, S. B. Sardam, Sheffield, (discretionary,) 1 00 



Blue Pile Game, John B. Race, Great Barrington, 2 00 



Best Buff Cochins, J. R. Prindle. Ali'ord, 2 00 



2d do., Frank Gibbs, Great Barrington, 1 00 



Best Partridge Cochins, J. W. Blake."" tt onterey, 2 0() 



2d do., S. B. Sardam, Sheffield, 1 00 



Best Light Brahmas, S. C. Joyner, Great Barrington, 2 00 



Cage of Eagles, Pendleton, Lee, (discretionary,) 1 00 



2d do., Mark Kilborn. Great Barrington, 1 00 



Best Houdans, Freddy D. Gorham, Great Barrington, 2 00 



2d do., John C. Wheeler. Great Barringtou, 1 00 



Golden SeabrigLt, Frank Gibbs. Great Barrington, 1 00 

 Plymouth Rocks,— a fine trio,— W. W. Norton, Great Barrington, (discret'n'y.) 2 00 



White Dorkings. Langdon Hulett, Sheffield, (discretionary,) 1 00 



Trio of White Dorkings. M. S. • ckbridge, (discretionary,) 100 



Guinea Hen, with 18 Chicks, Pratt L. Tobey, Great Barrington, idiscretiouary.) 1 00 



We would also mention some fine Partridge Cochins and Silver Poland*, by 

 C. H. Brinton of Canaan Valley, entered only for exhibition. At this junc- 



