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ish, which afford more profit, in proportion to the expense, 

 than anything else on his farm, as they produce usually about 

 four dozen eggs per week, and get their own living through 

 the summer season." 



Another, living in the village, keeps two hens, a cross be- 

 tween the Bolton gray and the common varieties, which have 

 actually laid one dozen eggs per week for several successive 

 weeks. 



The Committee on poultry have awarded the following 

 premiums : — 

 To J. Wilbur Smith, for the best 6 fowls, the first 



premium of $2 00 



To Samuel Shattuck, for the second best 6 fowls, the 



second premium of 1 00 



To Benjamin Wheeler, for the third best 6 fowls, the 



third premium of ,50 



To I. B. Woodward, for the best 6 turkeys, the first 



premium of 2 00 



To Charles B. Fitch, of Sterling, for the second best 



6 turkeys, the second premium of 1 00 



To D. S. Eaton, for the third best 6 turkeys, the third 



premium of ,50 



For the Committee, 



W. G. WYMAN, Chairman. 



FRUITS AND FLOWERS. 



Committee. — Messrs. Jabez Fisher, Fitchburg ; Porter Piper, Leominster ; 

 Israel Longley, Shirley ; Cyrus Thurston, Norman Stone, Joseph Baldwin, 

 Fitchburg; Wm. K. Brown, Westminster. 



It cannot be otherwise than a source of peculiar gratifica- 

 tion to every lover of fine fruit, — and who is not ? — to wit- 

 ness the annually increasing display presented at our autum- 

 nal exhibitions. The increase in quantity and variety of spec- 

 miens of the more valuable fruits, affords substantial evidence 



