54 

 BREAD, BUTTER, CHEESE, PICKLES, AND HONEY. 



COMMITTEE. — Messrs. Ebenezer Torrey, Ivors Phillips, Filrhburg ; Daniel 

 Putnam, Lunenburg; ; L. H. Bradford, Fitchburg ; Mrs. A. F. Adams, Mrs. 

 L. II. Bradford, Filchburg ; Mrs. J. T. Everett, Princeton. 



The Committee on Bread, Butter, Cheese, Pickles and Hon- 

 ey, having attended to the duties assigned to them, have in- 

 structed me to submit the following Report. 



Although there were twenty-one specimens of Bread offered 

 for premiums, and premiums were offered for four varieties of 

 bread, there were but three kinds of bread brought forward 

 for examination. There was no bread made from unbolted 

 wheat. A very considerable proportion of the bread was bak- 

 ed on the morning of the day of examination, and some of it 

 was found by the committee to be quite warm. We would 

 suggest that all bread intended for examination for premiums, 

 especially brown bread, should be baked the day previous, in 

 order to be in a fit state for a fair test of its quality. The 

 Committee have examined all the specimens of all the various 

 articles submitted to them with much care, and have awarded 

 to Miss Mary E. Smith, for the best loaf of wheat bread, the 

 first premium of one dollar, and to Miss C. McCarthy, for the 

 second best, the second premium of fifty cents. To Miss 

 Julia M. Downe, for the best loaf of bolted rye, one dollar. 

 For the best loaf of brown bread a majority of the Committee 

 have directed me to report the first premium, of one dollar, to 

 Miss Sarah Marshall ; and to Miss Alice J. Wellington, the sec- 

 ond premium of fifty cents. Other samples of brown bread 

 were offered, which in the opinion of some of the Committee 

 were quite equal to the above. 



Of Butter there was a fine display both in quantity and 

 quality. Fifteen different lots were offered, and although 

 most of it was good, and some of it was very excellent, the 

 Committee found no difficulty in selecting those that seemed 

 to them entitled to premiums. 



To Mrs. Wilkes Roper, for a box of beautiful lump but- 

 ter, they award the first premium of $3 00 



