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AGRTOULTUllAL TMPLKMEOTS. 



Qommlttee. — John Brooks, Princeton ; 31. D. Ilawos, Leoininstor ; 

 Augustus Gates, John Burr, Ashby ; Joel Page, Fitchl)urf»-. 



Best Farm Wagon, for one or two liorses; One premium — $10. 



Best Ox Cart. One premium — $5. 



Best Team Harness. One premium — $«">. 



Best Hay or Straw Cutter. One premium — $3. 



Best Ox Yoke complete. One premium — $3. 



Best Set Horse Shoes. One premium — %'l. 



In addition to the above, there will be allowed for gratuities, fifty 

 dollars. 



FINE ARTS. 



Committee. — Jacob Haskell, Mrs. J. B. Lane, Mrs. L. B. Fisher, 

 Mrs. M. M. Shepley, Miss Jennie T. Farwoll, Miss Lizzie H. Haskell, 

 Fitchburg. 



Best collection by a Photograp'iic Artist. Two premiums — $1, 2. 



Oil Paintings. Two premiums — $4, !^. 



Best Crayon Drawings. Two premiums — $3, 2. 



Pencil Drawings. Two premiums — $2, 1. 



Best specimen of Penmanship by a non-professional. One premium — $1 . 



In addition there will be placed at the disposal of the committee, for 

 gratuities, the sum of twenty dollars. 



Specimens exhibited must be actually executed by the competitor. 

 FANCY ARTICLES. 



Committee. — Rev. F. Magwire, Mrs. E. T. Miles, Mrs. Lorenzo 

 Barker, Mrs. T, Palmer, Mrs. J. F. Stiles. 



For the best specimens of Ladies' Useful and Fancy Articles of their 

 own manufacture, including specimens of nice mending and darning, 

 there will be placed at the disposal of the committee, the sum of thirty 

 dollars. 



ESSAYS. 



Committee. — Stephen Shepley, Charles Mason, Fitchburg; C. H. 

 3Ierriam, Leominster. 



Best Essays on some practical su))ject connected with agriculture, 

 deemed worthy of publication in the Society's "Transactions." 

 Two premiums — $25, 15. 



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