3? 



Best specimen of peaches, Charles Spurr of Sheffield, $3 00 



2d do., Walter Richards of Lenox, 2 00 



3d do., William E. Peck of Lenox. 1 00 



Best specimen of quinces, Levi Boardman of Sheffield, 3 00 



2d do., Mrs. G. I. Kipp of Sheffield, 2 00 



3d do., L. M. Burghardt of Great Barrington, 1 00 



Best specimen of Grapes, Henry Werden of Richmond, 5 00 



2d do., Orrcn Cnrtiss of Sheffield, 4 00 



3d do., Mrs. Z. Cande of Sheffield, 3 00 



4th do., Samuel Goodrich of Stockbridge, 1 00 



Best specimen grapes raised under glass, David Leavitt,Gt. Barrington, 4 00 



2d do., J. M. Mackie of Great Barrington, 3 00 



Best specimen grape wine, Ira Cnrtiss of Sheffield, 3 00 



2d do., S. H. Bushnell of Sheffield, 2 00 



3d do., Mrs. Joseph Kline of Egremont, 1 00 



Best specimen native wine, P. Hubbard of Sheffield, 3 00 



2d do., Mrs. E. M. Wood of Monterey, 1 00 



Best specimen dried fruit, Mrs. L. J. Wright of Egremont. 3 00 



2d do., Mrs. A. McArthur of Sheffield, 2 00 



3d do., Miss Martha Snyder, of Great Barrington, 1 00 



Best specimen canned fruits, Mrs. J. N. Warner of Sheffield, 3 00 



2d do., Mrs. Wm. Makely of Egremont, 2 00 



3d do., Mrs. H. W. Burget of Egremont, 1 00 



Best specimen cultivated cranberries, John Cook of Lenox, 1 00 



M. Warner, ) 



Chas. E. Heath, [■ Committee. 

 Guy Day, ) 



MECHANICAL PRODUCTIONS. 



The committee on mechanical productions, in attending to the duty as- 

 signed them in the useful arts, connected as those arts are with the com- 

 forts and conviences of life, are of the opinion that they deserve at all times 

 the fostering care of this society. In a community where labor is high, 

 and in constant demand, and where the genius of the people is prolific in 

 inventions of vast value, and where every new discovery that diminishes 

 manual labor becomes of vast consequence, it seems wise to hold forth 

 such rewards as may stimulate ingenuity and indemnify expense. When 

 the national government has granted by letters patent, would it not be 

 sound policy to reward with liberality the authors of such inventions as 

 produce saving of labor in agricultural mechanical pursuits ? Many ar- 

 ticles of exquisit workmanship have been presented in the various depart- 

 ments at our fairs and exhibitions, greatly creditable to those who furnish 

 them, and your committee recommend that the rules of the society regulat- 

 ing premiums be liberally extended. Your committee acting under the 

 present rules award as follows: — 



