26 Reports of Committees. 



seed corn — 28 entries. 



For the best bushel Ears of Seed Com, James Bullard of Lee, $3 00 



2d do., T. H. Curtiss of Great Barrington, 2 00 



3d do., Miles Avery of Great Barrington, 1 00 



seed oats — 9 entries. 



For the best bushel Seed Oats, M. I. Wheeler of Great Barrington, $3 00 



2d do., Miles Avery of Great Barrington, 2 00 



3d do., W. A. Bunce of Alford, 1 00 



seed rye — 1 entries. 



For the best bushel Seed Rye, R. D. Andrews of Sheffield, $2 00 



2d do., J. H. Rowley of Egremont, 1 00 



SEED BARLEY 2 entries. 



For the best bushel of Seed Barley, James Bullard of Lee, $2 (fl 



2d do., Dyer Wait of Egremont, 1 0° 



winter wheat — 2 entries. 



For best bushel Winter Wheat. Elihu Church of Alford, $2 00 



2d do., Milton Adams of New Marlboro, 1 00 



spring wheat — 1 entry. 



For best bushel Spring Wheat, D. U. Manville of Sheffield, $3 00 



GARDEN VEGETABLES — 107 ENTRIES. 



For large variety of Vegetables, David Leavitt, Sen., of Great Barrington, 



2d do., D. S. Draper of Great Barrington, 



3d do., J. M. Fuary of West Stockbridge, 



4th do., M. S. Whitlock of Great Barrington, 

 For lai-gest variety of Potatoes, H. S. Goodale of Mount Washington, 



2d do., J. Trask, Jr., of Stockbridge, 

 For best Sweet Potatoes, C. H. Fuary West Stockbridge, 

 For best Winter Squash, H. G. Leonard of Great Barrington, 

 For best Onions, E. M. Winchell of Alford, 



2d do., H. C. Warner of Great Barrington, 

 For best Pumpkins, W. S. Wilcox of Sheffield, 

 For best Bsets, S. Spencer of West Stockbridge, 

 For bast variety of Peppers, M. S. Heath of Stockbridgo, 

 For best Sweet Corn, T. S. Heath of Stockbridge, 

 For best Turnips, Orren Millard of Becket. 

 For best Tomatoes, Mrs. L- J. Wright of Egremont, 

 For best Citrons, J. E. Hoilenbeck of North Egremont, 

 For best Watermelon, Ralph Little of Sheffield, 

 For best Pop Corn, Dwight Boardman of Sheffield, 



Ward Lewi-, ) 

 J. B. Hull, 



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HOUSEHOLD MANUFACTURES. 



FIRST DIVISION — 20 ENTRIES. 



The committee report that the exhibition in this department, though 

 good and creditable to the competitor?, was not as large as in some former 

 years. This is to be regretted at this time, when the idea of woman's rights 

 becoming more popularized in theory, and some mein smiled antl may say: 

 "Why here where the 'fair sex,' are duly licensed by the Housatonic Agri- 

 cultural Society to exercise and to assert their prerogative in the use of the 

 spinning wheel and hand loom, they have only brought forth for the gaze 

 of the thousands, two pieces of white flannel, and one of sheeting." Twelve 

 pieces of rag carpeting were displayed, fully equal, if not superior in quality 

 to any shown in former exhibitions. The committee award as follows : 



