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Best sow over two years of age ; J. Spauldiug, Harmony. Diploma. 



Best sow pig under ten mouths of age; J. W. Dickey, Janesville. Diploma. 



Best lot of pigs; A. Hoskins, Janesville. Diploma. 



PLOUGHING MATCH.— TSTo. of Ejtteies, 9. 



Judges. — Edwaed Elderkin, Elkhom; Frank S.Lawrence, ; Samuel 



G. Colley, Beloit; Ephraim Perkins, Dodge Center; C. C. Olin, 

 Waukesha. 



The following named persons entered as competitors for the premiums to be 

 awarded by the State Society : 



Horse Teams. 



James West, Johnstown, Rock County. 



John Brown, Johnstown, Rock County. 



Messrs. Green and Foss, Watertown, Jefferson County. 



Messrs. Alexander and Ainslee, Milton, Rock County. 



J. Smith, Beloit, Rock County. 



J. M. May, Janesville, Rock County. 



Robert Taylor, Spring Valley, Rock County. 



Ox Teams. 



Timothy Jackman, Janesville, Rock County. 

 Lorenzo D. Thompson, Janesville, Rock County. 



The Committee marked off the lands into pieces containing one-fourth of an 

 acre each, one rod wide by forty rods in length ; the quickest time was made by 

 J. M. May, of Janesville, being twenty-six minutes. The best work was done by 

 Messrs. Alexander and Ainslee, of Milton, and the Committee have unanimously 

 awarded to Messrs. Alexander and Ainslee, for the hest work done, the Society's 

 first premium, a Diploma ; to J. M. May, of Janesville, the second premium, $3. 

 to Robert Taylor, of Spring Valley, the third premium, $2. 



The time made by the Ox Team of Mr. Timothy Jackman was the same as 

 that of Mr. J. M. Ma}-, but the style of his work was not equal to his competitor 

 Mr. Lorenzo Thompson, to whom we have awarded the Society's first premium, 

 a Diploma. 



The ploughs used by Messrs. Alexander and Ainslee, Mr. J. M. May, and by 

 Mr. Robert Taylor, were made by Mr. May, of Janesville; and the Committee 

 have no hesitation in saying, that the May plough is superior to those usually 

 found in this country ;• and is not only creditable to the maker, but to the rising 

 mechanical genius now being developed in our young and vigorous State. 



