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horse team.'', and that there were no other competitors. Taking into 

 consitleraLion the ditference in the land plowed by them, the dift'erence 

 in the teams plows and plowmen, and every thing attending the con- 

 test, in the judgment of the Committee, the contest was an equal one; 

 and the Committee therefore recommend, that the two premiums of $4 

 he equally divided between them. 



For the best plowing, double team, the Committee award the first 

 and only premium of $3, to Mich'l Shoemaker, he liaving been the only 

 competitor with such a team. 



ELNATHAN SC ANTON, 

 HARRY KURD, 

 D. W. TAYLOR, 



• , Committee. 



MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. 



The Committee on Miscellaneous Articles, would respectfully report 

 that, on examining the articles contained in our list, we have found a range 

 and incompatibility of specimens that would requu-e a versatility of 

 knowledge and acquirements which we do not claim to possess. The 

 transition from pictures, bouquets, botanical specimens, and tissue 

 trees, to corn mills, plows, drags and sausage cutters, were sudden, and 

 put us in mind of the old adage, that there is " but a step between the 

 sublime and the ridiculous." Fortunately, however, after making the ex- 

 aminations, we found the flowers, paintings, and needlework, en- 

 tered in class 2, in the ladies' department We have, therefore, struck 

 them from our list 



1. E. B. I^ngyear, castriron beam sward plow, we think possesses much 



merit. 



2. E. B. Longyear, com plow, should be superce(]ed by the cultivator. 

 4. 8. D. Blood, sausage machine ; meritorious. 



1. S. Holland, two bottles of wine ; very fair, 



20. EliasGage, one bottle of wine; wants age. 



17. Mary Lsipham, one bottle of wine; fair. 



Si. F. Johnson, 1 barrel water-lime, the product of Jackson county. 



From the limited examination which wc have been able to make, 



we think it will prove valuable. 



