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girth six feet ten inches each, and plowed one-eighth of an acre in 

 thirty-two minutes, with the Haskell plow. We award him the first 

 premium,' 



The team of Mr. Field, two yoke of oxen, average girth seven 

 feet one inch, plowed one-eighth of an acre in forty minutes, using 

 the Haskell plow. To hira we award the second premium. 



The plowing by Mr. Whitman with two yoke, average girth six 

 feet eleven and a half inches, plowed one-eighth of an acre in thirty- 

 two minutes, using the Hersey plow. To him we award the third 

 premium. 



There were seven entries on plows — the Hersey plow, three of the 

 Haskell plows, three of the French plows, and a subsoil and sod 

 plow. 



A plow entered by Jairus Haskell, your Committee are of the 

 opinion, performed the best work with the lightest draft. To this 

 we. award the first premium. 



The second premium, to the Hersey plow entered by Mr. Whit- 

 man. 



The third premium, to plow entered by N. French." 



Farm Products. 



The Committee on best and greatest variety of Agricultural 

 Products raised on any one farm, report, that "they find only two 

 entries for premium ; one by S. V. Crush of Lewiston, the other by 

 Reuben Stetson of Greene. 



After carefully examining and comparing all the articles exhib- 

 ited by the competitors, your Committee hare come to the conclusion, 

 that Mr. Stetson is entitled to the first premium, and Mr. Crush to 

 the second. 



After Avitnessing what we have of the agricultural products of 

 Androscoggin county, we are fully of the opinion, that there is no 

 need of going west for necessaries, solid comforts, or the luxuries af 

 life. And we believe, too, that if the young men who have a desire 

 to go west, will be content to labor as hard and live as prudently 



