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The committee have received the ready and cheerful co-oper- 

 ation of the county societies, whose services have been rendered 

 in a most liberal spirit. They have likewise been met Ijy the 

 competitors in the best feeling, and with an earnest desire, on 

 their part, to do all in their power, not so much to gain the 

 premium offered, as to test the value of the mowing machine 

 as a labor-saving implement. They cannot, therefore, take 

 leave of the subject without an expression of thanks to all who 

 have been engaged in the competition, and to those who have 

 assisted them in their labors. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



Thomas Motley, Jr., 

 Geo. "W. Lyman, 

 Charles G. Loring, 

 Richard S. Fay, 

 Wm. S. Lincoln, 



Committee. 



General abstract of the returns of the competitors. 



Number of competitors, 



do. acres cut. 



Hours occupied in cutting. 

 Average time per acre in cutting, minutes, 

 Number of horses employed. 



17 



1,457 

 1,067 

 44 

 84 

 1,029 



98 

 18 

 17 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



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