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PRESENTATION OF THE WORLD'S PRIZE 

 PLOUGH. 



To the Norfolk Agricultural Societu : 



Proutj & Mcars present the American Prize Plougli at the World's 

 Fair, London, 1851, obtained under the following circumstances, 

 viz. : — A trial was had in which the European ploughs only were 

 present ; the result was in favor of the English ploughs. .Some time 

 after another trial took place, between the American and those 

 successful English ploughs, at which time the Prize Medal was 

 awarded to the above plough. 



Let it be kept as a memorial of the fact ! — as an incentive to 

 industry and perseverance — giving our young men to understand, 

 that though Elisha had good reason for quitting ploughing for 

 prophesying — not being able to break up with less than twelve 

 yokes of oxen, — yet, as it can now be better done with one yoke, 

 they ought not to "put hand to the plough and look back," "neither 

 should they neglect husbandry which the Most High hath ordained." 

 Respectfully yours, 



JOHN MEARS, 



LORENZO PROUTY, 



Plough Factory, Sept. 27, 1853. 



REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT. 



Norfolk Agricultural Society, October 1, 1853. 

 To Messrs. John Mears, Lorenzo Prouty, and John Hears, Jr. : 



Gentlemen — Your communication of September 27 is received, 

 placing at the disposal of the Norfolk Agricultural Society, a fac 

 simile of your renowned Plough, which distanced all competition at 

 the World's Fair, in London, in 1851, and received the First 

 Premium of that Association. 



