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Ploughing. 



The whole number of teams entered for Ploughing, was 

 twenty — nineteen appeared and ploughed. 



The committee award the following premiums : — 



To John J. Howard, of Bridgewater, he having held 

 and drove Ruggles, Nourse & Mason's plough, 1st 

 premium, ------- ^11 00 



Nathaniel Southworth, of Carver, Prouty & Mears's 



plough, 2d premium, - - - - - -9 00 



Willard Wood, of Bridgewater, R. N. & M.'s plough, 



3d premium, - - - - - - - -8 00 



Ira Conant, of Bridgewater, he having held and drove 



R. N. & M's plough, 4th premium, - - - - 8 00 

 Abram T. Low, of Bridgewater, he having held and 



drove, R. N. «fc M.'s plough, 5th premium, - - 7 00 

 Van R. Swift, of Bridgewater, Prouty «fc Mears' plough, 



6th premium, - - - - - - -5 00 



Horace Ames, of Bridgewater, he having held and 



drove R. N. & M.'s plough, 7th premium, - - 5 00 



Francis Copeland, of Bridgewater, R. N. & M.'s plough, 



8th premium, - - - - - - -3 00 



Elisha G. Leach, of Bridgewater, he having held and 



drove Prouty & Mears's plough, 9th premium, - - 3 00 

 Philander Wood, of Bridgewater, R. N. & M.'s plough, . 



10th premium, - - - - - - -100 



There was also a double plough presented for the observa- 

 tion of the committee. They saw it operate, and it did its 

 work very fairly. The committee are very happy to see the 

 spirit of improvement manifested; but the machine being a 

 novel thing to them, they cannot so well judge of its merits. 



VIRGIL AMES, Chairman. 



Dairy. 



The committee would congratulate the society on the in- 

 creased interest manifested in this county in the dairy ; and 



