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also feel called upon to mention the fine appearance of a 

 stallion offered by Moses D. Parks of Montgomery. As he 

 could not, according to the rules of the society, be entered 

 for premium, the committee nevertheless adjudged him worthy 

 of a gratuity of two dollars. A fine stallion was also presented 

 for exhibition by N. R. Washburn of Southampton. He too 

 was unable to be entered for premium, and as the quality of 

 his stock is well known in this community, the committee do 

 not deem any lengthened remarks upon him as necessary. 



With the appearance and action of the draft horses, your 

 committee were especially gratified. The excitement of the 

 trial to which they were subjected, formed one of the most in- 

 teresting features of the exhibition, and they would urge the 

 introduction of more horses of this character at the next an- 

 nual fair. 



For the best stallion, $10, to Joshua Longley, Belchertown. 

 " " 2d " '> 5, to E. F. Cook, Amherst. 



" " 3d " " 3, to Joshua Longley, Jr. 



So excellent and so nearly equal were the merits of the four 

 pair of horses offered for draft, that the committee adjudged 

 that the three premiums of $6, $5, and $4, be equally divided 

 among the four competitors, viz. : S. H. Bates, George Ells- 

 worth. S. L. Parsons, Northampton ; Levi Smith, Granby. 



S. A. FISKE, Chairman. 



Ploughing. 



The number of ploughs with holders entered on the field, 

 was twenty-one. The sward of the lot selected for the trial 

 was extremely tough, more so than that of the lots used for 

 many years past, and this fact, in the opinion of the committee, 

 was the only reason why the ploughing, as a whole, was less 

 perfect than that of last year. 



The committee selected lot No. 18, ploughed by Theodore 

 Bartlett of Northampton, as the most even and perfect in depth, 

 finish, and friability of surface, from the beginning of the 



