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Newberry Olds, Great Barringtoii, - ^5 

 Thompson Seely, " " - - 4 



Hugo Dewey, Alford, - - 3 



Benjamin Wheeler, New Marlboro,' - 2 



INDIAN CORN, (fOUR ACRES.) 



E. H. Sexton, Stockbridge, - - 10 



S. H. Bushnell, Sheffield, - - 4 



Charles H. Coffing, Great Barrington, 4 



James H. Rowley, Egremont, - 3 



Loomis Millard, «< . - 3 



E. F. ENSIGN, Chairman. 



Ploughing. 



The land ploughed was in strong sward, level, and of nearly 

 uniform character throughout. It was neatly marked out in 

 lands of one quarter of an acre each, twenty rods long, and two 

 rods wide. The lands were assigned to the competitors by 

 drawn numbers, and the whole arranged to the entire satisfac- 

 tion of all concerned. The competitors were all notified that 

 if the work was completed within the hour prescribed, and of 

 the required depth and width of furrow, the quality of the 

 work alone would determine the award. 



At a given signal, twenty teams, all well marshaled, simulta- 

 neously commenced their work. No noise was heard, or con- 

 fusion of any kind occurred, but all moved steadily on, amid 

 the cheers and encouragement of the vast concourse of specta- 

 tors. All the competitors completed their work within the 

 hour, and all of the required depth and width. The question, 

 therefore, of priority, was determined entirely by the quality of 

 the work. All the work was excellently done. It was, how- 

 ever perfectly obvious here as elsewhere, that however skil- 

 ful a workman may be, another is found as skilful as he. In 

 truth, much depends upon the steadiness and vigor of the team, 

 and still more upon the skill and dexterity of the ploughman. 

 After all, one thing more is requisite to insure success — a good 

 plough, well adapted to the soil. The difference in favor of a 

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