134 HAMPSHIRE, FRANKLIN AND 



Ploughing. 



It has not been an easy task for the committee to decide, in 

 every instance, who has been most successful in this match. 

 Poor, indeed, would be the ploughman who could not turn a 

 handsome furrow upon such a sward ! Here the result only 

 shows who can do an easy piece of work the best. 



The committee suggest that lands more unsubdued be se- 

 lected on some future occasion, in order more thoroughly to try 

 the skill of the ploughman, and the training of the teams. 

 They also urge deeper ploughing; experiments have every 

 where proved its advantages, especially where it is not sward 

 land. 



In awarding premiums, we have taken into account every mat- 

 ter having the slightest bearing upon the performances of which 

 we have judged. Whether the teams were horses or oxen, we 

 paid no attention. The time had little to do with our opinion, 

 since all the work was done in a reasonable time. The lots 

 were £th acre lots, all ploughed in thirty -five minutes, some of 

 them in twenty-five, and those among the best. The manner 

 in which the teams and ploughmen performed their parts of the 

 labor, the appearance which the furrow- slice presented when 

 turned, and the whole appearance of the land when finished, 

 with other things, have had their weight with us. 



There were used, three Ruggles & Co.'s Eagle ploughs, No. 2 ; 

 three Prouty & Mears's, No. 31 ; one do. No. 32 ; one do. S. S. 

 No. 5£ ; one do. No. 26 ; one do. No. 23. 



HORACE J. HODGES, Chairman. 



Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers. 



Our president has well enforced upon us the duty and the in- 

 terest we all have in increased production, by saying that new 

 cities are rising up in our borders, where a ready market will be 

 found for our products. This will hold especially true with 



