46 



will follow better the second time than the first, and go the 

 third time if you want to, and so continue ploughing as deep 

 and thorouglily as we wish. However, I ask none to take 

 my statement of it, but urge all that are interested in the 

 matter to give the method a fair trial and judge for them- 

 selves of its expediency. 



It seems as if in ploughing we had caught from tiie 

 spirit of the age a tendency to rush wildly forward, thinking 

 more of a few moments of time than of the thorough and 

 proper performance of our work. 



I may say that this is not a fault of the Society as a whole. 

 No inducement whatever is offered for making this exercise a 

 trial of speed, and yet I should think it advisable to go 

 further and impose some restrictions limiting the rate of 

 speed. 



As some members of the Society are very much prejudiced 

 ao^ainst horse trottino; at our fairs, but still are silent as re- 

 gards ploughing in urging the teams to their utmost capacity, 

 it puts me in mind of a passage of Scripture that speaks of a 

 certain class of persons which strain at a gnat and swallow a 

 camel. In a word, then, to obtain the best results in plough- 

 ing, I should recommend a good single team, driven at a 

 moderate rate of speed, and to plow deep, except among' 

 trees and some soils it may not be best. Persons must use 

 their own judgment. 



James Flint, for the CommUtee. 



PLOUGHING— WITH HORSES. 



The Committee appointed by the Society for the purpose of 

 awarding premiums on ploughing with horses, have attended 

 to that duty and beg leave to make the following awards. 



Teams entered and presented, nine in number. Your Com- 

 mittee were unanimous in the following: awards : 



