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ON WORKING OXEN. 



benefit in any way. I use my plough with great saving of labor in 

 my garden, and in land designed for tap roots. I shall endeavor to 

 make more careful observations in future cultivation and may soon 

 have an oppportnnity to judge of its effects on the grass crop, as 

 some of my land subsoiled is now sowed down- to grass. 

 Yours, very truly, 



DEAN ROBINSON. 



To J. W. Proctor, Esq. 



WORKING OXEN. 



The Committee on Working Oxen have attended to the duty as- 

 signed them, and Report : ' 



That twelve pair of working oxen were entered for premium, by 

 the following persons : 



of Danvers, 



Elijah Pope, 

 Samuel Brown, 

 Francis Dodge, 

 Wm. R. Putnam, 

 Philip Marsh, 

 Richard S. Fay, 

 Daniel Roberts, 

 E. Redington Mudge, 



of Lynn, 



one pair, 6 years old, 

 « 4 a 



" 5 " 

 two pair, drawed but one. 

 did not appear. 



one pair, 7 years old. 



did not appear, 

 one pair, 7 years old. 



a 5 a 



Moses Pettingill, of Topsfield, 



B. W. Crowninshield, " 



Ira Worcester, of Ipswich, 



John Marland, of Andover, 



The power and movement of the cattle were tried with a load of 



5000 lbs. in a wagon weighing 1800 lbs. — total 6800 lbs. As before 



stated, only eight pair of them were tried, and one pair was excluded 



from their not being entered according to a vote of the Society, not 



entitling their owner to competition for the premiums. After duly 



considering the action, size and strength of the other seven pair, with 



reference to their respective ages, the Committee award 



To Elijah Pope, of Danvers, the first premium, $10 

 To Ira Worcester, of Ipswich, the second " 7 



To Francis Dodge, of Danvers, the third " 5 



