ON PLOUGHING. 69 



4 was drav/11 by John Newhall, of Lynn. 



" B. W. Crowninshield, of Topsfield. 

 " George P. Wilkins, of Middleton. 

 " Moses Pettengill, of Topsfield. 

 " Jonathan Berry, of Middleton. 

 " John S. Hubbard, of Newbury. 

 " Horace Ware, Jr., of Salem. 

 " Elias Clough, of Lynn. 

 " David S. Caldwell, of Byfield. 

 " Franklin Alley, of Marblehead. 

 The committee, after a full consultation, and as thorough an 

 examination of the work as they could give, considering the 

 storm, with some slight difference of opinion agreed to award 

 the premiums as follows : 



To Horace Ware, Jr., first premium, - - ' f 10 00 

 " Jonathan Berry, second premium, - - - 8 00 



" Franklin Alley, third premium, - - - G 00 



" Richard S. Bray, fourth premium, - - - 5 00 



" John S. Hubbard, fifth premium, - - - 4 00 

 In the opinion of the committee the work done by Horace 

 Ware, Jr., and Jonathan Berry, was nearly equal. The pre- 

 ponderance was in favor of Mr. Ware's in consequence of the 

 fine finishing up of the land, whi^h the committee have rare- 

 ly seen equalled. 



On the land ploughed by Franklin Alley, the furrows were 

 kept straight, and of a proper and equal width, and the furrows 

 laid uncommonly smooth ; however the ploughing was not as 

 deep as that done by some other competitors, and to this in 

 some measure may be attributed the very perfect manner the 

 furrows were turned. We consider it a fact, that a furrow six 

 or seven inches deep can be handsomer laid than a deeper one, 

 with the same skill in exercise. If his land had been plough- 

 ed equally deep, and had presented the same appearance as it 

 then did, it certainly would have been as good as the best. 



The work by Richard S. Bray and John S. Hubbard was 

 done in good time, the ends of the furrows of a like width of 

 the balance, and all well turned. The several competitors va- 

 ried in the time occupied, from twenty-two to forty minutes. 



