PLYMOUTH SOCIETY. 347 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual festival of the farmers of this county came off 

 at Bridgewater, on Wednesday, the 8th of October last. The 

 first feature in the exhibition of the day, was the ploughing 

 match, which took place at 9 o'clock in the morning. There 

 were twenty-six teams, of one pair of oxen each, entered. The 

 contest was very spirited and the work was performed in a 

 most skilful manner. The committee recommend that for the 

 future every ploughman should drive his own team, and that 

 all who wish may strike out their own lands, with an additional 

 compensation therefor. As the object is to do work not only 

 well but cheap, it is thought that the premiums should be so 

 graduated, as to encourage and reward the man that drives his 

 own team. 



The trial of working oxen took place on the hill opposite 

 the LTnitarian church. Thirty-two teams were entered. The 

 test of superiority was the drawing of a load of about 5000 

 pounds, up the hill and back. 



There were twenty fat oxen offered for premium. One pair 

 was exhibited by Abraham T. Low, weighing 4200 pounds, 

 and a pair by Augustus Pratt, of Middleborough, weighing 3360 

 pounds. The number of entries of milch cows and heifers 

 was much larger than that of former years, and superior in 

 quality. Of horses and colts, but few specimens were exhib- 

 ited. 



The display of dairy products, and of fruits and vegetables, 

 was unusually large and excellent. 



The address was delivered by James E. Teschemacher, Esq., 

 of Boston. 



On Improvements. 



The committee on improvements can at this time only report 

 on two classes of premiums offered some years since. 



