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1831, Matthew Hooper, Danvers, second premium, . $26 50 



" Jedediah H. Barker, Andover, gratuity, . . 12 00 



1833. Joseph Kittredge, Andover, second premium, . 27 00 



" Thomas Chase, Rowley, first do., . . 30 00 



1835. Daniel Putnam, Danvers, first do., . . 30 00 



1837. Joseph How, Methuen, first do., . . 30 00 



" Erastus Ware, Marblehead, second do., . 25 00 



1845. Christopher How, Methuen, first do., . . 25 00 

 " Daniel P. King, Danvers, second do., . . 20 00 

 " Jonas Holt, Andover, gratuity, . . . 8 00 



1846. " " " second premium, . . 20 00 



1847. Daniel Pillsbury, W. Newbury, gratuity, . 10 00 



1848. Leverett Bradley, Methuen, first premium, . 25 00 

 " Henry B. Newhall, Lynn, third do., . . 10 00 



1849. Joseph F. Ingalls, Methuen, gratuity, . . 15 00 

 " Jonathan Merrill, " " . . 10 00 

 " Daniel Merrill, 2d, " " . . 10 00 

 " Simeon L. Wilson, " " . . 10 00 



1850. J. F. Winkley, Araesbury, first premium, . 15 00 

 " Henry Poor, Andover, second do,, . . 10 00 



1851. William F. Porter, Bradford, first do., . . 25 00 



1852. Joseph Holt, Jr., Andover, gratuity, . . 15 00 



From this it appears that from 1821 to 1835, the first fifteen 

 years of the society's existence, there were twenty-nine com- 

 petitors, and $675 awarded for farm management, while from 

 1837 to 1852 there were only seventeen competitors, and $283 

 awarded. Of these competitors, there were in Andover, eleven ; 

 Methuen, eight; Danvers, seven ; West Newbury, six; Marble- 

 head, three ; Newbury, Amesbury, and Hamilton, two each ; 

 Salem, Lynn, Ipswich, Bradford, and Rowley, one each. 



It would appear too that in 1826, '27 a(id '28, there was a 

 large number of competitors for these premiums. In those 

 years there seem to have been an interest and enthusiasm 

 elicited in these premiums, such as have not been witnessed 

 since. These were years, when the committee had a duty to 

 perform that required the exercise of sound judgment and 

 discrimination, and from which they gathered much practical 

 information to embody in their reports. But of late, so few 



