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Sixth premium to Calvin D. Nourse, of Grafton, Hen- 

 ry T. Wheelock, 14 years old, ploughman ; Ruggles, 

 Nourse, Mason & Co.'s Deep Tiller plough, No. 73^. 

 Oxen five years old ; work done in 45 minutes, . $5 00 



Seventh premium to Leonard S. Wheelock, of Graf- 

 ton, himself ploughman ; Ruggles, Nourse, Mason 

 & Co.'s Eagle plough, No. 73|-. Oxen six years 

 old ; work done in 42 minutes, . . . 4 00 



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Otis Adams, Qiairman. 



Working Oxen. 



The committee on working oxen have attended to the duty 

 assigned them, and respectfully report : — 



That the whole number of teams entered were thirty -three ; 

 four of which were for exhibition only, and one of the number 

 did not appear at the trial of draught, leaving twenty-eight as 

 competitors for the society's premiums. 



The trial of strength was made in the usual mode, and con- 

 sisted in drawing a loaded cart, which, with its contents, 

 weighed 4,000 pounds, up an elevation selected for the 

 purpose. 



The committee are happy to state, as their unanimous 

 opinion, that a finer display of teams was never made at any 

 of the previous exhibitions of this society. The cattle were 

 in good condition, gave evidence of admirable training, and 

 performed to the entire satisfaction of the committee ; and in 

 making their award, the only difficulty they encountered was 

 to determine the comparative excellence of each, when all 

 were so meritorious. 



After as careful a consideration as the circumstances of the 

 occasion would permit, they have with great unanimity agreed 

 upon the following awards : 



First premium to Mrs. J. L. Sibley, Sutton, . . $10 00 



Second premium to Henry J. Reed, Princeton, . 8 00 



Third premium to Royal Draper, Sturbridge, . . 7 00 



Fourth premium to Joseph P. Reed, Princeton, . 6 00 



