252 HAMPS., FRANK. & IIAMPD. SOCIETY. 



Two improved double ploughs, from the manufactory of 

 Ruggles, Nourse & Mason, of Worcester, attracted attention, 

 not only for novelty, but by their peculiar power of pulverizing 

 the grass sod, and by uniting in one the best plough for turf 

 and stubble land. 



PREMIUMS. 



Twelve horse teams, seven ox teams, and three teams with 

 double ploughs, were entered for premiums. 



On lots plovghed with horses. 



1. Giles E. Smith, Hadley, 



2. William Strong, Northampton, 



3. Joseph B. Parsons, " 



4. D. W. Clark, " 



5. Enos Clark, Jr., " 



6. Ebenezer Strong, " 



7. George Dickinson, Hadley, . 



8. Phinehas Bridgman, Belchertown, 



Plovghed ivith oxen. 



1. Edmund Smith, Hadley, 



2. Samuel L. Parsons, Northampton, 



3. William Clark, " 



4. Henry Strong, 2cl, " 



Double ploughs. 



1. D. Munroe Clapp, Northampton, . 



2. Elisha Strong, " 



Henry Shepherd, Chairman. 



Horses. 



The horse may justly be considered one of the noblest ani- 

 mals in creation, and your committee are gratified in noticing 

 the increased interest which is felt among farmers in this vicin- 

 ity in improving our stock of horses. 



There is no enterprise, if rightly engaged in, to which the 

 farmer or breeder may look with a greater confidence of suc- 

 cess and profit than this. 



