ON PLOUGHING. 49 



IV. ON POTATOES. 



^he Committee appointed to award premiums on the best 

 t:-onducted experiments in raising potatoes, have attended to that 

 sfervice, and report : 



There was but one specimen presented for their examination^ 



They have awarded the society's highest premium, of seven 

 dollars, to Messrs. Enoch and Silas Follansbee, of West New- 

 bury, for the best conducted experiment in raising potatoes from 

 the seeds of the apple, they being of the second year's growth, 

 and in quantity as required by the rules of the society. 



They also recommend a gratuity of two dollars to Mt Ahira 

 Putnam of Danvers, for a specimen of potatoes raised from one 

 seed, the first year being forty in number. 



Daniel Putnam for the Committee. 

 New Rowley, Sept 27th, 1833. 



To the Committee of the Essex Agricultural Society on Po- 

 tatoes : 



Gentlemen — We present for your examination the result of 

 an experiment in raising potatoes from the seed. 



In 1832, we planted eight seed, and have kept the product 

 of each seed separate. 



In 1833, we planted the same, and the parcels exhibited are 

 the result : — ■ 



No. ] , 2, and 3, yielded well. 



No. 4 and 5, being early, produced not so well. 



No. 6 appears to be a very early, promising kind. 



No. 7 and 8 appear to be worthless. 



E. h S. Follansbee, 



West Newbury, Sep. 26, 1833. 



VII. ON PLOUGHING— DOUBLE TEAMS. 



The Committee on ploughing with double teams report. That 

 in their opinion one of the principal objects of a ploughing match 

 h, to bring together a variety of ploughs, and those kinds con- 



