94 PREMIUMS OFFERED. 



REMARKS. 



Double teams will be required to plough not less than one 

 sixth of an acre, and single teams not less than one eighth of an 

 acre. Double teams not less than seven inches deep. Single 

 teams not less than five inches deep. The ploughs must be of 

 the best construction, the furrows truly cut, and well turned. 

 The whole must be done in a workmanlike manner. So many 

 premiums have already been awarded for ploughing, and so 

 great have been the improvements in the construction of ploughs, 

 that nothing less than the best of work will be satisfactory. Those 

 who intend to be competitors in the ploughing match, must give 

 notice to the Secretary, on or before the Monday previous to the 

 Exhibition. Persons residing more than ten miles from the 

 place of exhibition, can have their teams, intended to be used in 

 the field, fed at the expense of the society, the night previous, 

 by calling on B. Goodridge, at the Essex Coffee House, in 

 Danvers. 



VIII. IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL 

 IMPLEMENTS. 



To the person who shall exhibit at the Show, any new or 

 improved agricultural implement, the invention being his own, 

 which shall in the opinion of the Trustees merit a reward, a 

 premium shall be given, not exceeding ten dollars. 



In all cases, proof must be given of the work done by the 

 implement before it is exhibited, and of its having been used 

 and approved by some practical farmer. 



IX. COMPARATIVE VALUE OF CROPS, AS 

 FOOD FOR CATTLE. 



For the most satisfactory experiment upon a stock of cattle, 

 not less than four in number, in ascertaining the relative value of 

 the different kinds of fodder used for the cattle, as compared 

 with English hay, with a detailed account of the fodder used and 



