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of Andovcr, and Richard Stewart, of Haverhill, Report — 

 That there were ei2,ht teams entered for this purpose. But 

 four appeared on the field, viz : 



William Foster, 3d, of Andover. 

 Joseph Putnam, Jr.,of Danvers. 

 James Brown, of Salem. 

 Perley Tapley, of Danvers. 

 The field was laid out in lots 16 rods in length, 2 rods in 

 width, and assigned as follows : 



No. 1. George W. Winslow, ploughman, Wm. Foster, 3d, 

 driver. Work done by 24 furrows, in 37 minutes. 



No. 2. Matthew Putnam, ploughman, Joseph Putnam, 

 driver. Work done by 29 furrows, in 39 minutes. 



No. 3. James Brown, ploughman, William Brown, driver. 

 Work done by 24 furrows, in 33 minutes. 



No. 4. Perley Tapley, ploughman, James Hutchinson, 

 driver. Work done by 28 furrows, in 43 minutes. 



All the work was well and neatly done, and so nearly equal in 

 point of merit that your committee found it difficult to distin- 

 guish between the claimants. 



They have agreed to recommend that the premiums be award- 

 ed as follows : 



To Joseph Putnam, Jr. 



James Brown, 



Perley Tapley, 



William Foster, 3d, 



Respectfully submitted. 



For the Committee, 

 Sept. 30, 1835. JONA. INGALLS. 



No. VII. ON PLOUGHING— SINGLE TEAMS. 



The Committee on Ploughing with Single Teams, beg leave 

 to offer the following Report — 



It may be thought useless to speak to farmers of the import- 

 ance of the plough in agriculture. The plough, or something 



