60 ON CIDER ON PLOUGHING, 



ON CIDER. 



The Committee appointed by the Trustees of the 

 Essex Agricultm-al Society, on Cider presented 

 for premium the present season, consisting of 

 Amos Kimball, Andrew Dodge, John Northend, 

 Charles Kimball and John Gage, Report : 

 That but one barrel of cider was entered for pre- 

 mium, which came within the rules prescribed by the 

 Society, although there were two other barrels offer- 

 ed, but without any written statement respecting the 

 process of making, managing, and keeping the same. 

 The barrel of cider offered by Mr. Towne, of 

 Topsfield, was fair, sound, and of good quality, but 

 by no means was it superior to what is denominated 

 good cider in general. One of the barrels presented 

 by Mr. Wm. Munday, of Topsfield, he said had been 

 drawn from two barrels that had been frozen. The 

 other barrel of Mr. Munday's was such as farmers 

 usually denominate good table cider. Your Commit- 

 tee, therefore (though with much reluctance), are 

 unitedly of the opinion, that neither parcel was enti- 

 itled to the Society's liberal premium wdiich was of- 

 fered. Respectfully submitted. 



AMOS. KIMBALL, Chairman. 

 Topsfield, Sept. 27, 1837. 



ON PLOUGHING WITH DOUBLE 

 TEAMS. 



The Committee on Ploughing with Double Teams, 



have attended that duty, and Report : 



That four teams only were entered for premium, 



viz : Perley Tapley, of Danvers, John J. Foster, of 



Andover, Wilham Foster, 3d, of Andover, and John 



