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PLOUGHING— SIDE HILL PLOUGH. 



The Committee on Ploughing with Side Hill Plough, have 

 attended to the duty assigned them and report : — 



There were but two entries made. The Committee were 

 unanimous in the opinion that the work performed by the 

 Plough No. 6, was superior to any work of the kind ever wit- 

 nessed by them, and they think that this plough is superior to 

 any plough of the kind that they have ever seen, for ease of 

 draft and quality of work. The Committee, through the kind- 

 ness of the ploughman, Mr. Pettingill, tested the performance 

 of the plough at different depths from six to nine inches, with 

 satisfaction to themselves and comfort to the team. 



They are unanimous in the award of the first premium of 

 ^ $10, to Messrs. Pettingill & Allen, of Topsfield. Plough — 

 F. r. Holbrook's wood-beam, No. 6, 



The second premium of $8 to John T. Wood, of Boxford. 

 Team, four oxen ; Plough — J. Nourse's, No. 9. 



Committee — Horace Ware, Charles H. Nichols, John N. 

 Kent, S. B. Swan, John Perley. 



PLOUGHING— BY BOYS. 



The Committee on Ploughing by Boys under Nineteen years 

 of age, submit the following report : 



In the earlier years of this Society, its premiums were in- 

 tended to stimulate and encourage among the farmers of the 

 county an improved style of agriculture. Very soon the far- 

 mers' daughters were invited by premiums and gratuities to ex- 

 hibit specimens of their taste and skill in domestic manufac- 

 tures, and the arrangement of flowers, etc. And later, we 

 have included in the objects of our premiums, the finer, as 

 well as the useful arts ; until only the largest halls in the 



