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coiiraged to the extent thiit they niny choose to stay there, 

 rather than to rush to the city to mingle in the great whirl of 

 financial ruin. We therefore believe that it is for the inter- 

 est of the County of Essex that this society shall so encour- 

 age these small endeavors of its patrons and exhibitors, that 

 a spirit of competition may be aroused, that the l)est manner 

 of feeding, the l)est variety of fowl, and all the difierent de- 

 tails of poultry management, may be brought out. 



We therefore recommend that special premiums of $5.00 as 

 first and $3.00 as second, shall be offered the exhibitor who 

 shall obtain the greatest results for a, given time, from a given 

 number of fowls, a trio of said fowls to be entered for exhibi- 

 tion at the fair, together with a written statement of results 

 obtained, manner of treatment, etc., the same rules of entry 

 to apply as are snggested for fowls of the first class. 



We would also suggest that an assistant marshal shall 

 take charge of the arrangement of the difierent coops of fowls, 

 so that the several varieties may be kept together, thereby 

 lessening the work of the judges, and increasing the eflfect of 

 the show. 



W. H. Allen, for the Gommittee. 



PLOUGHING— DOUBLE TEAMS. 



The Committee on Plouohing with Donble Teams have 

 attended to their duty, and would report the following 

 awards : — 



Jaques & Bray, Newbury, first premium, $12 ; Joseph 

 Goodrich, West Newbury, second premium, $10 ; Edward 

 Adams, North Andover, third premium, $9 ; Frank J. Brad- 

 ley, Methuen, fourth premium, $8. 



Sherman Nelson, Nathaniel Gage, David Smith, C. K. 

 Ord way — Committee. 



PLOUGHING— SINGLE TEAMS. 

 The Committee on Ploughing, Single Teams, report but 

 two entries ; only one appeared on the ground, that of R. T. 



