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marked out and numbered, and were drawn as fol- 

 lows, viz : 



Lot No. 1, drawn by Isaac Adams; used Prouty 

 & Mears' patent plough ; ploughed 24 furrows in 49 

 minutes. 



Lot No. 2, drawn by John J. Foster ; used Wins- 

 low's patent plough; ploughed 22 furrows in 53 

 minutes. 



Lot No. 3, Drawn by Perley Tapley ; used How- 

 ard's patent plough ; ploughed 22 furrows in forty 

 minutes. 



Lot No. 4, drawn by Daniel Moulton ; used Rug- 

 gles & Nourse's patent plough ; ploughed 22 fur- 

 rows in 45 minutes. 



Lot No. 5, drawn by William Williams ; used Rug- 

 gles & Nourse's patent plough ; ploughed 22 furrows 

 in 52 minutes. 



Lot No. 6, drawn by Jedediah H. Barker; used 

 Prouty and Mears' patent plough ; ploughed 22 fur- 

 rows in 43 minutes. 



Lot No. 7, drawn by Joseph C. Putnam ; used 

 Winslow's patent plough ; ploughed 23 furrows in 

 45 minutes. 



Lot No. 8, drawn by Harrison SpofTord ; used 

 Emerson's wooden mould board plough ; ploughed 

 20 furrows in 33 minutes. 



The field had been laid down to grass for several 

 years. The sward was rather tough and hard ; the 

 soil was a gravelly loam, and some fast stones were 

 scattered over the lot. Under all the circumstances, 

 the committee are of opinion that the ploughing was 

 better than in former years. 



