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PLOUGHING— SINGLE TEAMS. 



The Committee on Ploughing with single teams report that 

 there was but one entry for premiums under this class — the 

 team of Thomas G. Ordway, of West Newbury. 



The Committee award the first premium of flO to Thomas 

 G. Ordway, of West Newbury. 



The Committee were requested to examine the work of the 

 Casady Sulky plow, shown by Whittemorc Bros., Boston, and 

 the Sulky attachment of the Wiard plow. Both these plows 

 performed good work, but as no premium was ofl^red, the 

 Committee do not attempt to decide upon the relative merits 

 of the two machines. On smooth land they would undoubt- 

 edly do good work, but whether they are practicable for use on 

 our rough New England farms is a matter which the Com- 

 mittee are not prepared to decide, 



Joseph S. Howe, S. A. Merrill, Wm. F. Goodrich, S. F. 

 Newman, Royal Day. — Comynittee. 



PLOUGHING WITH TWO HORSES. 



The Committee on ploughing with horses report that eleven 

 teams were entered, and seven appeared on the ground and 

 competed for the premiums. 



The surface of the land was somewhat uneven and some of 

 the lots were rocky, making it more difficult to determine the 

 comparative merit of the work done, than it would have been 

 on an even field. 



By a vote of the Society this year, each ploughman was 



required to strike out his land, thereby making a severer test 



of his skill than under his old custom by which the lands were 

 cut out prior to the exhibition. 



The work generally was well done, that of Messrs. Putnam 



and Bray was excellent. 



