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done more rapidly but also with much greater ease to the 

 owner. Young America cannot go plodding along in the same 

 old ruts worn by his ancestors, and so the manure is teamed to 

 the field in a four wheeled dump cart, on which is a comfortable 

 spring seat for the driver ; the sulky plow turns the furrow, 

 the Ladow or the Randall harrow pulverizes the soil. The 

 crops are hoed, the grass cut, the hay raked and carted to the 

 barn, and all done by the horses, at a saving of more than fifty 

 per cent of labor to the owner. And this is only the com- 

 mencement of what the farm horse does for his owner ; he 

 furnishes the motive power for the milk wagon every day in the 

 year ; with him the crops are harvested, and marketed in the 

 adjoining towns. He takes the family to the beach, the town, 

 and to church ; and at the annual fair well sustains his reputa- 

 tion as the best farm and draft horse. Was the change from 

 oxen to horses made too soon, think you? Respectfully sub- 

 mitted, 



Horace F. Longfellow, Asa T. Newhall, Geo. L. Hawkes. — 

 Committee. 



PAIRS OP DRAFT HORSES. 



The Committee on Fairs of Draft Horses submit the follow- 

 ing report : — 



There were fifteen pairs of horses entered, and fourteen 

 pairs competed for premium. One of the competitors thinking 

 the test too severe for a pair of young horses, did not allow 

 them to draw. We regret that we used so large a trig, but 

 after beginning with it thought it best to treat all alike. 

 Since the ox has so generally given place to the horse on the 

 farms in Essex county, the farmers manifest a growing inter- 

 est in good horse teams, and the trial of draft horses has 

 justly become one of the most interesting features of the fair. 



Most of the horses exhibited were large, sound, well formed 

 animals, bearing evidence of good care and training. Many 



