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REPOllT ON POULTRY. 



The Committee report the whole number of contributors to be 

 twentj-four. 



To Eben Wight of Dedham, best pair of Black Spanish 



premium, ....... 



. To James Farrington of Dedham, White Shanghaes 



premium, ....... 



To Eben Farrington of Jamaica Plain, Polands, premium 

 To the same gentleman, for Dorkings, premium, . 

 To Caleb Ellis of Medfield, Bolton Greys, premium. 

 To Zebina Smith of Dedham, Barn-jard Fowls, premium 

 To Peter Morriss of Milton, Bantams, premium, . 

 To George Cartwright of West Needham, best statement 



of Fowls, the 2d premium, .... 

 To George Holbrook of North Wrentham, for Geese 



premium, ....... 



To John W. Shaw of Grantville, for Turkies, premium 

 To Henry L. Stone of Grantville, for Ducks, premium 

 To Eben Farrington of Jamaica Plain, best lot of Fowls 



premium, ....... 



To William Flagg of West Needham, 2d best Fowls 



premium, ....... 



$2.00 



2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



4.00 



5.00 

 5.00 

 5.00 



4.00 



3.00 



ROBERT MANSFIELD, Chairman. 



September 29, 1859. 



REPOPvTS ON PLOUGHING. 



HORSE TEAMS. 



The Committee on Ploughing with Horse Teams, make the fol- 

 lowing Report. Whole number of entries two. 



They award the following premiums : 

 To Jeremiah W. Gay of Dedham, the 1st premium of $8.00 



To William S. Ware of West Needham, 2d premium of 6.00 



The work for which the premiums were awarded was perform- 

 ed by ploughmen who understood the business in which they were 

 engaged, which was very perceptible by the manner in which the 

 plough was held, the uniform width and depth of the furrow, and 

 in the ease by which the horses performed their labor, the wliole 

 work being executed without any undue excitement, a point 

 always to be desired by all good workmen. The ploughs used in 



