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left the field, the committee were unanimous in 

 awarding the premiums to the following persons, viz: 

 First premium to Joseph Goodridge, of 



West Newbury, of . . . $12 00 

 Second premium to Jedediah H. Barker, 



of Andover, of ... 10 00 



Third premium to Perley Tapley, of Dan- 



vers, of 8 00 



Fourth premium to Hobart Clark, of An- 

 dover, ..... 6 00 

 After determining to whom the several premiums 

 offered by the society should be awarded, the com- 

 mittee would state, that in their opinion, some of the 

 ploughs used were of superior construction and 

 workmanship, viz: the one used by Samuel F. Bar- 

 ker, and also the one used by Jedediah H. Barker, 

 of Prouty &L Mears' make, as also those used by 

 Hobart Clark and Andrew Towne, of Ruggles &l 

 Nourse's make, all which we believe, in common 

 ordinary ploughing would work well. 

 For the committee, 



ANDREW DODGE. 

 Georgetown, September 30, 1840, 



II. With Single Teams. 



The Committee on Ploughing with Single Teams, 

 Report: That the following persons entered their 

 teams for premium, and ploughed, namely: — 



William Foster, Jr. of Andover, Moses Pettingell, 

 of Topsfield, Nathan Tapley, of Danvers, Perley 

 Tapley, of Danvers, Joseph C. Putnam, of Danvers, 

 Simeon Dole, of Georgetown, Nathaniel Berry, of 

 Andover, Samuel F. Barker, of Andover. 



The committee are of opinion that the ploughing 

 was quite equal to any former years, considering the 

 unevenness of the land ; part of it being stony. It 



