84 ON PLOUGHING. 



was with difficulty that the committee determined to 

 whom to award the premiums, the ploughing was so 

 equal on a number of the lots. 



The competitors for the premium, ploughed each 

 one, the quantity required. 



Perley Tapley, ploughed twenty four furrows in 

 twenty eight and a half minutes. Joseph C. Putnam, 

 twenty five furrows, in twenty eight minutes. Wm. 

 Foster, Jr., twenty furrows, in forty three minutes. 

 Simeon Dole, twenty one furrows, in thirty one mi- 

 nutes. Nathan Tapley, twenty four furrows, in 

 thirty three minutes. Moses Pettingell, twenty two 

 furrows, in thirty six minutes. vSamuel F. Barker, 

 twenty furrows, in thirty one minutes. Nathaniel 

 Berry, twenty one furrows, in twenty nine minutes. 



After a careful examination, the committee came 

 to the following result, viz: — 

 First premium to Perley Tapley, of Dan- 



vers, of $10 00 



Second premium to Joseph C. Putnam, of 



Dan vers, of .... 8 00 



Third premium to Moses Pettingell, of 



Topsfield, of ... . G 00 



Fourth premium to Samuel F. Barker, of 



Andover, of .... 4 00 



All which is respectfully submitted. 

 For the committee, 



WILLIAM JOHNSON, Jr. 



'September 30, 1840. 



III. With Horse Teams. 



Your committee appointed to award premiums to 

 the horse teams, would state, that of the three teams 

 entered, only two performed. Mr. William Jones, 

 having withdrawn, for want of land to plough. 



