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Mr. Seth Kimball, ploughed with his own team, 

 used Prouty & Mears' centre draught plough, per- 

 formed his labor in a workmanlike manner ; com- 

 pleting his land, an eighth of an acre, in thirty six 

 minutes; and is entitled to the first premium of eight 

 dollars. 



Mr. Alexander Becket, ploughman, with the team 

 entered by Mr. William S. Marland, and A. Drys- 

 dale, Scotch iron plough, had a more rough and 

 rocky division of land, plough not well fitted for 

 such land, yet showed himself to be a workman, and 

 had his team under good command, performed his 

 labor, satisfactorily, in forty six minutes, land two 

 feet narrower than his competitor. He is entitled 

 to the society's second premium of six dollars. 



SAMUEL PRESTON, 



September 30, 1840. 



RUFUS vSLOCOMB, 

 RICHARD JAQUES. 



ON FAT CATTLE. 



Your committee on fat cattle have attended to 

 the duty assigned to them, and Avould make the 

 following Report: 



Your committee find but two oxen which they 

 think deserving a premium. One exhibited by Jo- 

 seph Yeaton, from Colman's farm, in Newbury, 

 which is entitled to the first premium. The other, 

 exhibited by Peabody Russell, of Boxford, received 

 the second premium, last year, consequently cannot 

 this. One cow only offered. We see as good or 

 better, almost daily, and think her not entitled to a 

 premium. We would recommend to the farmers of 



