ON PLOWING, 29 



No. 11. Silas H. Newton, of Bradford ; himself plow- 

 man ; plow made by Prouty & Co. ; 49 min., 16 furrows. 



RECAPITULATION OF PRE M I U M S . 



Allen Putnam, 1st, $10 



Timothy P. Wilkins, 3d, 8 



Isaac Osgood, 2d, 6 



Andrew^F. Curtis, 4th, 4 



Warren Jewett, a gratuity, 3 



The Committee are unwilling to speak of the distin- 

 guishing characteristics of the work done by each team, 

 or each kind of plow used, as they did not make minutes 

 of the same on the ground, and they might not do exact 

 justice by trusting to their recollection. In general the 

 work was very well done. The plows were of good 

 construction — made at four different establishments. 

 The Committee forbear to speak of their comparative 

 merits, as this will be done with more propriety by the 

 Committee to whom this subject is specially assigned, if 

 they shall be brought to their notice. In work of this 

 kind, much, very much, depends upon the skill of the 

 plowman. To hold a plow to the best advantage, re- 

 quires much practical experience, and careful attention. 

 It is also necessary that the cattle should be well train- 

 ed to this kind of labour. With proper attention to 

 these requisites most of our plowing can be advanta- 

 geously performed with one pair of cattle, directed b}^ 

 one man. The experiments of this day, averaging 42 

 minutes time, for the plowing of one eighth of an acre of 

 hard swarded, rocky grass land, show that an acre can 

 be ploughed w^th six hours labour; which can reasona- 

 bly be performed, day after day, by the same team ; so 

 that the breaking up of our common tillage land, when 

 managed with proper econom.y, need not cost more than 

 two dollars per acre. 



Respectfully submitted, by 



AARON C. PROCTOR, ) 

 THERON JOHNSON, ) Committee. 

 WM. FOSTER, Jr. ) 



Note. Messrs. David Andrews and Richard S. Jaques, members of the 

 Committee, were not present. 



Andover, Sept. 28, 1842. 



