ON PLOUGHING. 35 



WITH HORSE TEAMS. 



The Committee on Ploughing with Horse Teams, re- 

 •spectfuUy Report: 



That 5 teams were entered for premium, and per- 

 formed their work as follows: 



Time. Furrows. 



Land No. 1, Seth Kimball, of Andover, 51 m. 17 

 *' " 2, Plummer Weeks, ot " 46" 15 



" " 3, Wm. S. Marland, of " 54 " 16 



" " 4, John A.Stevens, of Methuen, 45 " 17 

 " " 5, Joseph C. Putnam, of Danvers, quit the 



ground after the second round. 



To Seth Kimball, of Andover, they award the first 

 premium of eight dollars. 



To John A. Stevens of Methuen, the second premium 

 of six dollars. 



Your committee would remark, that the ground se- 

 lected was very rocky, and that there was considerable 

 inequality in the several lands. 



In awarding the second premium, it was diffi- 

 cult to determine which of the two, numbers 2 or 

 4, was entitled to it; and their decision is, that a slight 

 preference should be given to number 4; to number 2 a 

 gratuity of four dollars is recommended, should it come 

 within your rules. 



Soon after starting, number 3 unfortunately broke 

 the share of his plough, which, of course, injured his 

 work. The whole work was, in the opinion of your 

 committee, of a character highly creditable to the com- 

 petitors. 



The ploughs used by Nos. 1, 2 and 4, were of the man- 

 ufacture of Prouty & Mears. That of No. 3, of Ruggles, 

 Nourse & Mason. 



In behalf of Committee, 



WM. P. ENDICOTT. 



Andover, Sept. 28, 1842. 



