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work, they unanimously agreed to award the premiums 

 offered by the Society, as follows : 



To Micajah Treadwell, of Ipswich, first premium 

 of $10 00 



To Benjamin Poore, of Indian Hill, West 

 Newbury, second premium of 8 00 



To Ebenezer Jenkins, of Andover, third 

 premium of 6 00 



To George P. Wilkins, of Middleton, fourth 

 premium of 4 00 



Micajah Treadwell used Ruggles, Nourse & Mason's 

 Plough, Eagle No. 3 — ploughed thirty-six furrows in 

 thirty-five minutes. 



Benjamin Poore, used Ruggles &. Co.'s Sward C — 

 ploughed thirty-five furrows in forty-one minutes. 



Ebenezer Jenkins used Ruggles & Co.'s Improved 

 Eagle No. 4 — ploughed thirty-two furrows in thirty- 

 seven minutes. 



George P. Wilkins used Prouty's No. 26 — ploughed 

 thirty-four furrows in forty-four minutes. 



Jacob Brown used Ruggles & Co.'s Improved Kagle 

 No. 4 — ploughed thirty-four furrows in forty minutes. 



Dean Robinson used Ruggles &. Co.'s Improved Eagle 

 No. 4 — ploughed thirty-three furrows in forty minutes. 



Joseph Chandler, Jr, used Ruggles & Co.'s Improved 

 Eagle No. 4 — ploughed thirty-two furrows in thirty-six 

 minutes. 



Jabob S. Phillips used Ruggles & Co.'s Improved liagle 

 No. 4 — ploughed thirty-two furrows in thirty-nine min- 

 utes. 



Joshua Chandler used Prouty's No. 26 — ploughed 

 thirty-four furrows in forty minutes. 



Stephen Emerson used Prouty's No. 26 — ploughed 

 thirty-one furrows in thirty-two minutes. 



The Prouty Ploughs Centre Draught No. 26, were fur- 

 nished with an iron rod secured by a shackle to the 

 coulter of the plough. The rod extended to the end of 

 the plough beam, and was there attached to a slide, so 

 that the plough could be varied more from or to the land, 

 than by the ordinary way of fastening the chain to Prouty's 



