38 HORSE TEAMS, GARDEJ^S. 



PLOWING— SINGLE TEAMS. 



The Committee on Plowing (Single Teams) have 'attended to the 

 duty assigned them, and report as follows : 



Number of teams entered, three, and the Committee were unani- 

 mous in awarding 



To Warren W. Shattuck of Fitchburg, 1st premium, $7 00 



To Hubbard B. Fuller, of Fitchburg, 2d premium, 6 00 



To F. B. Harrington of Leominster, 3d premium, 3 00 



JOEL HAYWARD, Chairman. 



PLOWING— HOUSE TEAMS. 



The Committee on Horse Teams, having attended to the duty 

 assigned them, award as follows : 



To Warren B. Page (Minor) of Fitchburg, 1st premium, $7 00 



To James P. Putnam of Fitchburg, 2d premium, 5 00 



To S. M. Dole of Fitchburg, 3d premium, 3 00 



JOHN M. FORRISTALL, Chairman. 



GARDENS. 



The Committee on Gardens would report that one of their number, 

 Mr. Oliver Kendall, was removed by death, early in the season, and 

 before they had organized for business, and they will be pardoned if, in 

 this report, they drop the tear of tenderness and kind remembrance, for 

 one of their number removed from his sphere of usefulness as a citizen 

 and public servant, in the prime of his manhood. This vacancy was 

 filled by the appointment of Mr. B. F. Wallis of Ashby. 



Three gardens were entered by citizens from three different towns, 

 viz., Alvah Crocker of Fitchburg, Martin Johnson of Lunenburg, and 

 Ebenezer Bird of Leominster : these were visited from time to time by 

 your committee and found well cultivated and generally free from weeds. 



Mr. Crocker's garden was managed by Mr. Joseph Dyke, an accom- 

 plished gardener, who showed marked ability in the arrangement and 

 rotation of his crops, which commenced in mid winter and continued un- 

 til late autumn. Among some of the earlier products were lettuce 



