PLOWING-SINGLE TEAMS. 



IX 



iGComotion with a load, and to no purpose, start off 

 almost instantly by a few gentle pats of the hand, or 

 endearing tones of the voice. What a beast should know 

 is, that man is emphatically his master, by the thousand 

 different teachings which are always in a man's power, 

 that man is his peer in cvcri/ ihwc/, and not in the 

 single attribute of cruelty. 



We stand then upon this position, that the plowman,, 

 who gOA'erns his team without whipping or lashing, not 

 only governs that team best, but produces more work 

 from them and in greater perfection. The time and 

 strength lost in applying the Avhip, its shrinking, ex- 

 hausting effect upon his toiling cattle is worse than 

 useless, it is damning in its influence upon them and 

 upon him ; while gentle treatment schools the animals^ 

 to desire to follow more implicitly the wishes of their 

 master, and they soon learn to know, and govern them- 

 selves, by the tones of his voice. Your Committee 

 therefore in conclusion submit, that the more the plow- 

 man developes God's law of kindness, the surer he is of 

 success, the more he will ultimately perform, and in flir 

 greater perfection. 



In announcing the Premiums, the Committee express 

 their unfeigned regret that no more than two single 

 teams wxre entered that came within the rule, to-wit, 

 those of Messrs. Levi Downe and Samuel Farwell. 



Both of these gentlemen performed their work admi- 

 rably, considering the character of the land plowed. 

 There was no perceptible difference in the character of 

 the lots, both of which had a hard rocky substratum, 

 rendering it almost impossible to keep the plow steady. 



Mr. Downe plowed No. 9 with a double Michigaa 



