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During the winter I gave them chopped cabbage, 

 finding the.y ate it with greater relish than when served 

 whole, also with less waste of the cabbage. 



I had cabbage furnished for them on exchange for]_the 

 dressing made by the hens. 



Clean water was kept constantly by them. 



Egg production, eight thousand, seven hundred and 

 twenty eggs, or seven hundred and twenty-six and two- 

 thirds dozens. 



Average per hen one hundred and seventy-four and 

 two-fifths. 



Cost of feed per hen for the year, one dollar and eight 

 cents. 



Average per doz. eggs, twenty-eight cents. 



Profit per hen, two dollars and ninety-eight cents. 



PLOUGHING WITH DOUBLE TEAMS. 



The Committee on Ploughing with Double Teams have 

 attended to their duty, and respectfully report to the 

 Secretary that they have made the following awards : 

 $10. First premium, to J. P. Little, Amesburj', plough 

 used " Varning " No. 2. 

 18. Second premium, to C. K. Ordway, West Newbury, 

 plough -Doe" C. 

 110. First premium, to E. C. Little, Haverhill, 4 horses, 

 plough '• Hussey '' 101. 



George L. Hawkes, Allen Smith, E. G. Nason — Com- 

 onittee. 



PLOUGHING WITH HORSES, ANY PLOUGH 

 EXCEPT SWIVEL. 

 The Committee on Ploughing with Horses, any plough 

 except Swivel, have attended to their dutj' and respect- 

 fully report to the Secretary that they have made the 

 following awards: 



