are twenty-four hours old, and then I give them boiled eggs 

 and bread crumbs, the first two or three days. I give them 

 chopped green grass every single day of their lives, because 

 I have no chance for them to run on gras ground. I rake 

 the grass from the lawn in summer, and dry it, and then in 

 winter pour hot water on it and it turns green. The way I 

 break up setters is, to put them in a slat coop that is set up 

 off the ground, so that there will be a draft on all sides of 

 them. They won't set long after they have been hi there a 

 while. 



The value of the Light Brahma pure-bred stock I now 

 have, is the market value of my hens and chickens. The 

 reason I value the cock so highly, is, because when I bought 

 him I paid $5, and 1 claim he is worth that to-day. 



I was sixteen years old last February, the 28th day. 



I keep oyster shells on hand for the hens, all the time, as 

 they need them to make egg shells. 



Yours respectfully, 



Fred H. Wiley. 



PLOUGHING WITH DOUBLE TEAMS. 



The Committee on Ploughing, Double Teams, have at- 

 tended to their duty, and respectfully report to the Secre- 

 tary that they have made the following awards : 

 $12. First premium, to B. H. Farnum, North Andover, for 

 ploughing with Hussey's No. 16 plough. 



E. G. Nason, J. W. Blodgett, G. W. Sargent, Abel Stick- 

 ney, James Noyes — Committee. 



PLOUGHING WITH SINGLE TEAM. 



The Committee on Ploughing, Single Team, have attended 

 to their duty, and respectfully report to the Secretary that 

 they have made the following awards : 



$10. First premium, to Washington Winslow, Hamilton, 

 for ploughing with one yoke oxen, with 01ive r 

 plough. 

 Samuel S. Pratt, W. P. Fisher, Horace Ware— Committee. 



