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PLOUGHING WITH THREE HORSES. 

 The Committee on Ploughing with Three Horses have 

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

 tary that they have made the following awards : 

 $10. First premium, to M. H. Connor, West Newbury, for 

 ploughing with three horses, Oliver Chilled plough. 

 Joshua H. Chandler, Chas. A. Mason, Daniel McDonald, 

 R. T. Jacques — Committee. 



HARROWS. 



The Committee on Harrows have attended to their duty 

 and respectfully report to the Secretary that they have 

 made the following awards : 



110. First premium, to Whitcomb & Carter, Beverly, for 

 Stoddard Wheel Harrow. 

 $8. Second premium, to Henry Newhall & Co., Danvers, 

 for Yankee Pulverizer. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HARROWS. 

 It is to be regretted that but two harrows contended 

 for the premiums, and the more so because they were both 

 wheel harrows and therefore were fundamentally alike. 

 The committee exercised their best judgment in the 

 premises and gave the larger premium to the one which 

 appeared to do the best work with the lowest power, but 

 the distinctions between the merits of the two were not 

 remarkable. And now about the matter of power, how 

 can a comparison of the draft required for different im- 

 plements be made in a reliable way while the society has 

 no dynometer by which to measure it? We have been 

 favored at some of our trial of implements with elvnome- 

 ter tests, through the kindness of Mr. Andrews, one of our 

 members, and all who were present were greatly pleased 

 at the result, and such of us as were about to purchase 

 farm implements were guided by it in making our decis- 

 ions. Certainly the matter of the comparative power re- 



