REPORTS, &c. 



PLOUGHING— ^VITH DOUBLE TEAMS. 



The groimd occupied for Ploughing was part of the field 

 that was ploughed last year, well adapted to the purpose, being 

 rather hard, with pebble stones, which is desirable to test the 

 quality of the plough, and try the skill of the ploughman. 



It was also well situated, the land rising on either side, giv- 

 ing the large concourse of spectators an opportunity of over- 

 looking the scene, to whom it must have been very pleasant to 

 see nearly twenty teams of different classes competing for the 

 several premiums at the same time. The work was performed 

 in the most quiet manner, without much eifort on the part of 

 the teamsters, by the use of the whip, or otherwise, showing 

 that the teams were well disciplined, and the teamsters (though 

 some of them were quite young) were workmen that need not 

 be ashamed. 



We have before said that there were as many kinds of 

 ploughs as competitors, forcibly reminding some of your Com- 

 mittee of the great change that has taken place within their 

 remembrance, not only in the quality of the plough, but the 

 ease with which they can be procured. 



Memory goes back to the time when ploughs were not man- 



