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The fourth premium, of four dollars, to Elijah Pope of 

 Danvers. 



Respectfully submitted by 



JONATHAN BEEEY, ) 



JOSEPH P. INGALLS, S Committee. 



JOSEPH GOODRICH, S 



PLOUGHING— WITH HORSES. 



The Committee on Ploughing with Horses submit the fol- 

 lowing report : — 



Seven teams were entered for premium, but five only 

 ploughed. The land selected was better adapted to test the 

 skill of the ploughman and the training of the team, than to 

 show really handsome work. On some of the lots, sharp 

 gravel and pebble stones rendered it impossible either to keep 

 th*e plough to the req[uired depth, or to turn an unbroken fur- 

 row. Yet a part of all the lands were sufficiently free from 

 obstructions to enable the Committee to judge that on smooth, 

 level land, the work would have come quite up to the average 

 ploughing at otir shows. 



The lots, one-sixth of an acre, were ploughed in from 33 to 

 45 mmutes, quite soon enough for good work. 



Most of your Committee thought that if Moody S. Dole, 

 who finished in the shortest time, had not taken quite so wide 

 a furrow, he might have taken the first instead of the second 

 premium. 



Your Committee were nearly unanimous in the following 

 award of premiums : — 



1st premium, of $9, to Jacob Farnham's team, of North An- 

 dover, W. Winslow ploughman ; work done with Lion plough. 

 No. 61, in 36 minutes. 



2d premium, of |7, to team of Col. Colman of Newbury- 



