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WORCESTER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



From the Reports of Committees of this Society, and Statements 

 accompanying the same, the following selections are made. 



Ploughing Match, 



Eighteen teams, of one pair of oxen each, were entered, sixteen 



of which appeared on the field. The Committee award 



To David Carpenter, of Charlton, 1st premium, . . $10 



" Tyler Carpenter, of Sutton, 2d " . . 9 



" Lorin Carpenter, of Charlton, 3d " . . 8 



Here the Committee inquired, whether there was not some 

 charm in the name of Carpenter, which had been so long and 

 so favorably known upon our plough-fields, which was mislead- 

 ing them. But as this third premium was given by the casting 

 vote of the Chairman, from minutes made by him on the field, 

 without knowing the name of the person to which they applied, 

 the Committee concluded that merit was the only charm. 



To Anson Warren, of Westborough, 4th premium, 



" Harvey Putnam, of Sutton, 5 th " 



" Joseph H. Whitney, of Westborough, 6th " 



" Horace Stockwell, of Sutton, 7th " 



" Benj'n Harrington, of Westborough, 8th " 



" Jotham B. Pratt, of Worcester, 9th " 



" Thomas J. Wheelock, of Grafton, 10th " 



There was much difference in the neatness with which the 

 work was done, and particularly that part which was observa- 

 ble during the progress of the work. It seems never to have 

 been learned, by some, that not only the hands and feet, but the 



