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PLOWING — DOUBLE TEAMS. 



driving, holding the plow, and especially the quality 

 of the work when done. We were particularly well 

 pleased with the manner of driving all the teams. It 

 was done quietly, the whip was used but little except 

 to guide the teams ; it appeared as it should, like home 

 every day work. The land was somewhat difficult to 

 plow; it was on a steep side-hill, uneven, and in some 

 spots there were cobble stones. It was a good piece 

 of land to try the skill of the plowman, and the 

 strength and discipline of the teams. 



It will be noticed that Mr. Page did his work much 

 quicker than either of the other competitors, which is 

 owing to the fact of his using two horses, while each 

 of the others used oxen ; and this fact also makes it 

 more difficult to decide who is justly entitled to the 

 first premium, than it would have been if all the 

 competitors had used teams alike ; but after taking 

 into consideration all the circumstances that fell under 

 the observation of your Committee, we have awarded 

 the Society's premiums, as follows : 



1st, to Sewell G. Mirrick, of Princeton, $7,00 



2d, to Joel Page, of Fitchburg, 5,00 



3d, to J. Edwin Merriam, of Princeton, 3,00 



As there is no competition for the fourth premium 

 of $1,00 offered by the Society, the Committee recom- 

 mend it to be paid as a gratuity to Master Warren B. 

 Page, thirteen years old, who drove his father's horse 

 and ox team so well. 



The plowing was done on the farm of Lyman 

 Nichols, Esq., and your Committee were requested by 

 the Trustees of the Society to examine the working 

 gf one of "Bolles' Patent Bock-lifters," which was 



