STALLIONS- 17 



SPADING. 



There were five persons who entered their names in 

 season, but only three appeared on the ground. They 

 drew their lots and contended for the premiums. The 

 time occupied in spading one hundred square feet 

 of sward land, not less than nine inches in depth, 

 varied from seventeen to thirty-four minutes. Two 

 of the persons did their work very finely, pulverizing 

 the soil and preparing it well for the seed. With the 

 other person there was too much haste, a want of 

 depth, and the soil was not sufficiently pulverized to 

 prepare it for the seed ; and as he was competing for 

 the first premium only, he having drawn the second 

 premium last year, we were unable to award but two 

 premiums out of five which were offered, and the Com- 

 mittee unanimously award the following premiums : 



1st, to George A. Fry, of Fitchburg, $5,00 



2d, to James Heslam, of Fitchburg, 4,00 



For the Committee. 



D. H. MERMAM, Chairman. 



STALLIONS. 



The Committee on stallions report that they have 

 awarded the premiums offered as follows : 



SEVEN-YEAR-OLDS. 



1st, to J. A. Harwood, of Littleton, for his 



stallion, Fred Boyden, $10,00 



