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OJSr THE FLOUQHIJSTG MATCH, 



'RepoH of the Committee on the Ploughing Match at Topsfieldi 

 October b^ 1820. 



Salem, January 6, 1821. 



SIR, 



The committee agreed to award the first premium to the 

 Hon. Timothy Pickering, on account of the superior perform- 

 ance and superior utility of his plough.* They think also that 

 great credit is due to Gorham Parsons, Esq. for the performance 

 by his plough from his Byfield Farm, and award to him the 

 second premium. 



In behalf of the Committee, 



PAUL UPTON. 

 To Frederick Howes, Esq. Secretary "> 



of the Essex Agricultural Society. 3 



* This plough was made by Henry Burden, at Utica, in the 

 Siate 0/ New-York. 



