43 



ihe milch was valued as if wholly sold for one shilling per gal- 

 lon ; the principal part was actually sold at that price. 



The other Cow was far superior in appearance, but not so well 

 reported to your Committee. 



MOSES WINGATE, per order. 



No. VII.— ON THE PLOUGHING MATCH. 

 The Committee on the Ploughing Match 



REPORT: 



That there were only four competitors for the premiums : 

 these were, Benjamin Savary, of Newbury, from the farm of 

 Gorham Parsons, Esq. John Brocklebank of Rowley, Mose^ 

 Bradstreet of Topsfield, and Joel Wilkins of Danvers, from the 

 farm of Samuel Putnam, Esq. 



The trial was on a piece of grass-land, laid off in lots, each of 

 one quarter of an acre. The land seemed never to have been 

 ploughed with a deep furrow; and being gravelly, and harden- 

 ed with the long continued drought, it was found necessary, af- 

 ter some furrows had been turned, to alter the gages of the 

 ploughs, to enable them to penetrate to the requisite depth. 

 Under these circumstances, the Committee consider all the 

 ploughing to have been well executed. They recommend the 

 premiums to be awarded as follows : 



To John Brocklebank, ploughing with one yoke of oxen and 

 a driver, 31 furrows, in 43 minutes, the first premium 



sixteen dollars. 



To Benjamin Savary, ploughing with one yoke of oxen, with- 

 out a driver, 30 furrows, in 45 minutes, the second premium, 



twelve dollars. 



To Joel Wilkins, ploughing with two yoke of oxen and a dri- 

 ver, 29 furrows, in 38 minutes, the third premium, eight dollars. 

 For the Committee, 



T. PICKERING, 



Chairman, 



