108 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Six teams, two horses, and one man each. 
One team, two horses, and one boy 14 years old. 
One team, one pair of oxen, and one man. 
Lots were drawn for the lands, each of which contained one 
fourth of an acre, and were plowed in from thirty-three to fifty- 
one minutes. 
The work was all so well done, that it made it somewhat 
difficult for the committee to decide where the most skill was 
exercised. But after a close examination they awarded the 
premiums as follows, viz : 
To James Osmond, of Rock county, work done with Winchester & De 
Wolf ; s Plow in forty-one minutes, first premium,.$6 00 
To W. W. Waldron, Madison, work done with Grand de Tour Plow in 
thirty-six minutes, second premium,., - 4 00 
Wm. H. Porter, Burke, with Billings & C arman’s Plow in forty-one min¬ 
utes, third premium,. 2 00 
C. M. Palmer, of Oregon, 14 years old, work done with Grand de Tour 
Plow in forty-one minutes, first premium for boys,. 5 00 
O. M. Palmer, of Oregon, Grand de Tour Plow, with one pair of oxen, 
work done in fifty-one minutes, first premium for oxen,. 5 00 
The work was so well done by all the other competitors, that 
the committee would have given them premiums had there been 
more at their disposal, and would suggest, that in their opinion, 
the amount of premiums offered by the Society for this most 
important branch of farming is quite too small, and should be 
increased both in amount and number of premiums, in order 
to induce a greater number of farmers to attend the Plowing 
Match, and make it, as it should be, the most attractive part of 
our State and County Fairs. 
Mr. C. B. Hoyt, of Port Washington, exhibited and used 
his Botary Plow on the grounds; your committee were much 
pleased with the work performed with it, and recommend it 
favorably to the farming community. 
W. F. PORTER, Oh'n. 
