The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-11-27

Lot Nos. Mr.. Moses Adams. Of Sutton-.1
Team two yoke of -Ploughman, Owen
Brown-Driver, Tyler M&rble-work perform
ed in II minutes-l6 burrows. Common
Plough with wheel, made by Abner Chase,
Of Sutton.
Lot No. 6. Hon. Levi Lincoln, of Worces-
ter--Team two yoke Of Oxen-Ploughman
Philemon Wright-Driver, ARENAS Ward
work performed in 90 minutes-18 burrows.
Harrison's Patent Plough.
Lot No. =. Mr.. Silas Dudley, of Sutton
Team one yoke of Oxen-himselfPlo ughman-
Driver, Joseph Dudley-work performed in
20 minutes SO seconds-18 burrows. Com
mon Plough with wheel and cutter, made
by Jesse Warren, of Dedham.
Lot No. g.. Mr.. Nathaniel Gates, of Wor-
ccster-Feam two yoke of Oxen--Plough-
man, Levi Gates-Drivcr, Nathaniel Gates
work performed in "a minutes SO seconds
Is burrows. Plough, Woods Patent.
Lot No9. Mr.. Peter Darling, of Sutton
Team one yoke Of Oxen-Ploughman Ma
thaniel Cavrol-Peter Darling, Dfiver-worl
performed in 80 minutes and z seconds-l9
fnnows. Common Plough with wheel, made
by John Holman, of Ward.
Lot No. 10. Mr.. Nathaniel Brooks, Cd, of
Worcester-Team one yoke of Oxen--Plough-
man, Bailey Clcments--Driver. Nathaniel
Brooks, 2d-work performed in % minutes
10 burrows. Common Plough made by -
Emerson, of Haverhl.
Your Committee, guided by the rule
prescribed by the Board OF Trustees,
that the best work with the least ex-
pense of labour," should be the sole test
of merit. have, after much deliberation,
and With an anxious and earnest desire
to do justice, awarded as follows, viz.
FIRST Premium, to Jonas l.. Sibley, Esq.
Plough 10 acknowledgement, Samuel Sib-
ley, dollars-Driver, Stephen Darling, 8
dollars.
Second Premium to Mr.. John Sherman
Plough dollars-ploughman Asa Cummins,
dollars-Drver, John Sherman, 2 dollars.
1hfrd Premium TO Mr.. Sias Dudley
Plough 6 doilars-Ploughman himself, dol
lars-Driver, Joseph Dudley, dollar.
Fourth Premium to Mr.. Moses Adams
Plough, a dollars-Ploughman Owen Brown,
2 dollars.
The Ploughs used were generally
upon an improved construction. The
Cattle appeared in fine order, and were
under good discipline, and easily man
aged. The work was performed in
handsome style, and in short time, con-
sidering how very difficult it was to turn
furrow, in soil so extremely firm and
gravelly.
The Committee congratulate the So
ciety on the continued and increasing
interest excited by the Ploughing Match.
The contest is in itself Interesting, but
was not designed to be merely an anus
ing spectacle. 1t has nobler object in
view. improvement in the construction
and use Of the Plough, in the training of
Oxen, and the mode of ploughing, and
thereby to give TO our fields better
cultivation than formerly, at a less ex-
pense of labour. The least improve
ment in either of these respects, when
universally adopted throughout the
County, will produce an immense saw
ing And the Committee fatter them
selves, that the Ploughing Match has
already had, and will continue to have,
beneficial effect in promoting those
important ends of its institution. 1t ex-
hibits, by actual experiment, the com
parative value of the improvements
made by the respective competitors, and
thus gives to those which are approved,
circulation and currency in the commu-
nifty. It excites emulation, and rewards
exertion. Much time and labour, it is
true, are required, properly TO instruct
and prepare the candidates for entering
the lists. Skill in the use or construc-
ton of the Plough, and in the training
of Oxen, and the faculty of ploughing
well, can only be acquired by long and
judicious practice, and careful obserya-
ton but this will make better hus-
bandmen, and the competitor who gains
mo premium here, will find himself
amply rewarded in his well-trained OK
en-, his improved Plough, and ploughing
at home ; SO that bis preparatory labour
is not in vain. Much is gained to the
art of tillage, and nothing is lost to any
individual competitor by those contests
of the Plough, which are so honorable
and far more useful, than those of the
sword, in which kings are the compet-
itors, and Kingdoms the premiums.
BY order of the Comnsiftee,
SETH HASTINGS, Chair'n.