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Exhibition in London: best two bushels of wheat, John McGregor; best two bushels of barley, Robt. Woolner; beSt two bushels of. black oats, J. BryentOn; best two bushels of white oats, DaVid , ,g; McEwen; best bushel of timothy seed, W. Longworth, best firkin .’ butter, John Lane; best two cheeses, W. Hyde and W. Crosby; ’ best dressed flax, James McQuaid; best two lbs. sarsaparilla root, Thos. Cairns; best five yards shepherd’s plaid, Robert Bovyer; i J Jbest ten yards milled homespun, John Lane; best woollen plaid J shawl, Miss Balderson; best woolen net shawl, Miss Hodges; best 4 J five pounds candleberry wax, Mrs. Higgins. 3‘ In the same year, 1850, there was a ploughing match in which . J . 4 the competitors were Robert Carson, (Mr. George Coles’ man); ‘, J Chester Woolner, Rustico; Alexander Scott, East River; James I Semple, New Glasgow; Thomas Carr, Brackley Point Road; Lauchlan McNeill, Princetown Road; John McLauchlan, St. . ~ Peter’s Road"; Alexander Laird, Jr., New Glasgow; John Stewart, . J‘ Brackley Point Road; Denzil Morehead, North River, and Samuel ‘ . JJ ,_ Roper, Royalty. The prize winners were: Robert Carson, Alex- . JJ’ ander Scott, Alexander Laird, Jr., John Stewart and D'enzil More- ' ' head. Lauchlan MCNeill was given a copy of Fessenden’s Com- 4 ' plete Farmer, and John McLauchlan, a young ploughman, with 3 4t* but one hand, received a like prize for good work. ‘ . In the following year (1851) the inspectors of turnip fields , , reported that they had examined the fields of the several com- “J 1 petitors in Queen’s County, during the last week of October, with I ' 0. JJJ?‘ 4

952 bushels; G. H. Haviland, 921' bushels, George Beer, jr. 855 * 4 bushels; Benjamin Wright, 775 bushels; James Robertson, 757 - 5 bushels; H. D. Morpeth, 686 bushels. The inspectors were J Henry Longworth, John Thorne, and Wm. Pethick. ' _ 4 'The turnip fields in the competition for King’s County were JJ ' l

i ’ the following results: Jeremiah Simpson, 1108 bushels per acre; . ' 4 3J J ‘ Judge Peters, 1080 bushels; Hon. George Coles, 1055 bushels; ' , ,Jl'f; , Jas. Peake, 1000 bushels; Andrew Duncan, 948 bushels; D. Hodg- . J J}: 7. son, 959 bushels; J. D. Haszard, 955 bushels; Thomas Haslam, . i 4 '

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those of John Hyde, Murray Harbor, 1050 bushels per acre; John Poole, Lower Montague, 7,55 bushels; Donald McDonald, Lot 51, 7,14 bushels; Dr. Kaye, Georgetown Royalty, 641 bushels; John