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Note. A Double Team will consist of two yokes of oxen, with or without a 

 driver ; or a team of one yoke of oxen and a horse also, with or without a driver. 

 Single Team, one yoke of oxen without a driver. Competitors must own their 

 teams and ploughs, and enter the same in their own names. Notice to compete 

 must he given to the Secretary on or before the Saturday previous to the Exhi- 

 bition. ' In awarding premiums, one hour will be allowed for the performance otf^' 

 the work, regard being had to the width and the depth of the furrow-slice, and 

 the evenness, ease and quiet with which the work is performed. 



EXPERIMENTS IN SUBSOIL PLOU(|^HINa. 



For the most satisfactory experiment, on not less than one acre of 

 land, of the effect 'of subsoil ploughing, to be determined bj the 

 difference in the value of the crops, raised on equal portions of equally 

 manured land, of equal quality, one-half of whicli having been sub- 

 soil i)loughed, the other half ploughed in the usual manner, — state- . 

 ments of the depth of ploughing, in each instance, together with all 

 the particulars of culture required, 



First premium, $10.00 | Second premium, $7.00 



SPADING. 



For the best performance in spading, not less thain ten inches in 

 depth, on a piece of not less than one hundred square feet of sward 

 land ; due regard being had to time, the thoroughness of the pulveri- 

 zation of the soil, and the state in which it is left for the reception of 

 seed — the labor to be performed with a common square spade. 



First premium, $8, and diploma ; second do., $7 ; third do., $6 ; 

 fourth do., $5; fifth do., $4; sixth do., $3; seventh do., $2; 

 eighth do., $1. 



