No. 4.] EULES OF THE BOARD. 453 



Rule 15. The following is established as the standard '^/'f'^*"' 



o crops. 



by which crops shall be estimated by weight by the several 

 societies : Indian corn, in the cob as taken from the field, 

 shall be rated as 80 pounds to a bushel ; a bushel of Indian 

 corn, shelled and dry, shall be 56 pounds ; a bushel of rye, 

 56 pounds ; a bushel of barley, 48 pounds ; a bushel of 

 buckwheat, 48 pounds ; a bushel of oats, 32 pounds ; a 

 bushel of wheat, 60 pounds ; a bushel of potatoes, 60 

 pounds ; a bushel of carrots, 55 pounds ; a bushel of 

 onions, 52 pounds ; a bushel of sugar beets, 60 pounds ; a 

 bushel of mangel-wurzels, 60 pouuds ; a bushel of ruta- 

 bagas, 60 pounds ; a bushel of parsnips, 45 pounds ; a 

 bushel of common or English turnips, 50 pounds ; a 

 bushel of white beans, 60 pounds ; a bushel of peas, 60 

 pounds. 



Rule 16. Each agricultural society receiving the bounty FarmerB* 



° J » J institutes. 



of the Commonwealth shall hold within its limits not less 

 than three farmers' institutes each calendar year ; and the 

 Board shall render all the assistance in its power to make 

 such institutes interesting and profitable. The secretary 

 of the Board shall also attend these institutes, so far as is 

 compatible with the duties of his otHce ; and he shall pro- 

 vide lectures for the institutes, so far as the appropriation 

 for this object will warrant. But he shall not be author- 

 ized to pay more than one lecturer for each institute. 

 Each society may hold more than three institutes, if it so 

 desires ; and the secretary of each society shall be required 

 to certif}^ to the holding of each institute, on blanks fur- 

 nished by the secretary of the Board. 



Rule 17. Each society must print in its transactions List of 

 the names of the officers for each year succeeding their 

 election, and once in three years the list of its members, 

 with their post-office addresses. 



RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD. 



1. The societies of the State drawing bounty are hereby state pre. 

 notified that it will be permissible for them to offer a part ™*""^* 

 or all of the State bounty as special or State premiums, to 

 be awarded on cards bearing the coat-of-arms of the State, 

 which the secretary of the Board will furnish on request ; 

 and it is recommended and hoped that the societies, so far 

 as they are able, will try this plan with some or all of the 

 classes to which the State bounty is applicable. 



