COMMITTEES AND PREMIUMS. 43 



The committee may award gratuities for valuable new va- 

 rieties of grain. 



For the most profitable crops of corn, wheat, rye, barley 

 and oats, one acre each ; of cabbages, beans and flax, one-eighth 

 acre each ; the product of corn to be not less than 4,320 lbs. on 

 the cob ; that of wheat, rye, barley and oats, not less than 1,000 

 lbs. of grain each. 



Corn. Two premiums : $5, 4. 

 Wheat. Two premiums : 5, 4. 

 Rye. Two premiums : 2, i. 

 Barley. Two premiums : 2, i. 

 Oats. Two premiums : 2, i. 

 Field Beans. Two premiums : i, .50. 



Samples must be exhibited at the Fair. 



ROOT CROPS AND CABBAGES. 



Committee. — Cyrus Kilburn, Lunenburg j Benjamin Saf- 

 ford, Fitchburg ; Estabrook Moore, Leominster. 



For the most profitable crops of potatoes, one-fourth acre 

 each ; of carrots, onions, beets and turnips, one-eighth acre each. 



Potatoes, not less than 3,000 lbs. Two premiums: $4, 2.50. 

 Carrots, not less than 5,500 lbs. Two premiums: 2, 1.50. 

 Onions, not less than 2,000 lbs. Two premiums : 1.50, i. 

 Sugar Beets. Two premiums : i, .50. 

 Mangel Wurzel. Two premiums : i, .50. 

 English Turnips. Two premiums : 1.50,1. 

 Turnips of any other variety. Two premiums : 1.50, i. 

 Cabbages. Two premiums : i, .50. 



EXHIBITION AT THE HALL, 



No a:rticle intended for the Hall will be entitled to a pre- 

 mium, unless it shall have been deposited by 6 o'clock p. m., on 

 Monday, except articles from other places than Fitchburg, which 

 may be deposited as late as 8^ a. m., on Tuesday. 



