COMMITTEES AND PREMIUMS. 49 



FANCY ARTICLES. 



Committee. — Mrs. L. H. Bradford, Miss Alice Shepley, Fitch- 

 burg; Mrs. M. T. Gardner, Shirley. 



For the best specimens of Ladies' Useful and Fancy Arti- 

 cles of their own manufacture, including specimens of nice 

 mending and darning, there will be placed at the disposal of the 

 committee, the sum of thirty dollars. 



COMMITTEES' REPORTS. 



Committee. — The President, Vice-Presidents and Secretary. 



For the purpose of inducing the chairman of the several 

 committees to take upon themselves more labor and care in elab- 

 orating their reports, the following premiums will be paid: $io, 

 6, 4. 



Detailed reports in connection with awards (except on Grain 

 and Root Crops,) must be delivered to the Secretary on or before 

 November ist. 



PROSPECTIVE EXPERIMENTS. 



FOREST TREES. 



Committee. — W. B. Hosmer, George Merriam, Leominster ; 

 F. P. Putnam, Fitchburg. 



For "the best Plantation of any kind of Forest Trees, suitable 

 for fuel or timber, raised from the seed, not less than five 

 hundred in number, which shall be in the most flourishing 

 condition in the Fall of 1877. Two premiums: $15, 10. 



Entries must be made on or before the first day of June. 



