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6th. The contestant may use as much of any kind of ma- 

 nure as he pleases, and may hoe the corn as often and when he 

 chooses. 



7th. The corn is to be measured under the direction of a 

 person appointed for that purpose. 



8th. At the end of the season each contestant shall make 

 and sign a full report, giving shape, description and location of 

 land, and stating when plowed, when and how manured, when 

 planted, when and how many times hoed, when stalks were 

 topped, if at all, when harvested, and how much is raised ; and, 

 as nearly as can be estimated, the value of manure and number 

 of days of labor spent upon the crop, excluding the husking, 

 in which he may have all the help he wishes from the boys 

 and girls in the neighborhood. 



9th. All awards to be made by a committee appointed for 

 that purpose, at the end of the season, and their decision shall 

 be final. 



Each contestant shall send by mail his name and age, and 

 post-office address, and his father's or guardian's name, to 



L. J. BROWN, 



Fitcliburg, Mass. 



