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Premiums on Farms. 



T. D. Brown, Concord, 1st premium, . . ^25 00 



L. H. Hildreth, Westford, 2d do. . . 15 00 



Abner B. Lane, 3d do. . . 12 00 



Premiums on Reclaimed Meadows. 

 William Brown, Concord, .... $12 00 



Premiums on Fruit Orchards. 



H. Sheldon, Wilmington, best apple orchard, . . $12 00 



J. O. Freeman, Framingham, 2d do. . . 10 00 



W. D. Harris, North Woburn, 3d do. . .6 00 



J. T. Buckingham, Cambridge, best pear trees, . 15 00 



Questions to applicants for Premiums on Farms. 



In order to obtain as full information as possible from those 

 applying for premiums on farms, the committee propounded 

 the following questions : 



1. Of how many acres did your farm consist in 1848 ? 



2. What was the condition of the land at that time, in a 

 good state of cultivation, or otherwise ? 



3. What proportion of it was in tillage, pasture, and wood ? 



4. What amount of hay cut in 1848 and in 1852 ? 



5. What grain do you raise ? 



6. What roots do you raise, and what value do you place 

 upon them as food for stock ? 



7. At what time do you seed down grass land, spring or fall, 

 and at about what date ; kind and quantity of seed, and with 

 what grain best? 



8. At what time do you apply top-dressing to grass land, 

 and why at that particular time ? 



9. How do you apply manure, composted or not ; ploughed 

 under or on the surface, and what quantity per acre ? 



10. Do you use guano, how, and with what results ? 



11. The same of plaster and lime ? 



12. What course do you pursue in draining — open or under- 

 drains, use tiles, stones, or brush ? 



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