PREMIUMS OFFERED. 



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the present year ; a sample of which, not less than one hundred 

 pounds, to be exhibited, ten dollars. 



For the second best, eight dollars. 



REMARKS. 



The Trustees have heretofore been desirous of encouraging 

 the making of good butter and cheese. A large proportion of 

 their premiums have annually been given for these articles. 

 They are easily prepared for exhibition, and can be trans- 

 ported without material injury. They are in a peculiar man- 

 ner susceptible of improvement, by careful attention to the 

 manner of making and preserving the same. Every person who 

 has ever known the distinction between good and had butter, 

 must be astonished when he considers how much the purchaser 

 loses by want of care in the making of this article. It is not too 

 much to say, that the farmers of Essex might save thousands of 

 dollars every year, if they would but give proper attention to 

 the management of their Dairies, 



III. TURNING IN GREEN CROPS AS A 

 MANURE. 



For the most satisfactory experiment of turning in green crops 

 as a manure, onnot less than one acre of land, a detailed account 

 of the whole process to be given in writing, twenty dollars. 

 For the second best, ten dollars. 



IV. FOREST TREES. 



For the best ])lantation of White Oak Trees, raised from the 

 seed, not less than one acre, nor less than one thousand trees, 

 in the third year's growth, thirty dollars. 



For the second best do, twenty dollars. 



For the third best do. ten dollars. 



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