PREMIUMS OFFERED. 



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VIII. PLOUGHING. 



!. DOUBLE TKAMS. 



For the best performance in ploughing, twelve dollars. 



For the second, ten dollars. 



For the third, eight dollars. 



For the fourth, six dollars. 



11. SINGLE TKAMS, 



For the best performance in ploughing, ten dollars. 



For the second, eight dollars. 



For the third, six dollars. 



For the fourth, four dollars. 



REMARKS. 

 Double teams will be required to plough not less than one 

 sixth of an acre, and single teams not less than one eighth of an 

 acre. Double teams not less than seven inches deep ; single 

 teams not less than Jive inches deep. The ploughs must be of 

 the best construction, the furrows truly cut, and well turned. 

 The whole must be done in a workmanlike manner. So many 

 premiums have already been awarded for ploughing, and so 

 great have been the improvements in the construction of ploughs, 

 that nothing less than the best of work will be satisfactory. 

 Those who intend to be competitors in the ploughing match, 

 must give notice to the Secretary, on or before the Monday pre- 

 vious to the exhibition. Persons residing more than ten miles 

 from the place of exhibition, can have their teams, intended to be 

 used in the field, fed at the expense of the Society, the night 

 previous. 



IX. IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



To the person who shall exhibit at the show, any new or 

 improved agricultural implement, the invention being his own, 

 which shall in the opmion of the Trustees merit a reward, a 

 premium shall be given, not exceeding ten dollars. 



In all cases, proof must be given of the work done by the 

 implement before it is exhibited, and of its having been used 

 and approved by some practical farmer. 



