PREMIUMS OFFERED. 93 



August and September, in the present year, a sample 

 of which, not less than fifty pounds, to be exhibited, 



ten dollars. 

 For the second best, eight dollars. 



III. TURNING IN GREEN CROPS AS A MANURE. 



For the most satisfactory experiment of turning in 

 green crops as a manure, on not 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. 



1 . For the best plantation of either of the follow- 

 ing species of Forest Trees, viz : White Oak, Yelloiv 

 Oak, Locust, Larch, White Ash, Maple, or Walnut, in 

 the third year of their growth, and not less than one 

 thousand trees, twenty dollars. 



2. For the best do. do. do. not less than 

 six hundred trees, twelve dollars. 



3. For the best do. do. do. not less than 

 four hundred trees, eight dollars. 



REMARKS. 



To encourage the cultivation of Forest Trees, and 

 to induce our farmers, if possible, to make experi- 

 ments therein, it is allowed that the trees may be 

 raised from the seed, or transplanted from the forest, 

 and that they may be set on one or more parcels of 

 land on the farms of the claimants, or in ornamental 

 rows about the farms. The number of trees, and the 

 thrift and vigor of growth will be regarded more than 



