104 PREMIUMS OFFERED. 



XI. EXPERIMENTS ON MANURES. 



For any well conducted and decisive experiment 

 in the use of marl, peat, lime, gypsum, ashes of 

 wood, peat, or coal, as manure, in the improvement 

 of land, with full accounts of its management and 

 results, twenty dollars. 



For the next best experiment, ten dollars. 



XII. FATTENING CATTLE OR SWINE. 



1. For the most satisfactory experiment in feed- 

 ing cattle or swine upon apples, with a statement in 

 detail of the process and the results, 



fifteen dollars. 

 For the second, ten dollars. 



2. For any well conducted and exact experiment 

 in fattening swine, ten dollars. 



XIII. IMPROVEMENT OF SHEEP, &c. 



1. For the introduction within the county of an 

 improved breed of sheep, not less than ten in num- 

 ber, adapted to the two purposes of wool and mut- 

 ton, ten dollars. 



2. For the best experiment in fattening wethers 

 for the market, not less than ten in number, 



ten dollars. 



3. For the best experiment in raising early lambs 

 for the market, not less than ten in number, 



ten dollars. 



