PREMIUMS OFFERED 



BY THE 



ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 1840. 



At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, December 

 31st, 1839, the following orders were passed, and the 

 Secretary was directed to prepare a list of premiums, 

 in conformity thereto, which will be published on a 

 sheet, previous to the Exhibition, which is to be at 

 Georgetown, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1840. 



On Farms, to be reduced 50 per cent, from the last year — same 

 Committees and Regulations continued. 

 On Dairy. First and third class the same ; 2d class $10 and $8. 

 On Green Crops as a Manure — the same as last year. 

 On Forest Trees — the same. 



On Mulberry Trees, Silk, $-c. — $60 00 to be offered. 

 On Irrigation — the same. 



On Wet Meadows — the same. Only two years cultivation to be 

 stated. 



On Ploughing — the same; with new conditions and restric- 

 tions. 

 On Agricultural Implements — the same. 

 On Crops — the same. 

 On Experiments on Manures — the same. 

 On Fattening Cattle — ' the same. 

 On Teams of Oxen — the Bame. 

 On Animals exhibited — the same in amount, with some variations. 



