101 



Vegetable Gardens. 



For the best vegetable garden for family use. Entries 

 to be made before June 1st, 1872, and to be visited 

 by the Committee not lesn than three times ; three 

 premiums, 5, 3, 1 



Crops. 



For the best conducted experiments in raising one- 

 foiirth acre of onions, potatoes, carrots, cabbages, 

 mangels, sugar beets, Hungarian grass and winter 

 squashes. Entries to be made with the Secretary on 

 or before June 1st, 1872 ; for each, two premiums, 8, 1 



Reports and Essays. 



For the best report by the chairman of any examining 

 committee, to be published in the transactions of the 

 Sodety ; five premiums, $8, 6, 4, 2 



For the best essay on one of the following subjects ; 



four premiums, $8, 5, 4, 2 



1. Desirable Improvements in the Agriculture of Hampshire 

 County. 



2. Report on the Farms and Farming of any town within the 

 limits of the Hampshire Society. 



8. Fences. 



4. Commercial Fertilizers. 



All persons competing for these premiums must tile their essays 

 with the Secretary on or before September 1st, 1872. Each essay 

 to be signed with a fictitious name and accompanied by a sealed 

 envelope, bearing the same signature on the outside, and contain- 

 ing within the real name of the author. 



GENERAL RULES. 



The above premiums are oflered to all (competitors throughout 

 the Commonwealth; and will be paid according to the award of the 

 Examining Committees, subject to the revision of the Executive 

 Committee. 



No reference will be had to any premiums, which may have been 

 previously awarded by this or any other Society. No animal or 

 article can compete in more than one class, except those in Town 



