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BuLES OF Measure Pkactised and Adopted by the State 

 BoABD OF Agriculture. 



Wheat, Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Ruta Bagas, 



Mangold Wurtzels, 

 White Beans and Peas, 

 Corn, Rye, 

 Oats, 



Barley, Buckwheat, 

 Cracked Corn, Corn and Rye, and other meal, 



except Oat, 

 Parsnips, Carrots, 

 Onions, 



1. For the best conducted experiments of Rye not less 

 than twenty bushels to the acre, fifty-six lbs. to the bushel, on 

 not less than one acre, premiums, $7, 4 



2. For best conducted experiments of Wheat, not less than 

 thirty bushels to the acre, sixty lbs. to the bushel, on not less 

 than one acre, premiums, $7, 4 



3. For best conducted experiments of Oats, not less than 

 fifty bushels to the acre, thirty-two lbs. to the bushel, on not 

 less than one acre, premiums, $7, 4 



4. For best conducted experiments of Barley, not less 

 than forty bushels to the acre, forty-eight lbs. to the bushel, 

 on not less than one acre, premiums, ^7, 4 



5. For best conducted experiments of Indian Corn, on not 

 less than one acre, premiums, $7, 4 



6. For largest quantity and best quality of English hay, 

 on not less than one acre, regard being had to the mode and 

 cost of cultivation, premiums, $7, 4 



7. For best yield of Field Beans, on not less than one-half 

 acre, and not less than twenty-five bushels per acre, premi- 

 ums, f 7, 4 



ROOT CROPS. 



1. For best conducted experiments in raising Carrots, fifty- 

 five pounds to the bushel, premiums, $8, 5 



2. For best conducted experiments in raising Parsnips, 

 fifty-five pounds to the bushel, premiums, $8, 6 



3. For best conducted experiments in raising Beets, pre- 

 miums, $8, 5 



4. For best conducted experiments in raising Ruta Bagas, 

 sixty pounds to the bushel, premiums, $8, 5 



6. For best conducted experiments in raising Mangold 

 Wurtzels, sixty pounds to the bushel, premiums, $8, 6 



