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In pursuance of authority delegated to the Board of Agri- 

 culture by Chap. 24, of Acts 1862, Agricultural Societies re- 

 ceiving the bounty of the State are required to make use of 

 the following form, and be governed by its conditions in the 

 mode of ascertaining the amount of crops entered for pre- 

 mium. 



EssKx Agricultural Society. — Statement concerning a 



crop of , raised by Mr. , in the town of 



, 1899. 



What was the crop of 1897 ? What manure was used and 

 how much? What was the crop of 1898? What manure 

 was used and how much ? What is the nature of the soil ? 

 When and how many times ploughed, and how deep ? What 

 other preparation for seed ? Cost of ploughing and other 

 preparation ? Amount of manure in loads of thirty bushels, 

 and how applied ? 



Value of manure upon the ground ? How used? (What 

 amount of Commercial Fertilizer used ? How used ? Value 

 of same when applied ?) When and how planted ? The 

 amount and kind of seed ? Cost of seed and planting ? How 

 cultivated and how many times ? Cost of cultivation, includ- 

 ing weeding and thinning ? Time and manner of harvesting ? 

 Cost of harvesting, including the storing and husking or thresh- 

 ing ? Amount of crop, etc. Signed by Compe- 

 titor. 



The committee, to whom is intrusted the award of the 

 premiums on field crops, may award them according to their 

 judgment, but for the purpose of furnishing accurate statistics 

 for the benefit of agriculture, shall select certain of the crops, 

 and require the owners thereof to measure the land and weigh 

 the crops accurately, giving to the committee a certificate of 

 the same, and give all possible information thereon over their 

 own signatures, and return the same to the Secretary of the 

 Society, to be published in the annual transactions. 



In ascertaining the amount of crop, any vessel may be used 

 and the weight of its contents once, multiplied by the number 

 of times it is filled by the crop. 



In measuring the land or weighing crops, any competent 

 person may be employed, whether a sworn surveyor or not, 

 and must give certificate. 



The certificate shall state the weight of all crops only in a 

 merchantable state. 



In ascertaining the amount of a hay crop entered for pre- 

 mium, the measurement of the hay in the barn may be em- 

 ployed. 



