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For the best experimont in raising Sugar Beets, Carrots, Parsnips^ 

 Mangold Wiirtzel, or Euta-Baga, each, Burr's Vegetables ; second best, 

 each, McMahon's American Gardener. 



For the best experiment in raising Onions, Burr's Vegetables ; second 

 be?t, McMahon's American Gardener. 



• For the best experiment in raising Flat Turnips, Buit's Vegetables ; 

 second best, McMahon's American Gardener. 



Samples of Roots, not less than one bushel, properly labelled, must 

 be exhibited at the Show. The quantity of the crops, which must be 

 on not less than one-quarter of an acre, shall be ascertained by the 

 weight of the Roots — freed from dirt and without tops — as follows : — 

 Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Mangold Wurtzel and Ruta-Bagas, 60 pounds ; 

 Carrots, 55 pounds ; Onions and Flat Turnips, 50 pounds ; Parsnips, 45 

 pounds to the bushel. 



Experiments will be viewed by the Committee between July 1st and 

 Sw-ptember 20th. 



Claimants for premiums must render to the Chairman of the Com- 

 mittee, on or before November 15th, a written statement of the char- 

 acter and previous condition of the land, its present value, and the taxes 

 upon it ; the kind, quality and value of manure used ; the quantity and 

 .cost of seed sown ; the labor and expense of cultivating and harvesting 

 the crop ; and the quantity, quality and value of the crop. In awarding 

 premiums, regard will be had to all these circumstances, and to the area 

 of the ground in cultivation. 



VEGETABLES. 



Committee. — D. S. Meserve, West Roxburj'; James T. Ford, Wrenthain; A. L. Smith, 

 Dover; John W. Richardson, Franklin; William Griggs, Brookline. 



For the best experiment in raising Squashes — one-half dozen of each 

 variety to be exhibited at the Show — Burr's Vegetables ; second best, 

 Thomas' Rural Affairs, 



For the best experiment in raising Cabbages — not less than six heads 

 to be exhibited at the Show — Burr's Vegetables ; second best, Thomas' 

 Rural Affairs. 



MIXED CROPS. 



Committee. — William C. Hyde, Brookline; Robert Mansfield, Needham; Francis Marsh, 

 Dedham; Hiram W. Jones, Dover; John N. Smith, Walpole. 



For the best experiment in cultivating mixed crops of Grain and 



Vegetables, in alternate portions, or of different roots, in alternate rows, 



Harris' Treatise on Insects ; second best, Burr's Vegetables ; third best, 



French's Drainage. The experiment must be made on not less than 



half an acre of land, and a detailed statement of the mode of culture, 



expense and product must be rendered on or before November 15th. 



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