made during the yejir, with a detailed statement of tlie whole, to 

 be rendered on or before November 15th, $25 ; second best, $20. 



Competitors must give notice of their intention to the Secretary 

 on or before June 15th. Farms entered for premiums will be viewed 

 b}^ the Supervisory Committee, as they shall deem expedient, be- 

 tween June 20th and September 20th. Any farm offered for inspec- 

 tion, without being entered for a premium, will be viewed and 

 reported by the Committee, if seasonable application be made to 

 the Chairman. 



PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS. 



Committee.— Henry Grew, Hyde Park; H. W. Jones, Franklin; Edmund W. Clap, 

 Walpole; Charles E. C. Breck, Milton; E. P. Carpenter, Foxboro'. 



Improving Meadow and Swamp Lands. — For the best experi- 

 ment in reclaiming wet meadow or swamp lands, by drainage or 

 otherwise, on not less than one-half acre, with statement in detail 

 of the previous condition and produce of the land, the method and 

 expense of the experiment, and the produce at the present time, 

 $8 ; second best, $4. 



Under-Draining Land. — For the best experiment in under- 

 draining land, not less than forty square rods, regard being had to 

 the chai-acter of the soil and subsoil, the method, extent, expense 

 and result of the experiment, $10 ; second best, $5 ; third best, 

 French's Drainage. 



Old Pasture and Unimproved Lands. — For the best con- 

 ducted experiment in renovating and improving old pasture lands 

 and lands hitherto lying waste, on not less than one acre, with or 

 without plowing, with a statement of the previous condition of the 

 land, and of the method, expense and result of the experiment, $8 ; 

 second best, $5 ; third best, Flint's Dairy. 



TURNING IN CROPS AS MANURE. 



Committee— Aa,von D. Weld, West Roxbury ; Calvin Richard^, Dover; S. W. Richard- 

 son, Franklin. 



For the most satisfactory experiment of turning in crops as a 

 manure, either green or dry, on not less than one-half acre of land, 

 a detailed account of the whole process, expense and result to be 

 given in writing, $6. 



EXPERIMENTS IN SUBSOIL PLOWING. 

 For the best experiment, on not less than one acre of land, of 

 the effect of subsoil plowing, to be determined by the difference in 

 the value of crops, raised on equal portions of equally manured 



