Competitors must give notice of their intention to the Secretary 

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

 viewed by the Supervisory Committee, as they shall deem expe- 

 dient, between June 20th and September 20th. Any farm offered 

 for inspection, without being entered for a premium, will be viewed 

 and reported by the Committer, if seasonable application be 

 made to the Chairman. 



PERMANENT IIVIPROVEMENTS. 



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

 Walpole; Charles E. C. Breck, ^Milton; E. P, Carpenter, Foxborough. 



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 character of the soil and subsoil, the method, extent, ex- 

 pense, and result of the experiment, $10 ; second best, $5 ; thu'd 

 best, French's Drainage. 



Old Pasture and Unimproved Lands. — For the best conducted 

 experiment in renovating and improving old pasture lands and 

 lands hitherto lying waste, on not less than one aere, with or with- 

 out plowing, with a statement of the previous condition of the 

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

 second best, $6 ; thii'd best, Flint's Dairy. 



TURNING IN CROPS AS MANURE. 



Committee.— Aharon D. Weld, West Roxbiiry; Calvin Richards, Dover; S. W. Rich- 

 ardson, Franklin. 



For the most satisfactory experiment of turning in crops as a 

 nanure, 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, S6. 



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 differ- 

 ence in the value of the crops raised on equal portions of equally 

 manured land, of like quality, one-half of which having been sub- 

 soil-plowed, and the other half plowed in the usual manner, state- 



