10 



tamed by weight of tlie roots — freed from dirt and without tops — 

 as follows : Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Mangel-wurzel and Ruta- 

 bagas, 60 pounds ; Carrots, 55 pounds ; Onions and Flat Turnips, 

 50 pounds ; Parsnips, 45 pounds to the bushel. 



Competitors must give notice of their intention to compete, to 

 the Secretary, on or before June 15th ; and experiments will be 

 viewed by the Conunittee between July 1st and September 20th. 



Claimants for premiums must render to the Chairman of the 

 Committee, on or before November 15th, a written statement of 

 the character 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 cul- 

 tivating 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 cultiva- 

 tion. 



Mixed Crops. — 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 experi- 

 ment 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 loth. 



VEGETABLES. 



Committee — Charles L. Copeland, Miltou; John W. Richardson, Franklin; William 

 J. Griggs, Brookliue; William J. Hyde, Brookline; James Mackintosh, Needham. 



Vegetable Garden. — For the best Vegetable Garden, regard 

 being had to the varietj^ excellence and quantity of the pi'oducts 

 thereof, and the mode and expense of cultivation, first premium, 

 $10 ; second do.. Burr's Vegetables ; third do., Bridgeman's Young 

 Gardener's Assistant. 



Entries must be made before the 10th of June, and an exact 

 statement rendered before the first of November. 



Experiments in Raising Vegetables. — For the best experi- 

 ment in raising Squashes — one half-dozen of each variety to be 



