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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 the crops raised on equal portions of equally 

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

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

 ments of the depth of plowing in each instance, together with all 

 the particulars of culture required, $8 ; second best. Burr's Vege- 

 tables. 



FEEDING AND FATTENING STOCK. 



Committee.— \. W. Cheever, Wrentham; John Sias, Milton; A. T. Meserve, West 

 Roxbury. 



Comparative Value of Crops as Food for Cattle. — For the 

 best experiment upon a «tock of cattle, not less than four in num- 

 ber, to ascertain the relative value of the different kinds of fodder 

 used, with a statement in detail of the quantity and qualify of the 

 same, as compared with English hay, the experiment to be made 

 in the three winter months, $12 ; second best, Stephens' Farmer's 

 Guide. 



Feeding of Milch Cows. — For the best experiment in the 

 feeding of milch cows, by soiling, stall-feeding, or pasturing, with 

 a detailed statement of the comparative advantages of either 

 method, regard being had to the saving of manure, comfort of the 

 animals, and produce of the dairy, $12; second best, $8; third 

 best, Flint's Dairy. 



Fattening Cattle. — For the best experiment in feeding cattle, 

 with a statement in detail of the process, expense, and result, $5 ; 

 second best, Flint's Grasses. 



Fattening Swine. — For the best experiment in feeding swine, 

 with a statement in detail of the process and result, $5 ; second 

 best, Flint's Dairy. 



HAY. 



Committee.— ^v&stna L. Metcalf, Franklin ; Ellis Tucker, Canton; Francis D. Wil- 

 liams, Foxborough. 



For the largest quantity and best quality of English hay per 

 acre produced on any farm in the County, regard being had to the 

 character of the soil, the mode and cost of cultivation and making, 

 $25 ; second best, Flint's Treatise on Grasses. 



