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[Successful competitors may receive their premiums ix plate 

 OR money, at their option.] 



LIST OF PREMIUMS FOR THE YEAR 1859. 



PROGRESSIVE HUSBANDRY. 



For the best conducted and most improved Farm during five 

 consecutive years, commencing in the year 1859, — of which the 

 occupant shall present annually to the Trustees a satisfactory 

 account of the whole management of the Farm, — of the crops 

 produced, of the improvement made and of the stock kept, — a 

 premium of One Hundred Dollars, to be paid in 1864. 



Note. Whenever any farm sljall be entered lor this premium, llie Secretary of the 

 Society shall give notice thereof to the Committee on Progressive Husbandry annually 

 in September, who will be required to examine the farm, and to certify the general 

 management ot it. 



MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FARMS. 



For the most valuable and economical improvements in the 

 cultivation and management of Farms entire, during the year, 

 including lands, crop, stock, and all other appendages, 



First premium, $20.00 Third premium, $10.00 



Second, " 15.00 



Competitors for these premiums must give notice of their inten- 

 tion to the Secretary, on or before June 15. Farms offered for 

 inspection will be viewed by the Committee from the 20th June to 

 10th July, and also in September. Any extraordinary field crop 

 will, on notice, be visited by the Committee, and a report of the 

 same be made to the Society. 



IMPROVING MEADOW AND SWAMP LANDS. 



For the best conducted experiment in reclaiming wet meadow 

 or swamp lands, by drainage or otherwise, on not less than one 

 acre, with a statement, in detail, of the course of management, 

 and the produce, &c. 



First premium, $10.00 j Second premium, $5.00 



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