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kinds of Bread, made by young women under eighteen years of 

 age, an additional premium of twenty-five per cent. 



The bread presented for premium must be made on the day 

 previous to the Exhibition, by some female member of a family, 

 exclusive of hired persons, in whose names the entries shall be 

 made, and to whom the premiums shall be awarded. The bread 

 shall be made without the use of saleratus or other alkaline sub- 

 stance, and baked in the oven commonly used by the family in 

 which it shall be made, and must be presented on the second day 

 of the Exhibition, before 9 o'clock in the morning. A written 

 statement of the process of making the bread shall accompany 

 each loaf. 



There shall be Committees appointed to judge of the several 

 descriptions of bread, to whom the names of the contributors shall 

 not be known, and no person shall serve on said Committees if any 

 member of his family shall be a competitor. 



FOREST TREES. 



For the best plantation of Forest Trees, of either of the follow- 

 ing varieties, viz : — White Oak, Yellow Oak, Locust, Birch, 

 White Ash, or Walnut, Scotch Larch, Norway Spruce, Pitch 

 Pine and White Pine, or other varieties, not less than three years 

 old, and not less than one thousand trees, a premium, to be 

 awarded in 1859, of $20. 



For the best plantation, to contain not less than five hundred 

 trees, a premium of $10. 



Oris^amental Planting. To any city or town of Norfolk 

 County, for the largest number and best growth of ornamental 

 trees, which shall have been planted in a public square or on the 

 roadside at least two years — first premium, .$30 ; second do., 

 $20. 



To any individual or society, regard being had to the number 

 of persons associated, for the largest number and best growth of 

 ornamental trees, which shall have been planted in a pv;blic square 

 or on the roadside at least two years — first premium $10 ; second 

 do., $5. 



These premiums to be awarded in the autumn of 1859, and if 

 awarded to a city or town, to be graduated by the population ac- 

 cording to the census of 1850. 



FRUIT TREES. 



Apple Orchard. For the best Apple Orchard, of not less 

 than seventy-jive trees, which shall have been set out at least five 

 years, and wbich shall be in the best and most thriving condition 

 in ISoQ-^first premium, $12; second do., $10. 



