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EXPERIMENTS IN SUBSOIL PLOUGHING. 

 For the best experiment, on not less than one acre of land, of 

 the effect of subsoil ploughing, to be determined by the difference 

 in the value of crops, raised on equal portions of equally manured 

 land, of like quality, one half of Avhich having been subsoil ploughed, 

 the other half ploughed in the usual manner, — statements of the 

 depth of plougliing, in each instance, together with all the partic- 

 ulars of culture, required, $8 ; second best, $6. 



COMPARATIVE VALUE OF CROPS AS FOOD FOR 



CATTLE. 



For the best experiment upon a stock of cattle, not less than 

 four in number, to ascertain the relative value of the different 

 kinds of fodder used, with a statement in detail of the quantity 

 and value of the same, as compared with English hay, the ex- 

 periment to be made in the three winter months, $15 ; second 

 best, $10. 



FATTENING CATTLE. 



For the best experiment in feeding cattle, with a statement in 

 detail of the process, expense and result, $8 ; second best, $4. 



FATTENING SWINE. 



For the best experiment in feeding swine, with a statement in 

 detail of the process and result, $6 ; second best, $4. 



SOILING OF CATTLE. 



For the best experiment in the soiling of cattle, with a detailed 

 statement of the process and the result, — regard being had to the 

 saviiig of manure^ and to the comparative expense of pasturing, 

 $15; second best, $10. 



GREEN FODDER. 



For the best experiment in raising corn fodder or other succu- 

 lent feed to bo used green, and in ascertaining its value for the 

 feed of milch cows, — on not less than one-half acre of land, — with 

 a statement, in detail, of the mode and cost of cultivation, and the 

 result of its use, $8. 



HAY. 



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, $5 ; second best, " Flint's Treatise on Grasses." 



CRANBERRY VINES. 



For the best experiment in transplanting Cranberry Vines, or 

 in growing them from seed, on not less than one-eighth of an acre, 



