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which shall be in the most flourishing and productive state, on the 

 10th September, 1860, $10 ; second best, $8. 



Competitors will be required to give an exact statement of the 

 process, expense, and result of the experiment. 



GRAIN AND ROOT CROPS. 



GRAIN CROPS. 



For the best experiment in raising Wheat, $6. 

 For the second best, Harris's " Treatise on Insects injurious 

 to vegetation." 



For the best experiment in raising Rye, Oats or Barley, each, 



For the second best, each, " Flint's Treatise on Grasses," &;c. 



For the best experiment in raising Indian Corn, $8. 



For the second best, $6. 



For the third best, " Harris's Treatise on Insects injurious to 

 vegetation." 



For the best experiment in raising White Beans, 3Iillet or 

 Buckwheat, each $3. 



For the second best, each, " Flint's Treatise on Grasses," &;c. 



An addition of 20 per cent, to the above premiums, if the suc- 

 cessful competitor be a youth, under 16 years of age. 



Samples of each kind of Grain, not less than a half-bushel, must 

 be exhibited at the Show. The quantity of the crop to be ascer- 

 tained by weight, as follows : — Corn and Rye, 56 pounds each to 

 the bushel ; Barley and Buckwheat, 46 pounds each ; Oats, 30 

 pounds ; Wheat, 60 pounds. 



ROOT CROPS. 



For the best experiment in raising Potatoes, $6. 



For the best experiment in raising Sugar Beets, Carrots, Pars- 

 nij^s, Man gold- Wurtzel, or lluta Bagas, each $5. 



For the best experiment in raising Onions, $5. 



For the best experiment in raising Flat Turnips, $4. 



For the second best experiment in raising either of the above 

 crops, each," Harris's Treatise on Insects injurious to vegetation." 



Samples of Roots, not loss than one bushel, must be exhibited 

 at the Show. The (quantity of the crops, which must be on not 

 less than one quarter of an acre, shall be ascertained by the weight 

 of the Roots — freed from dirt and without tops — as follows : — 

 Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Mangold-Wurtzel and Ruta Bagas, 60 

 pounds ; Carrots, 55 pounds ; Onions and Fhit Turnips, 50 pounds ; 

 Parsnips, 45 pounds to the bushel. 



