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

 10th September, 1861, $10 ; second best, $8. 



Competitors will be required to give an exact statement of the 

 process, expense, and result of the experiment. 



GRAI]^ 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 Hue, Oats, or Barley/, each, 

 $4. 



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 WJiite Beans, Millet or 

 Buckivheat, 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, and 

 properly labelled, must be exhibited at the Show. The quantity 

 of the crop to be ascertained 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- 

 niiis, 3Iangold- Wiirtzel, or Ruta Baya, 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 less than one bushel, and properly la- 

 belled, 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 with- 

 out tops — as follows : — Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Mangold-Wurtzel 

 and Ruta Bagas, 60 pounds ; Carrots, 55 pounds ; Onions and 

 Flat Turnips, 50 pounds ; Parsnips, 45 pounds to the bushel. 



