PREMIUMS OFFERED 



BY THE 



ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 



1841. 



At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, December 

 30th, 1840, the secretary was directed to prepare a 

 list of premiums to be offered the ensuing year, and 

 to publish the same previous to the Annual Exhibi- 

 tion, which is to be at Georgetown, on Wednesday ^ 

 September 29, 184L The following instructions 

 were given:- — 



On farms, on the dairy ^ on crops as manure, 

 whether green or dry, on forest trees, on mulberry 

 trees and silk, on irrigation, on improvement of mea- 

 dows, on ploughing, on agricultural implements, on 

 comparative value of crops, on fattening cattle and 

 sivine, on cultivation of crops, on animals exhibited, 

 on manufactures, on fruits and flowers, S^'c. Sfc, simi- 

 lar to those of the last year. 



Additional premiums will be offered on several 

 other subjects — instance — 



The BEST CONSTRUCTED PLOUGH. 



Experiments on manures of different kinds. All 



