106 PREMIUMS OFFERED. 



4. Sub-soil Ploughing. For the best performance in Sub-soil 

 ploughing, _ . . . ten dollars. 



For the second best - - - eight dollars. 



Note. A team consisting of a horse and one pair of oxen 

 will be considered a double team. No team or plough which 

 has taken a premium of this Society will be entitled to another, 

 except of a higher grade. The competitors for these premiums, 

 must be the owners of the team, and the same must be entered 

 in the name of the owner. Those who intend to be competi- 

 tors, must give notice to the Secretary, or his agent, on or before 

 the Monday next previous to the Exhibition. Teams that come 

 more than ten miles, will be fed the night previous to the exhi- 

 bition, at the expense of the Society. 



9 IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



To the person who shall exhibit at the show any new or 

 improved agricultural implement except ploughs, the inven- 

 tion being his own, which shall, in the opinion of the trustees, 

 merit a reward, a premium shall be given, not exceeding ten 

 dollars. 



In all cases, proof must be given of the work done by the im- 

 plement before it is exhibited, and of its having been used and 

 approved by some practical farmer. 



10 COMPARATIVE VALUE OF CROPS AS FOOD FOR CATTLE. 



1. For the most satisfactory experiment upon a stock of cat- 

 tle, not less than four in number, in ascertaining 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 experiment to be made in the three winter 

 months, 



1st premium _ - - lifteeii dollars. 



2d premium _ - - ten dollars. 



2. For the most satisfactory experiment proving the compar- 

 ative value of the crop of cultivated grasses, cut at different 

 periods of their growth, whether they be worth more or less for 

 feeding or fattening cattle, cut in the blossom, or when the seed 

 is fully formed, or when fully ripe, taking into view the effect 

 of cutting these grasses at the different periods above mentioned, 

 on the land itself and on subsequent crops, fifteen dollars. 



