PREMIUMS OFFERED. 107 



These premiums are offered to be paid, whenever a merito- 

 rious claim is presented; and will be continued until awarded 



II EXPERIMENTS ON MANURES. 



1. For an exact and satisfactory experiment in the prepara- 

 tion and application of manures, either animal, vegetable or 

 mineral, 



1st premium - - - fifteen dollars, and 



Coleman's European Agriculture. 

 2d premium - - - ten dollars. 



12 FATTENING CATTLE AND SWINE. 



For the most satisfactory experiment in feeding cattle or 

 swine, with a statement in detail, of the process and the result. 

 1st premium . - - ten dollars. 



2d premium - _ - five dollars. 



13 CULTIVATION OF WHEAT, RYE, OATS, BARLEY, AND INDIAN CORN. 



1. For the best conducted experiment of Wheat, not less than 

 twenty bushels to the acre, on not less than one acre, eight dollars. 



2. For the best conducted experiment of Rye, not less than 

 thirty bushels to the acre, on not less than one acre of land, eight 

 dollars. 



3. For the best conducted experiment of Oats, not less than 

 fifty bushels to the acre, on not less than one acre of land, eight 

 dollars. 



4. For the best conducted experiment of Barley, not less than 

 forty bushels to the acre, on not less than one acre of land, eight 

 dollars. 



5. For the best conducted experiment of Indian Corn, not 

 less than eighty bushels to the acre, on not less than one acre 

 of land, eight dollars. 



6. For the best conducted experiment in raising a mixed 

 crop of Corn and Potatoes, or mixed grain, and not less in val- 

 ue than eighty bushels of corn, on not less than one acre of 

 land, eight dollars. 



14 ROOT CULTURE. 



For the best conducted experiment in raising Sugar Beets, 

 six dollars. 



