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more, with satisfactory evidence as to the quantity and quality 

 of her milk, _ - - - seven dollars. 



For the second best, - - - five dollars. 



For the best pair of working oxen, not over seven years old, 

 taking into view their size, power, and training, ten dollars. 



For the second best, - - - seven dollars. 



For the third best, - - - five dollars. 



For the best pair of three year old steers, do seven dollars. 



For the second best, - - - five dollars. 



For the best pair of two year old steers, six dollars. 



For the second best, - - - four dollars. 



For the best pair of yearling steers, do - four dollars. 



For the second best, - - - two dollars. 



For the best boar, - - - five dollars. 



For the second best, - - - two dollars. 



For the best breeding sow - -- five dollars. 



For the second best, _ - - three dollars. 



For the best litter of weaned pigs, not less than four, from 

 two to six months old, - _ - six dollars. 



For the second best, _ _ _ three dollars. 



Note. In testing the power of working cattle, four years 

 old, or more, the load is not to exceed two tons ; under four 

 years old, it is to be one ton. 



16 FRUIT TREES. 



For the best nursery of fruit trees, not less than five hundred 

 in number, raised from the seed, and one or more years old from 

 the bud or graft, 



1st premium, _ _ - ten dollars, and 



Coleman's European Agriculture. 

 2d premium, _ . _ ten dollars. 



17 LIVE FENCES. 



For the best cultivated hedge or live fence of any kind, of 

 not less than five years growth from the seed, and at least twen- 

 ty rods in length, well trimmed and filled, 



1st premium, - - - twenty dollars. 



2d premium, _ _ _ ten dollars. 



