PREMIUMS OFFERED 



BY THE 



ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



FOR 



1846. 



1 MANAGEMENT OF FARMS. 



For the most extensive, valuable and economical improve- 

 ments in the cultivation and management of an entire farm, 

 with all its appendages, within the last Jive yea?' s, 



1st premium . _ - _ twenty-five dollars. 



2d premium _ . - - twenty dollars. 



3d premium . . - - ten dollars. 



23^ The Trustees have varied their statement of premiums 

 offered for entire farms, in the hope of increasing the number 

 of competitors. They have also determined to admit as com- 

 petitors, all farms within the county, whether large or small, 

 for which the Jirst premium has not been awarded within sev- 

 en years. A detailed statement of the management and pro- 

 duce will be expected by the 15th of November. 



Notice of intention to claim these premiums must be given to 

 the Secretary on or before the 20th of June. 



The Committee will visit such farms as may be entered, in 

 July and September. 



2. DAIRY. 

 1. For the best produce of butter on any farm within the 

 County of Essex, from the 1st of June to the 9th of July, in- 

 clusive, in the present year, a sample, not less than twenty- 



