PREMIUMS OFFERED. 117 



five pounds, to be exhibited, with a particular statement of the 

 number of cows, quantity of butter, method of making and 

 preserving it, (fcc, &c. 



1st premium ----- ten dollars. 



2d premium ----- eight dollars. 



3d premium ----- six dollars. 



4th premium - - Coleman's European Agriculture. 



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

 County of Essex, in the four months next following the 20th 

 of May, the present year, a sample of not less than twenty-five 

 pounds to be exhibited — quantity as well as quality to be taken 

 into view ; with a full account of the manner of feeding the 

 cows, and the general management of the milk and butter, 



1st premium ----- ten dollars. 



2d premium ----- eight dollars. 



3d premium ----- six dollars. 



4th premium - - Coleman's European Agriculture. 



Note. It will be observed that these premiums are offered 

 for the best jjroduce on the farms, and not simply for the best 

 specimen exhibited. Claimants will therefore be required to 

 be particular in keeping an account, and preparing a statement 

 of the entire produce, within the times mentioned. 



3. TURNING IN CROPS AS A MANURE. 



For the most satisfactory experiment of turning in crops as a 

 manure, either green or dry, on not less than one acre of land, 

 a detailed account of the whole process to be given in writing, 



1st premium ten dollars. 



2d premium ----- five dollars. 



4. FOREST TREES. 



1. For the best plantation of either of the following species 

 of forest trees, viz : — white oak, yellow oak, locust, birch, 

 white ash, maple or walnut, not less than three years old, and 

 not less than one thousand trees, twenty dollars. 



2. For the best do. do. do. not less than six hundred 

 trees, - - _ - _ ten dollars. 



Note. For an explanation of these premiums, see remarks 

 in former years. 



