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

 entered in the name of the owner. Those who intend to be 

 competitors, 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 exhibition, at the expense of the Society. 



8. EXPERIMENTS IN SUB-SOIL PLOUGHING. 



For the most satisfactory experiment on not less than one 

 acre of land, of the efFectof sub-soil ploughing, to be determined 

 by the difference of the value of the crops raised on equal 

 portions of equally manured land of equal quality, one half of 

 which, having been sub-soil ploughed, the other half ploughed 

 in the usual manner. Statements of the depth of ploughing in 

 each instance, together with all the particulars of culture, 

 required. 



First premium, - - - _ ten dollars. 



Second premium, . _ _ eight dollars. 



9. IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



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

 improved agricultural implement, the invention 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 

 implement 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 - - - fifteen dollars. 



2d premium . . - ten dollars. 



