78 PREMIUMS. 



Best horse rake. — $5. 



Best team harness. — $5. 



Best hay or straw cutter. — $3. 



Best ox yoke complete. — $3. 



Best churn. — S2. 



Best set of horse shoes. — $2. 



For implements not specified, to be awarded by the committee — $25. 



FINE ARTS. 



Committee. — Joseph Crehore, Edwin P. Munroe, Fifechburg ; Mrs. 

 Farrington Mclntire, Mrs Samuel Whitney, Fitchburg; Mrs. Thomas 

 Billings, Lunenburg. 



Best collection by a daguerreian artist. Two premiums — $4, 2, 



Oil paintings. Two premiums — $4, 2. 



Best crayon drawing. Two premiums — $3, 2. 



Pencil drawing. Two premiums — $2, 1. 



Best specimen of penmanship, by a non-professional. — $1. 



Specimens exhibited must be actually executed by the competitors. 



In addition there will be placed at the disposal of the committee, the 

 &um of twenty dollars. 



FANCY ARTICLES. 



Committee. — Henry L. Jones, Fitchburg; Mrs. Cyrus Kilburn, 

 Lunenburg; Mrs. Charles Mason, Mrs. George A. Torrey, Mrs. 

 Joseph Upton, Fitchburg. 



For the best specimens of Ladies' Useful and Fancy Articles, of their 

 own manufacture, including specimens of nice mending and darning, 

 there will be placed at the disposal of the committee, the sum of thirty 

 dollars. 



ESSAYS., 



Committee. — Charles Mason, Alvin M. Sawyer, Alfred Emerson, 

 Fitchburg. 



All persons competing for those premiums must file their Essays with 

 the Secretary on or before the 1st of September. Each Essay is to be 

 marked with a motto or design, and accompanied with a sealed envelope 

 containing a corresponding motto or design, and also the name of the 

 author. 



The envelopes of the successfal competitors will be opened on the 

 day of the exhibition, immediately upon the announcement of the 

 awards. 



For the best essays on some practical subject connected with agriculture, 

 deemed worthy of publication in the Society's *' Transactions." 

 Two premiums — $20, 15. 



