PREMIUMS. 7^ 



COMMITTEES' REPORTS. 



Committee. — The President, two Vice Presidents, and Secretary. 



For the purpose of inducing the chairmen of the several committees 

 to take upon themselves more labor and care in elaborating their reports, 

 the following premiums will be paid : — 810, 6, 4. 



Reports in connection with awards made on the day of exhibition, 

 must be delivered to -the Secretary on or before October 25th. All 

 others on or before November 15th. 



Total amount of premiums offered for 1S67. $1706.75. 



PROSPECTIVE. 



Committee. — Jabez Fisher, Joel Page, Fitch urg ; Cyrus Kilburn, 

 Lunenburg. 



For the best experiment to determine the economy of growing Indian 

 corn as a part of a rotation, compared with grass, through a series 

 of six years, the amount of manure applied being the same in 

 both cases. Three premiums — 850, 25, 15. 

 Entries must be made on or before July 1st, 1867. 



APPLE AND PEAR ORCHARDS. 



Committee. — Ephraim Graham, Lunenburg ; Jonas A. Marshall, 

 Alfred Marshall, Fitchburg. 



APPLE ORCHARDS. 



For the best orchards of not less than fifty trees, all having been set 

 after January 1st, 1866, to be awarded in 1870. Two premi- 

 ums— $25, 10. 



PEAR ORCHARDS. 



For the best orchards of not less than fifty trees, all having been set 

 after January 1st, 1866, to be awarded in 1871. Two premiums 



—$25, 10. 



■ POTATOES. 



For the best seedling potatoes, to be tested for not less than three suc- 

 cessive years. — 825. 



FOREST TREES. 



Entries must be made on or before the first day of Jun'e. 



For the best plantation of any kind of Forest Trees, suitable for fuel or 

 timber, raised from the seed, not less than five hundred in number, 

 which shall be in the most flourishing condition in the fall of 1868. 

 Three premiums — $25, 15, 10. 



