88 PREMIUMS. 



In pursuance of authority delegated to the Board of Agriculture, hj 

 chap. 24 of the Acts of 1862, Agricultural Societies receiving, the 

 bounty of the State, are required to make use of the following form, 

 and be governed by its conditions, in the mode of ascertaining the 

 amount of crops entered for premium : 



Worcester North Agricultural Society. 



Statement concerning a crop of , raised by Mr. , in the 



town of , 1867. 



What was the crop of 1865 ? 



"What manure was used, and how much that year? 



What was the crop of 1866 ? 



What manure was used, and how much that year ? 



What is the nature of the soil 1 



When, and how many times plowed, and how deep, for the present 

 crop ? 



What other preparation for the seed ? 



Cost of plowing and other j^reparation ? 



Amount of manure, in loads of thirty bushels, and how applied for 

 the present crop ? 



Value of manure upon the ground ? 



When and how planted, and the amount and kind of seed ? 



Cost of seed and planting? 



How cultivated, and how many times ? 



Cost of cultivation, including weeding and thinning ? 



Time and manner of harvesting ? 



Cost of harvesting, including the storing and husking, or threshing? 



Amount of straw, stover, or other product ? 



REMARKS. 



Signed by 



Competitor. 

 From actual measurement , I hereby certify that the land which the 

 above crop of covered, contained rods, and no more. 



Acting Surveyor. 



I hereby certify that y appointed for that purpose by the Com- 



mittee on crop, appeared before me, and took oath that he has 



ascertained the weight of the above crop, according to the regulations 

 of the State Board of Agriculture, on the day of and that 



it was 



Justice of the Peace. 



In ascertaining the amount of crop, any vessel may be used, and 

 the weight of its contents once, multiplied by the number of times it is 

 filled by the crop. 



To ascertain the amount of a corn crop, any vessel containing not 

 less than a bushel of ripened ears may be used, and the weight of the 



