PREMIUMS. 91 



GAllDENS. 



Committee. — T. R. IJoutollo, Fitclil)urg; Ebcnozor JJird, Lcomin- 

 stcr; S. Jl. Bailoy, Lunenburg. 



No jMjr.son l);ivinfi; r(3(;(!ive(l ii pnnniuin for u f;irrn, kitc-licn or inixcd 

 garden, sliall be allowed to eoin))ete for another vvitb tlie K-'uric land, 

 •within five years, except for a hi^^her one. 



Entries muHt })e made on or ]>efore June Int. 

 Kitchen or Mixed Gardens. Three premiums — $0, 4, 2. 

 Flower Gardens. Two premiums — $2, L 



EXPERIMENTS. 



Committee. — Joel Page, .Jooepli Cusljing, Levi Kendall, Filcldiurg. 



All entries must be made at l(;a,st one week Ifofore commeneing the 

 experiments. 



Best Experiment to determine the best and most profitable time and 

 condition in which to cut grass for hay, having regard to the 

 total annual product. 'J' wo premiums — J^15, 10. 



Best Exijeriment testing the value of corn and cob for fattening pur- 

 poses, with the col) or otherwise. ()n(; premium — $15. 



Best Experiment in steaming food for cattle and horses. One pre- 

 mium — $10. 



Best Experiment testing the comparative value of drilling wheat or 

 other grain, to broadcast sowing. One premium — $5. 



There will be placed at the disposal of the commitUu!, for the best 

 and most reliable agricultural experiments, made in 1^508, the sum of 

 twenty dollars. 



EXHIBITrON AT THE HALL. 



No article intended for th<; Hall will be entithid to a premium, unless 

 it shall have been deposited by ten o'clock A. M., on Tu(;sday. 



All articles must have been grown, m;i,nufaf;tured, or produced by 

 the pfjrson entering the same for |)remium, and should be plainly marked 

 with the name and residence of the exhibitor. 



A strict compliance with these regulations will be absolutely necessary. 



APPLES, PEACHES, PLUMS AND QUINCES. 



Committee.— ^iivoma Gardner, Shirley; Trumbull Ball, Harvard; 

 E. F. Bailey, II. W. Page, Fitchburg; Martin .John;ion, Lunenburg. 



