96 PREMIUMS. 



FANCY ARTICLES. 



Committee — E. F. Jonks, Mrs J. F. Monroe, Mrs. Benj. Snow, 

 Jr., Fitcbburg; Miss Hannah Black, Lunenburg; Miss Mary E. 

 Whiting, Oakdale. 



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

 their own manufacture, including specimens of nice mending and darn- 

 ing, there will be placed at the disposal of the committee, the sura of 

 thirty dollars. 



ESSAYS. 



Committee. — Jabez Eisher, T. K. Ware, S. B. Grant, Fitchburg. 



All persons competing for these 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 

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

 the author. 



The envelopes of the successful competitors will be opened on the 

 day of the exhibition, immediately upon the announcement of the 

 awards. 



Best Essays on some practical subject connected with agricultui-e, 

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

 Two premiums — $25, 15. 



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 : — $10, 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 Amoumt of Premiums offered for 1868, 82154.75. 



PROSPECTIVE. 



Committee. — Jabez Fisher, Joel Page, Fitchburg; 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, 1868. 



