PREMIUMS. 95 



RULES OF MEASURE 



Practiced and adopted hy the State Board of Ar/riculture. 



Wheat, Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Mangel "Wurzel, 



Ruta Bagas, White Beans and Peas, 

 Corn, Rje, 

 Oats, 



Barley, Buckwheat, 

 Cracked Corn, Corn and Rye and other meal, 



except Oat, and English Turnips, 

 Parsnips, 

 Carrots, 

 Onions, 



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GRAIN. 



Cotmmttee. — Solon Carter, Ebenezer Bird, Leominster; James 

 Houghton, Oakdale; John Minot, Westminster; Martin Johnson, 

 Lunenburiv. 



For the largest crop of herds-grass seed, not less than three bushels, 



Two premiums — $5, 3. 

 Red top, not less than six bushels. Two premiums — $5, 3. 



The committee may award gratuities for valuable new varieties of 

 grain. 



For the most profitable crops of corn, wheat, rye, barley, and oats, 

 one acre each ; of cabbages, beans, and flax, one-eighth acre each ; the 

 product of corn to be not less than 4320 lbs., on the cob ; that of 

 wheat, rye, barley, and oats, not less than 1200 lbs. of grain each. 



Corn. Three premiums — $15, 10, 8. 



AVheat. Three premiums— $15, 10, 8. 



Flax. Three premiums — $10, 5, Grasses and Forage Plants. 



Rye. Three premiums— $G, 4, Grasses and Forage Plants. 



Barley. Three premiums— S6, 4, Grasses and Forage Plants. 



Oats. Three premiums — $6, 4, Grasses and Forage Plants. 



Field Beans. Three Premiums— $4, 2, Grasses and Forage Plants. 



Samples must bo exhibited at the Fair. 



