90 PREMIUMS. 



All entries must be made at least one week before commencing 

 the experiments. 



Best managed and cultivated Farm, to be awarded and paid in 

 1873. Two premiums— $50, 25. 



Entries must be made on or before May 1st, 1871. 



GARDENS. 



Committee. — Joseph Cozzens, Leominster; Thomas Palmer, 

 Fitchburg ; Wm. Baker, Lunenburg. 



Kitchen or Mixed Gardens. Two premiums — $12,8. 

 Flower Gardens. Two premiums — $4, 2. 



No person having received a premium for a farm, kitchen or 

 mixed garden, shall be allowed to compete for another with the 

 same land, within five years, except for a higher one. 



Entries must be made on or before June 15th. 



EXPERIMENTS. 



Com7«i«ec.— Augustus Whitman, Leominster ; Joel Page, Fitch- 

 burg ; Ezra Kendall, Sterling. 



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. Twopremmms — $15, 10. 



Best Experiment testing the value of corn and cob for fattening 

 purposes, with the cob or otherwise. One premium — $15. 



Best Experiment in steaming food for cattle and horses. One 

 premium — $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 committee, for the 

 best and most reliable agricultural experiments of any kind, made 

 in 1871, the sum of twenty dollars. 



