98 PREMIUMS. 



PROSPECTIVE— EXPERIMENTS. 



Comrtmttee, — Jabez Fisher, Joel Page, Fitchburg ; Cyrus Kilburn, 

 Lunenburg. 



For the best experiment going to show the economy of growing 

 grass constantly through a period of six years, on one acre or 

 more of land, as compared with a rotation in which grass shall 

 be grown three or four years only, the remainder being grain or 

 hoed crops, of which one, at least, shall be Indian Corn. The 

 total amount and kind of manure in each case must be the same 

 per acre, but the time and mode of application may be different. 

 Three premiums — $50, 25, 15. 



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



APPLE, PEAR, AND PEACH ORCHARDS. 



Committee. — Ephraim Graham, Lunenburg; Jonas A. Marshall, 

 L. H. Bradford, Fitchburg. 



APPLE ORCHARDS. 



For the best Orchards of not less than fifty trees, all having been 

 set after January 1st, 1871, to be awarded in 1875. Two 

 premiums — $25, 10. 



PEAR ORCHARDS. 



For the best Orchards of not less than fifty trees, all having been 

 set after January 1st, 1866, to be awarded in 1871. Two 

 premiums — $25, 10. 



Two Pear Orchards were entered for these premiums, in 1868, 

 by Ephraim Graham, Lunenburg, and Geo. S. Houghton, Fitchburg. 



PEACH ORCHARDS. 



For the best Orchards, of not less than thirty trees, set after 

 April 1st, 1871, to be awarded and paid in 1874. Two pre- 

 miums — $12, 8. 



