PRETvriUMS. 



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FARMS. 



Committee. — Jabez Fisher, of Fitchburg; John Brooks, Jr., of 

 Princeton; Isaac B. Woodward, of Fitchbui'g. 



All competitors must make their entries on or before the first day of 

 May. Each farm will be open to the inspection of the Committee on 

 Farms, during the entu*e season. A detailed statement of the general 

 management, together with the income and expenses for the year, must 

 be furnished on or before November 10th. 

 For the best cultivated and managed 



Farms, - - - - 1st i)remium, - $15,00 



2d premium, - 8,00 



GARDENS. 



Committee.-— -Cjcva Thurston, Joseph Smith, Oliver Kendall, of 



Fitchburg. 



Entries must be made on or before June 1st. 



For the best Kitchen Gardens, - 1st premium, - $6,00 



2d premium, - 4,00 



3d premium, - 2,00 



EXPERIMENTS. 



PROSPECTIVE. 



In accordance with the requirements of the Board of Agriculture there 

 will be paid for the most thorough, exact and reliable experiments upon 

 the proper depth of applying manui'es, five premiums, as follows : 



1st premium, - $25,00 



2d premium, - 20,00 



3d premium, - 15,00 



4th premium, - 10,00 



5th premium, - 5,00 



A circular containing fiill directions for the performance of these 



experiments, which are to be continued through a rotation of three years 



— the premiums to be paid hi the fall of 1862 — will be supphed to all 



persons wishing to compete, on application to the Secretary. 



There will be placed at the disposal of a Committee for the best 

 and most reliable Agricultural Experhnents, made in 1860, the sum 

 of $25,00. 



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