126 PREMIUMS. 



ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS. 



Committee. — T. R. Routelle, N. S. Boutelle, Oliver Kendall, of 

 Fitchburg. 



Competitors must make their entries on or before tlie 1st day of June, 

 and furnish a detailed statement of the history and management, on or 

 before November 10th. 



PEARS. 



For the best Orchards of not less than fifty 

 trees, all havmg been set out after 



January 1st, 1856, 1st premium, - $25,00 



2d premium, - 15,00 



GRAPES. 



For the best Plantations of Native Grapes, 

 containing not less than twenty-five 



vines, 1st premium, - 10,00 



2d premium, - 5,00 



PROSPECTIVE. 



EXPERIMENTS. 



Committee. — Jabez Fisher, of Fitchburg; Thos. Billings, of Fitch- 

 burg ; Lemuel Pitts, of Lunenburg. 



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 manures, 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 full directions for the performance of these 

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

 —the premiums to be paid in the fall of 1862— will be supplied to all 

 persons wishing to compete, on application to the Secretary. 



