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with statement, in detail, of the previous condition and produce of 

 the land, the method and expense of the experiment, and the pro- 

 duce at the present time, $8 ; second best, $4. 



UNDER-DRAINING LAND. 



For the best experiment in under-draining land, not less than 

 forty square rods, regard being had to the character of the soil 

 and subsoil, the method, extent, expense and result of the exper- 

 ment, $10 ; second best, $5. 



OLD PASTURE AND UNIMPROVED LANDS. 



For the best conducted experiment in renovating and improv- 

 ing old pasture lands and lands hitherto Ijing waste, on not less 

 than one acre, with or without ploughing, with a statement of the 

 previous condition of the land, and of the method, expense and 

 result of the experiment, $8 ; second best, $5 ; third, $3. 



TURNING IN CROPS AS A MANURE. 



For the most satisfactory experiment of turning in crops as a 

 manure, either green or dry^ on not less than 07ie-half acre of land, 

 a detailed account of the whole process, expense and result to be 

 given in writing, $G. 



MANURES. 



Premiums of $25, $20 and $15, are offered for the three most 

 successful experiments in the application of Manures, in accord- 

 ance with the following vote of the State Board of Agriculture : — 



At a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, held in De- 

 cember, 1862, it was 



" Voted, That the several Agricultural Societies receiving the 

 bounty of the State, be required to offer three premiums for the 

 most thorough, exact and reliable experiments upon the proper 

 depth of applying manures, payable in the fall of 1865, as fol- 

 lows : — 



" Select a level piece of land of any convenient size, from 

 twenty rods up to as many acres or more, Avhich should be as 

 nearly equal in its character and conditions as possible. Divide 

 it into five equal parts, numbering them 1, 2, o, 4 and 5, for a 

 rotation of three years. 



" Divide the manure which it is proposed to apply, and which 

 should be of a uniform character, into four equal parts. At the 

 time of first ploughing in the spring, spread evenly one-fourth of 

 the manure upon plot No. 1, and then plough the whole field of an 

 equal depth. Apply another fourth part of the manure to plot No. 



