FATTENING CATTLE. 



For the best experiment in feeding cattle, with a statement in 

 detail of the process, expense and result, $8 ; second best, $4. 



FATTENING SWINE. 



For the best experiment in feeding swine, with a statement in 

 detail of the process and result, $6 ; second best, $4. 



SOILING OF CATTLE. 



For the best experiment in the soiling of cattle, with a detailed 

 statement of the process and the result, — regard being had to the 

 saving of manure, and to the comparative expense of pasturing, 

 |15 ; second best, $10. 



GREEN FODDER. 



For the best experiment in raising corn fodder or other succu- 

 lent feed to be used green, and in ascertaining its value for the 

 feed of milch cows, — on not less than one-half acre of land, — with 

 a statement, in detail, of the mode and cost of cultivation, and the 

 result of its use, $8. 



HAY. 



For the largest quantity and best quality of English hay per 

 acre, produced on any farm in the County, regard being had to 

 the character of the soil, the mode and cost of cultivation and 

 making, ^5 ; second best, " Flint's Treatise on Grasses." 



CRANBERRY VINES. 



For the best experiment in transplanting Cranberry Vines, or 

 in growing them from seed, on not less than one-eighth of an acre 

 which shall be in the most flourishing and productive state, on the 

 10th September, 1863, $8 ; second best, $4. 



Competitors will be required to give an exact statement of the 

 process, expense, and result of the experiment. 



GRAIN AND ROOT CROPS. 



GRAIN CROPS. 



For the best experiment in raising Wheat, Harris' Treatise on 

 Insects ; second best $3. 



For the best experiment in raising Bye, Oats, or Barley, each, 

 $4 ; second best, each, $2. 



For the best experiment in raising Indian Corn, Harris' Trea- 

 tise on Insects ; second best, $4 ; third best, $2. 



For the best experiment in raising White Beans, Millet or 

 Buchvheat, each, $3. 



