parative advantages of either method, regard being had to tho 

 saving of manure, comfort of the animals and produce of the dairy, 

 $12; second best, $8 ; third best, Flint's Dairy. 



FATTENING CATTLE. 



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

 detail of the process, expense and result, $5 ; second best, Flint's 

 Grasses. 



FATTENING SWINE. 



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

 detail of the process and result, $5 ; second best, Flint's Dairy. 



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, $6 ; second best, $3 ; third best, Eastwood's 

 Cranberry Culture. 



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 ^Yheat^ Harris' Treatise on 

 Insects ; second best, Flint's Grasses. 



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

 Harris' Treatise on Insects ; second best, each, Flint's Grasses. 



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

 tise on Insects ; second best, Flint's Dairy. 



For the best experiment in raising White Beans, Millet, or 

 Buckwheat, each, Bridgeman's Young Gardener's Assistant. 



Samples of each kind of Grain, not less than a half-bushel, 

 properly labelled, must be exhibited at the Show. The quantity 

 of the crop to be ascertained by weight, as follows : — Corn and 

 Rye, 5(3 pounds each to the bushel ; Barley and Buckwheat, 48 

 pounds each ; Oats, 82 pounds ; Wheat, GO pounds. 



