ROOT CROPS. 



For the best experiment in raising Potatoes^ Burr's Vegetables ; 

 second best, McMahon's American Gardener. 



For the best experiment in raising Sugar Beets, Carrots, Pars- 

 nips, Mangold- Wurtzel, or Jiuta Baga, each, Burr's Vegetables ; 

 second best, each, McMahon's American Gardener. 



For the best experiment in raising Onions, Burr's Vegetables ; 

 second best, McMahon's American Gardener. 



For the best experiment in raising Flat Turnips, Burr's Vege- 

 tables ; second best, McMahon's American Gardener. 



Samples of Roots, not less than one bushel, properly labelled, 

 must be exhibited at the Show. The quantity of the crops, -which 

 must be on not less than one quarter of an acre, shall be ascertained 

 by the weight of the Roots — freed from dirt and without tops — as 

 follows : — Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Mangold- Wurtzel and Ruta 

 Bagas, 60 pounds ; Carrots, 55 pounds ; Onions and Flat Tur- 

 nips, 50 pounds ; Parsnips, 45 pounds to the bushel. 



Experiments will be viewed by the Committee between July 1st 

 and September 20th. 



Claimants for premiums must render to the Chairman of the 

 Committee, on or before November 15th, a written statement of 

 the character and previous condition of the land, its present value, 

 and the taxes upon it ; the kind, quantity and value of manure 

 used ; the quantity and cost of seed sown ; the labor and expense 

 of cultivating and harvesting the crop, and the quantity, quality 

 and value of the crop. In awarding premiums, regard will be had 

 to all these circumstances, and to the area of the ground in cul- 

 tivation. 



VEGETABLES. 



For the best experiment in raising Squashes — one half dozen of 

 each variety to be exhibited at the Show — Burr's Vegetables ; 

 second best, Thomas' Rural Affairs. 



For the best experiment in raising Cabbages — not less than six 

 heads to be exhibited at the Show — Burr's Vegetables ; second 

 best, Thomas' Rural Affairs. 



MIXED CROPS. 



For the best experiment in cultivating mixed crops of Grain and 

 Vegetables, in alternate portions, or of different roots, in alternate 

 rows, Harris' Treatise on Insects; second best, Burr's Vege- 

 tables ; third best, French's Drainage. The experiment must be 

 made on not less than half an acre of land, and a detailed state- 

 ment of the mode of culture, expense and product must be ren- 

 dered on or before November 15th. 



