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sible information thereon over their own signatures, and return the 

 same to the Secretary of the Society, to be published in the an- 

 nual transactions. 



In ascertaining the amount of crop, any vessel may be used and 

 the weight of its contents once, multiplied by the number of times 

 it is tilled by the crop. 



In measuring the land or weighing crops, any competent person 

 may be employed, whether a sworn surveyor or not, and must give 

 certificate. 



The certificate shall state the weight of all crops only in a mer- 

 chantable state. 



In ascertaining the amount of a hay crop entered for premium, 

 the measurement of the hay in the barn may be employed. 



EuiiES OF Measure Practiced and Adopted by the State 



Board of Agriculture. 

 Wheat, Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Ruta Bagas, 



"White Beans and Peas, 



Corn, Rye, 



Oats, 



Barley, Buckwheat, 



Cracked Corn, Corn and Rye, and other meal, 



except Oat, 

 Parsnips, Carrots, 

 Onions, 



1. For the best conducted experiments of Rye, not less than 

 twenty bushels to the acre, fifty-six lbs. to the bushel, on not less 

 than one acre, premiums, -SIO, 5 



2. For best conducted experiments of Wheat, not less than 

 thirty bushels to the acre, sixty pounds to the bushel, on not less 

 than one acre, premiums, SIO, 5 



3. For best conducted experiments of Oats, not less than fifty 

 bushels to the acre, thirty-two pounds to the bushel, on not less 

 than one acre, premiums, $10, 5 



4. For best conducted experiments of Barley, not less than for- 

 ty bushels to the acre, forty-eight pounds to the bushel, on not less 

 than one acre, premiums, SIO, 5 



5. For best conducted experiments of In.lian Corn, on not less 

 than one acre, premiums, SIO, 5 



6. For largest quantity and best quality of English Hay, on not 

 less than one acre, regard being had to the mode and cost of culti- 

 vation, premiums, ,§10, 5 



7. For best yield of Field Beans, on not less than one-half acre, 

 and not less than twenty-five bushels per acre, premiums, §10, 5 



ROOT CROPS. 



1. For best conducted experiments in raising Carrots, fifty-five 

 pounds to the bushel, premiums, |lO, 5 



2. For best conducted experiments in raising Parsnips, fifty-five 

 pounds to the bushel, premiums, $10, 5 



3. For best conducted experiments in raising Ruta Bagas, sixty 

 pounds to the bushel, premiums, $10, 5 



