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Ko premium to be awarded to any person for a repetition of an 

 experiment in meadow, swamp or pasture lands, for whicli he has 

 already received a premium. 



UNDER-DEAINING LAND. 



For best conducted experiments in under-draining land, regard 

 being had to the variety of soil, sub-soil, and other local circum- 

 stances, premiums, SIO, G 



Note.— The same instructions under "Improving- Wet Meadow and Swamp 

 Lands " apply to this Committee. 



GRAIN AND OTHER CROPS. 



Claimants on Grain and Root Crops will be required to state the 

 size of the piece of land, when they enter, and conform to the fol- 

 lowing rules : Entries of Grain Crops, to he made on or before Sep- 

 tember 10th ; Root Crops on or before October 10th ; giving ample 

 time for the crops to be examined by the committee before harvest- 

 ing. Statement to be made in conformity with the following 

 form, must be forwarded to the Committee previous to November 

 1st. 



All calculations and figures given in reports of, and statements of 

 Crops, are to be made on the basis of an acre, results in all cases, 

 to be given at the rate per acre. 



In pursuance of authority delegated to the Board of Agriculture 

 by Chap. 24, of Acts 1862, Agricultural Societies receiving the 

 bounty of the State are required to make use of the following 

 form, and be governed by its conditions in the mode of ascertain- 

 ing the amount of crops entered for premium . 



Essex Agricultural Society. — Statement concerning a crop 



of , raised by Mr. , in the town of , , 



1895. 



What was the crop of 1893. What manure Avas used and how 

 much. What was the crop of 1894 ? What manure was used and 

 how much ? What is the nature of the soil ? When and how many 

 times ploughed, and how deep ? What other preparation for the 

 seed ? Cost of ploughing and other preparation ? Amount of 

 manure, in loads of thirty bushels, and bow applied ? 



Value of manure upon the ground ? How used ? (What amount 

 of Commercial Fertilizer used ? How used ? Value of same when 

 applied ?) When and how planted ? The amount and kind of seed ? 

 Cost of seed and planting ? How cultivated and how many times ? 

 Cost of cultivaiiou, including weeding and thinning? Time and 

 manner of harvesting ? Cost of harvesting, including the storing 

 and husking or threshing V Amount of crop, etc. Signed by 

 Competitor. 



The committee, to whom is intrusted the award of the premiums 

 on field crops, may award them according to their judgment, but 

 for the purpose of furnishing accurate statistics for the benefit of 

 agriculture, shall select certain of the crops, and require the owners 

 thereof to measure the land and weigh the crops accurately, giv- 

 ing to the committee a certificate of the same, and give all pos- 

 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. 



