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signatures, and return the same to the Secretary of the Society, 

 to be published in the annual 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 filled by the crop. 



In measuring the land, or weighing crops, any competent per- 

 son ma}- be employed, whether a sworn surveyor or not, and 

 must give certificate. 



The certificates shall state the weight of all crops only in a 

 merchantable state. 



In ascertaining the amount of a hay crop entered for pre- 

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



Rules of Measure Practiced and Adopted by the State 

 Board of Agriculture. 



Wheat, Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Ruta Bagas, Mangold Wurtzel, 

 White Beans and Peas, 60 lbs. to bush. 



Corn, Rye, 56 " 



Oats, 32 " " 



Barley, Buckwheat, 48 k ' " 



Cracked Corn, Corn and Rye, and other meal, except Oats, 



50 lbs. to bush. 

 Parsnips, Carrots, 55 " " 



Onions, 52 " " 



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

 twenty bushels to the acre, fifty-six pounds to the bushel, on 

 not less than one acre, premiums, $10, $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, $10, $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 

 forty bushels to the acre, forty-eight pounds to the bushel, on 

 not less than one acre, premium, $10, $5 



5. For best conducted experiments of Indian Corn, not less 

 than one acre, premiums, $10, $5 



6. For largest quantity and best qualtty of English Hay, on 

 not less than one acre, regard being had to the. mode and cost 

 of cultivation, premiums, $10, $5 



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

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



$10, $5 



