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5th. Effects of deep and shallow planting. 



6th. Raising from sprouts alone from same strain. 



7th. Can potatoes having dwarf vines be planted nearer than 

 others ? 



8th. Best distance apart for seed in the drill. 



9th. To show the effect of covering the top with earth at sev- 

 eral times after they had come up. 



To be raised on not less tban a half-acre of land, uniform in 

 character, and all to receive the same kind and quality of manure 

 and cultivation, and to be inspected by the committee at the time 

 of gathering the crops. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



For the person who obtains the largest number of new members 

 for the Society from any Town ®r City before the first day of No- 

 vember next, - $6 



Note. — Names of new members, with name of person procuring them, can 

 be sent as fast as obtained, to the Secretary of the Society, who will make a 

 record of them. 



Persons paying three dollars will receive a " Certificate of Membership," 

 which is for life. No fines or assessments are ever imposed and members are 

 entitled to vote in ail its transactions, with free use of the Library and a copy 

 of the publication of the Society each year. 



ESSAYS AND FARM ACCOUNTS. 



The Essays must be transmitted to the Secretary by the 1st of 

 November, with sealed envelopes containing the names of their 

 authors, respectively, which shall not be opened by the committee, 

 nor shall the names be known to the committee until they shall 

 have decided upon the merits of the Essay. 



For original Essays on any subject connected with Agriculture, 

 in a form worthy of publication, premiums, $15, $10, $8 



For best statement of Actual Farm Accounts, drawn from the 

 experience of the claimant, in a form worthy of publication, pre- 

 mium, $10 



For Reports of Committees, who report upon subjects for which 

 premiums'are offered by the Society, premiums, $10, $8, $6 



For Statements of Exhibitors, premiums, $8, $4 



COMMITTEES. 



Committees for Judges, and Arrangements for the next Cattle 

 Show and Fair, are chosen at the Trustees' Meeting in June next. 



