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miny limes ploughed, anl how deep? What other preparation 

 for the seed ? Cost of ploughing and other preparation ? 

 Amount ol manure, iu loads of thirty bushels, and how applied? 



"Value of manure upon the {.-round ? (What amount of Commer- 

 cial Fertilizer used ? How used? Value of same when applied ?) 

 When and how planted ? The amount and kind of seal? Cost 

 of seed and planting? How cultivated, and how many limes? 

 Cost of cultivation, including weeding and thinning ? Time and 

 manner of harvesting ? Cost of harvesting, including the storing 

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

 Competitor. 



The committee, to whom is entrusted 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 therof to measure the land and weigh the crops accurately, 

 giving to the committee a certificate of the same, and give all 

 possible information thereon over their own signatures, and return 

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

 annual transactions. 



In ascertaining the amount of crop, auy 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 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. 



Rules of Measure Practiced axd Adopted by the 

 State Board of Agriculture. 



Wheat, Potatoes, S.igar Beets, Ruta Bagas, Mangold Wurtzels, 



GO lbs. to bush, 

 White Beans and Peas, 62 " " 



Coin, Rye, 50 " " 



Oats, 32 " 



Barley. Buckwheat, 48 " •' 



Cracked Corn. Corn and Rye, and other meal, 



except Oat, 50 ' ; " 



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 le^s than 

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

 than one acre, premiums, $10, 5 



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

 bushels to the acre, thirty tAO 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. $10, 5 



