10 



tained b}^ weight of the roots — freed from dirt and Avithout tops — 

 as follows : Potatoes, Sugar Beet, Mangel-wurzel and Ruta-bagas, 

 GO pounds ; Carrots, 55 pounds ; Onions and Fkt Turnips, 50 

 pounds ; Parsnips, 45 pounds to the bushel. 



Competitors must give notice of their intention to compete, to 

 the Secretary, on or before June 15th ; and experiments will be 

 viewed by the Committee between July 1st and September 20th. 



Claimants for premiums must render to the Chairman of the 

 Committee, on or before November 15th, a written statement of 

 the character and previous condition of the land, its present value, 

 and the taxes upon it ; the kind, quality and value of manure used ; 

 the quantity and cost of seed sown ; the labor and expense of cul- 

 tivating and harvesting the crop ; and the quantity, quality and 

 value of the crop. In aAvarding premiums, regard will be had to 

 all these circumstances, and to the area of the ground in cultiva- 

 tion. 



YEGETABLES. 



Committee.— Charles L. Copeland, Milton; John W. Richardson, Franklin; AVilliam 

 J. Griggs, Brookline; William J. Hyde, Brookline; James 3Iackiutosh,Needham. 



Vegetable Garden. — For the best Vegetable Garden, regard 

 being had to the variety, excellence and quantity of the products 

 thereof, and the mode and expense of cultivation, first premium, 

 810 ; second do., $5 ; third do,, $2. 



Entries must be made before the 10th of June, and an exact 

 statement rendered before the first of November. 



Experiments in Raising Vegetables. — For the best experi- 

 ment in raising Squashes — one half-dozen of each variety to be 

 exhibited at the Show, $5 ; second best. 83. 



For the best experiment in raising Cabbages — not less than 

 six heads to be exhibited at the Show, $5 ; second best, 83. 



Show of Vegetables at Exhibition. — Class 1. — For the best 

 and largest collection of Vegetables exhibited, $20 ; second best, 

 815 ; third best, 810. 



For the best and largest collection of Potatoes, not less than 

 one peck of each variety, §6 ; second best, 83. 



