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Preservation of Vegetables. — For the l)est Essay on the 

 preservation of Vegetables, a premium not exceeding $25. 



Agricultural Education. — For the best Essay on Agriciiltnral 

 Education, a premium not exceeding $25. 



Farm Accounts. — For the best Essay on a system of Farm 

 Accounts, a premium not exceeding $25. 



For the best Essay on Domestic Poultry, a premium not exceed- 

 ing $25. 



For the best Essay on Fences for Farms, uniting economy, 

 strength and appearance, a premium not exceeding $25. 



For the best Essay on the Extermination of Weeds and Plants, 

 destructive to crops, a premium not exceeding $25. 



For the best Essay on the Preservation and Application of Liq- 

 uid Manure, a premium not exceeding $25. 



For the best Essay on the introduction of new Fruits, or of new- 

 articles of Field Culture, a premium not exceeding $25. 



For the best Essay on the value and application of Phosphate 

 of Lime, or any fertilizer of the soil, a premium not exceeding $25. 



For the best Essay on Bees and Structure of Hives, with par- 

 ticular reference to feeding Bees and guarding against the spolia- 

 tion of the Bee Moth, a premium not exceeding $2i>. 



For the best plan for a Barn and Barnyard, with regard to the 

 keeping of the Hay, the comfort of the (Jattle, the ease and com- 

 venience of tending them, and the making and preserving the 

 Manure, a premium not exceeding $25. 



These premiums will not be awarded unless the Essays offered 

 shall, in the judgment of the Committee appointed to decide upon 

 them, be deemed worthy of an award, without reference to their 

 comparative merit. 



FARM BUILDINGS. 



For the best planned house and out-buildings — regard being- 

 had to the cost and economy of labor — the house to be warm, well 

 lighted and ventilated, with a cellar protected from frost and ver- 

 min, and the whole not to cost over $25(^0 — to be examined b}- the 

 Supervisory Committee — a premium to be adjudged by said Com- 

 mittee. 



