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

 the keeping of the Hay, the comfort of the Cattle, the ease and 

 convenience of tending them, and the making and preserving the 

 Manure, a premium of $10. 



For the best Essay on the proper time and manner of cutting 

 the trees on wood land, a premium of $10. 



These premiums will not be awarded unless the Essays offered, 

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

 them, be deemed in themselves worthy of an Award without refer- 

 ence to theu' comparative merit. 



