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[Successful competitors may receive their premiums in plate 

 or moxey, at their option.] 



LIST OF PREMIUMS FOR THE YEAR 1857. 



PROGRESSIVE HUSBANDRY. 



For th.e best conducted and most improved Farm during five 

 consecutive years, commencing in the year 1856, — of which the 

 occupant shall present annually to the Trustees a satisfactory 

 account of the whole management of the Farm, — of the crops 

 produced, of the improvement made, and of the stock kept, — a 

 premium of One Hundred Dollars, to be paid in 1860. 



Note. Whenever any Farm shall be entered for this premium, the Secretary of 

 the Society shall give notice thereof to the Committee on Progressive Husbandry 

 annually in September, who will be required to examine the Farm, and to certify the 

 general management of it. 



]\IANAGEMENT OF FARMS. 



For the most valuable and economical improvements in the 

 cultivation and management of Farms entire, during the year, 

 including lands, crop, stock, and all other appendages, 



First premium, $25.00 

 Second " 15.00 



Third premium, $12.00 

 Fourth " 8.00 



Competitors for these premiums must give notice of their inten- 

 tion to the Secretary, on or before June 15. Farms offered for 

 inspection will be vieAved by the Committee from the 20th June to 

 10th July, and also in September. Any extraordinary field crop 

 will, on notice, be visited by the Committee, and a report of the 

 same be made to the Society. 



