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HAY. 



For the largest quantity and best quality of English Hay per 

 acre, produced on any farm in the county, regard being had to 

 the mode and cost of cultivation, a premium of $6.00 



CULTIVATION OF GRAIN CROPS. 



1. For the best conducted experiment in Wheat, first premi- 

 um, $6 ; second do., $4. 



2. For the best conducted experiment in Rye, first premium, 

 4 ; second do., $2. 



3. For the best conducted experiment in Oats, first premium 

 $4 ; second do., $2. 



4. For the best conducted experiment in Barley, first premi- 

 um, $4 ; second do., $2. 



5. For the best conducted experiment in Indian Corn, first 

 premium, $8 ; second do., $5; third do., $3. 



6. For the best conducted experiment in raising White Beans, 

 a premium of $6. 



Claimants for premiums on Grain Crops are required to notify 

 the Chairman of the Committee on Grain Crops on or before the 

 loth of November, by a -written statement, containing the follow- 

 ing particulars : — a description of the soil ; the value of the land ; 

 the interest on that value ; the amount of taxes ; the value of 

 manure, or ashes, or plaster used ; the cost of seed ; the expense 

 of preparing the ground, of sowing or planting ; of cultivating and 

 harvesting the crop, and the total value of the crop raised ; that 

 by a single glance the net profit of the production may be seen ; 

 regard being had to the quantity of crop and extent of ground. 



Note. Applications for premiums on small Grains to be made on or before the first 

 of July, and oti Indian Corn on or before the fifteenth of August; not less than a half 

 bnshel of each kind to be shown at the annual exhibition. The quantity to be ascer- 

 lainod by weight, as follows: — Corn, 56 lbs. to the bushel; Rye, 56; Barley, 46 3 

 Buckwheat, 46 ; Oats, 30 ; Wheat, 60. 



MIXED CROPS. 



For the best conducted experiment in the cultivation of mixed 

 crops of grains and vegetables, in alternate rows — first premium, 

 $G ; second premium, $4. This must be made on not less than 

 one acre of land, and a statement in detail of the expense and 

 product will be required, 



