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For the best loaf of Wheat Bread, of two to four lbs. weight — 

 first premium, $3 ; second do., $2. 



The bread presented for premium must be made on the day 

 previous to the Exhibition, by some female member of a family, 

 exclusive of hired persons, in whose name the entries shall be 

 made, and to whom the premiums shall be awarded. The bread 

 shall be baked in the oven commonly used by the family in which 

 it shall be made. A written statement of the process of making 

 the bread shall accompany each loaf. 



There shall be Committees appointed to judge of the several 

 descriptions of bread, to whom the names of the contributors shall 

 not be known, and no person shall serve on said Committees if 

 any member of his family shall be a competitor. 



FOREST TREES. 



For the best plantation of Forest Trees, of either of the follow- 

 ing varieties, viz. : — White Oak, Yellow Oak, Locust, Birch, 

 White Ash, or Walnut, Scotch 'Larch, Norway Spruce, Pitch 

 Pine and White Pine, or other varieties, not less than three years 

 old, and not less than one thousand trees, a premium, to be 

 awarded in 1857, of $20. 



For Uie best Plantation, to contain not less than five hundred 

 trees, a premium of $10. 



Ornamental Planting. To any city or town of Norfolk 

 County, for the largest number and best growth of ornamental 

 trees, which shall be planted in a public square or on the road- 

 side — first premium, $30 ; second do., $20. 



To any individual or society, regard being had to the number 

 of persons associated, for the largest number and best growth of 

 ornamental trees, which shall be planted in a public square or on 

 the roadside — first premium, $10 ; second do., $5. 



These premiums to be awarded in the autumn of 1857, and if 

 awarded to a city or town, to be graduated by the population 

 according; to the census of 1850. 



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FRUIT TREES. 



Apple Orchard. For the best Apple Orchard, of not less 

 than seventy-jive trees, which shall have been set out since 1851, 



