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CHAECOAL, PEN AND INK WORK, 

 PHOTOGEAPHS, ETC. 



At the disposal of the committee in this department, to 

 be awarded in gratuities not exceeding $2, in any one gra- 

 tuity, $20 



WOEK BY CHILDEEN. 



For specimens of work performed by cliildren under 12 

 years of age, exhibiting industry and ingenuity, premiums, 



$2, 1 



At disposal of committee to be awarded in gratuities, not 

 less than 25 cents in any one gratuity, $15 



Grain and other Crops. 



Claimants on Grain and Eoot Crops will be required to 

 state the size of the piece of land, when they enter, and con- 

 form to the following rules : Entries of Grain Crops to be 

 made on or before September 10th; Eoot crops on or before 

 October 10th, giying ample time for the crops to be examined 

 by the committee before harvesting. Statements to be made 

 in conformity with the following form, must be forwarded to 

 the Committee previous to November 1st. 



All calculations and figures given in reports of and state- 

 ments of Crops are to be made on the basis of an acre, results 

 in all cases to be given at the rate per acre. 



In pursuance of authority delegated to the Board of Agri- 

 culture by Chap. 24 of Acts 1862, Agricultural Societies re- 

 ceiving the bounty of the State are required to make use of 

 the following form, and be governed by its conditions, in the 

 mode of ascertaining the amount of crops entered for pre- 

 mium : 



Essex Agricultural Society. — Statement concerning 



a crop of , raised by Mr. , in the town of 



■ , 1907. 



What was the crop of 1905 ? What manure was used and 

 how much? What was the crop of 1906? What manure was 

 used and how much ? What is the nature of the soil ? When 

 and how many times ploughed, and how deep? What other 

 preparation for the seed ? Cost of ploughing and other prepa- 

 ration? Amount of manure, in loads of thirty bushels, and 

 how applied? Value of manure upon the ground? (Wliat 

 amount of Commercial Fertilizer used? How used? Value 



