c>.)MMi I'l kl:.s and premiums. 



The following Premiums are offered by the Housatonic Agri- 

 cultural Society to be awarded at the Fifty-fifth Annual Cattle 

 Show and Fair to be held at Great Barrington, on Wednesday, 

 Thursday and Friday, September 30, and October i and 2, 1896. 

 Early Summer Crops. 



Rye and Grass. 



Committee. — WilHaiii H. Day, Great Barrington ; Charles G. Hinckley, 

 Lee. Substitute, Hiram Comstock, Great Barrington. 

 For best four acres of Winter Rye. six premiums, 56, 5, 4, 3, 2, i. 

 For best acre Winter Rye, five premiums, %^, 4, 3, 2, i. 

 For best five acres Cultivated Grass, four premiums, ^5, 4, 3, 2. 

 For best three acres Cultivated Grass, four premiums, I4, 3, 2, i. 



Natural Meadows carmot compete for premiums on Grass. 



Regulations. — All entries of Rve and Grass nuist be made in time to be 

 received at the Secretary's desk by the TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE. 

 No entries will be received after that time. The quantity of land must be 

 specified at the time of the entry, and must be all in one piece. lliese 

 Regulations 'ujill be strictly adhered to. A cart track through a crop does 

 not divide it. No premium will be given on any crop, unless at least one- 

 fourth of the same is left standing when the Committee make their exam- 

 ination. In awarding the premiums, the Committee shall be governed by 

 the circumstances under which the crops offered are produced, and the 

 method of their production, whether skillful or otherwise. A luritten 

 statement must accompany each entry, setting forth hoiu the crop was. 

 raised. 



Late Summer Crops. 

 Oats, Barley, Ensilage and Sowed Corn. 



Committee. — Edward L. Van Deusen, Sheffield; Anson Buck, Stock- 

 bridge. Substitute, Frank T. Wheeler, Great Barrington. 

 For best four acres of Oats, six premiums, S6, 5, 4, 3, 2, i. 

 For best acre of Oats, five premiums, $5, 4, 3, 2, i. 

 For best acre of Barley, three premiums, $4, 3, 2. 

 For best piece of Ensilage Corn, of not less than three acres, six premiums, 



:?6, 5, 4, 3, 2, I. 

 For best piece of Fodder Sweet Co^t:, of not less than one acre, five premi- 

 ums, $5, 4, 3, 2, I. 

 For best one-half acre of Fodder Sweet Corn, four premiums, 54»3i 2, i. 



Regulations.— MX entries of Oats and Barley must be made by JULY 

 loth, and of Ensilage and Sowed Corn by AUGUST 15th. No entries will 

 be received after that time. The quantity of land must be specified at the 

 time of entr\', and must all be in one piece. These regulatiotis zvill be 

 strictly adhered to. A cart track through a crop does not divide it. No 

 premium will be given on any crop unless at least one-fourth is left stand- 

 ing when the Committee make their examination. In awarding the pre- 

 miums the Committee shall be governed by the circumstances under which 

 the crops offered are produced, and the method of their production, whether 

 skillful or otherwise. A written statement must accompany each entry^ 

 setting forth how the crop was raised. 



