PREMIUMS. 89 



HORSE TEAMS. 



Committee. — James Putnam, of Lunenburg ; Warren Simonds, of 



Templeton ; Josiah Puffer, of Harvard ; Chas. H. Loring, of Sterling . 

 Samuel R. Damon, of Ashby. 



Horses or Mule Teams, - - 1st premium, - $7,00 



2d premium, - 5,00 



3d premium, - 3,00 



CROPS. 



All entries for Premiums in this department must be made with the 

 Secretary, on or before June 1st, with the exception of English turnips, 

 which must be entered on or before August 1st. Immediately after 

 these dates the Secretary will transmit to all competitors a copy of the 

 blank form adopted by the Trustees, to correspond with the require- 

 ments of the following extract from the Statute Laws of 1859, viz : 



Chapt. 232, Sect. 2. "No incorporated Agricultural Society shall 

 award a premium for a field crop, without satisfactory evidence, under 

 oath, presented to its Committee or other officers, that the whole mer- 

 chantable crop so entered, has been weighed when harvested, if a grass 

 or root crop, and when threshed or husked, if a grain or corn crop." 



These forms must be returned to the Secretary on or before Nov. 10th, 

 with each question concerning the crop answered, and the certificates 

 properly signed. 



^"o person will be allowed to compete for more than one Premium, 

 with a crop raised upon the same field, however large, with the same 

 treatment. 



Committees should not encourage the irregular entry of accidental 

 good crops. 



GRAIN. 



Committee. — John P. Sabin, A. P. Goodridw, of Fitchbunr ; Wash- 

 ington Nichols, of Gardner j Samuel Hayward, of Ashby ; Hosea 

 Green, of Ashburnham. 



The Committee may award gratuities for valuable new varieties of 

 grain. 



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