100 PEEMIUMS. 



PROSPECTIVE. 



FOREST T REES. 



All persons competing for the following premiums, must make their 

 entries on or before the first day of June, in the year in which the pre- 

 miums are to be awarded, and furnish a detailed statement of the whole 

 management from the time of setting out, on or before November 10th 

 of the same year. 



For the best Plantations of any kind of 

 Forest Trees, suitable for fuel or timber, 

 raised from the seed, not less than 

 five hundred in number, which shall 

 be in the most flourishing condition in 



the fall of 1863, - - 1st premium, - $25,00 



2d premium, - 15,00 

 3d premium, - 10,00 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MANURES. 



Committee. — Solon Carter, of Leominster ; Ephraim Graham, of 

 Lunenburg ; Isaac. B. Woodward, of Fitchhurg. 



In accordance with the requirements of the Board of Agriculture, 

 there will be paid for the most thorough, exact and reliable experiments 

 upon the proper depth of applying manures, three premiums, as 

 follows : 



1st premium, - $25,00 

 2d premium, - 20,00 

 3d premium, - 15,00 



A circular containing full directions for the performance of these 

 experiments, which were to be commenced in 1861, and continued 

 through a rotation of three years — the premiums to be paid in 1863 — 

 will be supplied to all persons wishing to compete, on application to the 

 Secretary. 



