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TEEMIUMS. 



APPLES. 



For the best Orchards of not less than fifty trees, all having been set 

 after January 1st, 1861, to be 



awarded in 1865, 1st premium, - $25,00 



2d premium, - 10,00 

 PEARS. 

 For the best Orchards of not less than fifty trees, all having been set 

 after January 1st, 1861, to be 



awarded in 1866, - - 1st premium, - $25,00 



2d premium, - 10,00 



POTATOES. 



For the best seedling Potatoes, to be tested for not less than three suc- 

 cessive years, - ■ $25,00 



FOREST TREES. 



Entries must be made on or before the first day of June. 

 For the best Plantation of any kind of Forest Trees, suitable for fuel 

 or timber, raised from the seed, not less than five hundred in num-. 

 ber, which shall be in the most flourishing condition in the fall of 

 1868, 1st premium, - $25,00 



2d premium, - 15,00 

 3d premium, - 10,00 



LIVE FENCE. 



Committee. — A. F. Adams, of Fitchburg; Daniel Putnam, of 

 Lunenburg • J. A. Marshall, of Fitchburg. 



For the best experiment demonstrating the feasibility of substituting 

 live farm fence for those in common use; the entries to be made on or 

 before May 1st, 1863, or whenever afterwards planted, and the pre- 

 miums to be paid in 1868 : 



1st premium, - $25,00 



2d premium, - 15,00 

 3d premium, - 5,00 



ICE HOUSES. 



For the best constructed Ice House for family purposes, to be 

 tested at least twelve months, $5,00 



