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For the most profitable crops of potatoes, one-fourtb acre eacli ; of 

 carrots, onions, beets, and turnips, one-eighth acre each. 



Potatoes, not less than 3000 lbs. Two premiums— 18, 5. 



Carrots, not less than 5500 lbs. Two premiums— $4, 3. 



Onions, not less than 2000 lbs. Two premiums— //arm on Ins..%2. 



fe'Jgar Beets. Two premiums— $2, 1. 



Man2;el Wurzel. Two premiums— $2, 1. 



J^nglisb Turnips. Two premiums — Harris on Insects, S2. 



Aurnips of any other variety. Two premiums— /r«rmo;i Insects, $2. 



Cabbages. Two premiums — S2, 1. 



FARMS. 



Committee.— Geo. S. Hoaghton, Fitchburg ; C. C. Boydcn, Leom- 

 inster ; Ohio Whitney, Ashburnham. 



All entries must be made at least one ww.li before commencing the 

 ezperiments. 



Best managed and cultivated Farm, to jje awarded and paid in 1873. 

 Two premiums — $50, 25. 



Entries must be made on or before May 1st, 1872. 



GAPvDENS. 



Committee . — Jabez Fisher, L. H. B rail fori', Fitchburg; Emory 

 Barrage, Leominster. 



Kitchen or ^lixed Gardei'S. Two premiums — $12, 8. 

 Flower Gardens. Two premiums — $4, 2. 



No person having received a premium for a farm, kitchen or mixed 

 garden, shall be allowed to compete for another with the same land, 

 within five years, except for a higher one. 



Entries must be niade on or before June 15tb. 



EXPERIMENTS. 



Committee. — Augustus Whitman, Leominster ; Joel Page, Fitch- 

 burg ; Ezra Kendall, Sterling. 



Best Experiment to determine the best and most profitable time and 

 condition in which to cut grass for hay, having regard to the total 

 annual product. Two premiums — $15, 10. 



Best Experiment testing the value of corn and cob for fattening pur- 

 poses, with the cob or otherwise. One premium — $15. 



Best Experiment in steaming food f.)r cattle and horses. One prcm- 

 ' ium— $10. • 



Best Experiment testing the comparative value of drilling wheat or 

 other orain, to broadcast sowing. One premium — $5. 



