98 • PREMIUMS. 



All persons competing for these premiums must file their Essays 

 with the Secretary on or before the 1st of September. Each Essay 

 is to be marked with a motto or design, and accompanied with a sealed 

 envelope bearing a corresponding motto or design, and containing the 

 name of the author. 



The envelopes of the successful competitors will be opened on the 

 day of the Exhibition, immediately upon the announcement of the 

 awards. 



COMMITTEES' REPORTS. 



Committee. — The President, Vice Presidents and Secretary. 



For the purpose of inducing the chairmen of the several committees 

 to take upon themselves more labor and care in elaborating their 

 reports, the following premiums will be paid : — $10, 6, 4. 



Detailed reports in connection with awards, (except on Grain and 

 Root Crops,) must be delivered to the Secretary on or before Nov. 1st. 



PROSPECTIVE— EXPERTMEOTS. 



Committee. — Jabez Fisher, Joel Pacre, Fitchburo; ; Cyrus Kilburn, 

 Lunenburg. 



For the best experiment going to show the economy of growing grass 

 constantly through a period of six years, on one acre or more of land, 

 as compared with a rotation in which grass shall be grown three or four 

 years only, the remainder being grain or hoed crops, of which one, at 

 least, shall be Indian corn. The total amount and kind of manure 

 in each case must be the same per acre, but the time and mode of ap- 

 plication may be different. Three premiums — S50, 25, 15. 



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



xVPPLE, PEAR, AND PEACH ORCHARDS. 



Committee. — Geo. S. Houghton, Thomas Palmer, Fitchburg ; 

 Ephraim Graham, Lunenburg. 



APPLE ORCHARDS. 



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

 after January 1st, 1871, to be awarded in 1875. Two premiums — 

 S25, 10. 



