PREMIUMS. 99 



PEAR ORCHARDS. 



For the best Orchards of not less than fifty tro(!,s, all having been set 



after January 1st, 1872, to be awarded in 187(3. Two nixjiniums 



$25, 10. 



PEACH ORCHARDS. 



For the best Orchards of not less than thirty trees, set after A])nl l.-^t, 

 1871, to bo awarded and paid in 1874. Two premiums — $12, 8. 



One orchard was entered for this preaiium, in 1871, by Lawrin Pratt 

 of Fitchburir. 



POTATOES. 



Committee. — Ephraini Graham, Cyrus Kilburn, Lunenburg; Benja- 

 min Safford, Fitchburg. 



For the best Seedling Potatoes, to be tested for not less than three 

 successive years. One premium — $25, 



FOREST TREES. 



Committee. — W. B. Ilosmer, George Merriam, Leominster; J. P. 

 Putnam, Fitchburg. 



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

 or limber, raised from the seed, not less than live hundred in num- 

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

 1876. Three premiums— $25, 15, 10. 



Entries must be made on or before the 1st day of June. 



ICE HOUSES. 



Committee. — William Woodbury, Abel Marshall, Fitchburg ; Lyman 

 N. Fairbanks, Westboro'. 



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

 least twelve months. One premium — to. 



TROUT. 



Committee. — Jabcz Fisher, L. H. Bradford, Fitchburg; M. T. 

 Gardner, Shirley. 



For the most successful experiments in the artificial propagation of trout, 

 entries to be made on or before June 1st, 1872; premiums to be 

 awarded in 1874. Two premiums — S25, 10. 



For best trout not less than six in number, raised artificially, exhibited 

 at the Fair in 1872. Two premiums — $5, ^. 



