PREMIUMS. 63 



. The certificate shall state the weight of all crops only in a merchant- 

 able state. 



In measuring the land, any competent person may bo employed, 

 whether a sworn surveyor or not. 



In ascertaining the amount of a hay crop, entered for premium, the 

 measurement of the hay in the barn may be employed. 



RULES OF MEASURE. 



Practised and adopted hy the State Board of Agriculture. 



Wheat, Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Mangel Wurzel, 



Ruta Bagas, White Beans and Peas, GO lbs. to the bushel. 



Corn, Rye, b<o " 



Oats, 32 '' " " 



Barley, Buckwheat, 48 " " 



Cracked Corn, Corn and Rye and other meal, 



except Oat, and English Turnips, 50 " " " 



Parsnips, 45 *' " 



Carrots, 55 " " 



Onions, ' 52 *' 



GRALV. 



Committee. — Stillman Stone, Lunenburg ;" Augustus Gates, Leom- 

 inster ; Seth Lowe, Abel Marshall, Fitchburg ; Asaph Wood, So. 

 Gardner. 



The committee may award gratuities for valuable new varieties of 

 grain. 



For the most profitable crops of corn, wheat, rye, barley, and oats, 

 one acre each ; of cabbages, beans, aud flax, one-eighth acre each ; 

 the product of corn to be not less than 4320 lbs. on the cob ; that of 

 wheat, rye, barley, and oats, not less than 1000 lbs. of grain each. 



Corn. Two premiums — $10, 8. 



Wheat. Two premiums— $10, 8. 



Rye. Two premiums — $4, Grasses and Forage Plants. 



Barley. Two premiums — $4, Grasses and Forage Plants. 



Oats. Two premiums — $4, Grasses and Forage Plants. 



Field Beans. Two premiums — $2, Grasses and Forage Plants. 



Samples must be exhibited at the Fair. 



