70 PREMIUMS. 



Best Hay or Straw Cutter. One premium — $3. 

 Best Ox Yoke complete. One premium — $3. 

 Best Set Horse Shoes. One premium — $2. 



In addition to the above, there will be allowed for gratuities, twenty 

 dollars. 



FINE ARTS. 



Committee. — L. H. Bradford, Mrs. Joel Page, Mrs. J. F. Has- 

 kins, Miss Louise M. Haskell, Fitchburg ; Mrs. Dr. Feirce, Leominster. 



Best collection by a Photographic Artist. Two premiums — $4, 2. 



Oil Paintings. Two premiums — $4, 2. 



Best Crayon Drawings. Two premiums — $3, 2. 



Pencil Drawings. Two premiums— $2, 1. 



Best epecimen of Penmanship by a non-professional. One prem. — $1. 



In addition there will be placed at the disposal of the committee, 

 for gratuities, the sum of twenty dollars. 



Specimens exhibited must be actually executed by the competitor. 



FANCY ARTICLES. 



Committee. — Rev. F. Magwire, Mrs. E. T. Miles, Mrs. Lorenzo 

 Baker, Mrs. T. Palmer, Mrs. J. F. Stiles. 



For the best specimens of Ladies' Useful and Fancy Articles of 

 their own manufacture, including specimens of nice mending and darn- 

 ing, there will be placed at the disposal of the committee, the sum of 

 thirty dollars. 



ESSAYS. 



Committee. — Charles Mason, Fitchburg; Rev. J. Horton, C. H. 

 Merriam, Leominster. 



Best Essays on some practical subject connected with agricultui:e, 

 deemed worthy of publication in the Society's "Transactions." 

 Two premiums — $25, 15. 



All persons competing for these prerai.ums 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 mottq or design, and containing 

 the name of the author. 



