PREMIUMS. 8 1 



COMMITTEES' REPORTS. 



Co))un!ti(r. — The President, Vice Presidents and Secretary. 



P'or the purpose of inducing the chairmen of the several com- 

 mittees to take upon themselves more labor and care in elaborat- 

 ing their reports, the following premiums will be paid: $io, 6, 4. 



Detailed reports in connection with awards (except on Grain 

 and Root Crops), must ])e delivered to the Secretary on or before 

 November ist. 



PROSPECTIVE EXPERIMENTS. 



FOREST TREES. 



Committee. — W. B. Hosmer, George Merriam, Leominster; J. 

 P. Putnam, Fitchburg. 



P'or the best plantation of any kind of Forest Trees, suitable for 

 fuel. or timber, raised from the seed, not less than five hundred in 

 number, which shall be in the most flourishing condition in the 

 fall of 1876. Two premiums: $15, 10. 



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



TROUT. 



Com7iiittee. — Jabez 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 ist, 1872; 

 premiums to be awarded in 1874. Two premiums : $25, 10. 



