PREMIUMS. 53 



For the best specimens of Ladies' Useful and Fancy Articles 

 of their own manufacture, including specimens of nice mending 

 and darning, there will placed at the disposal of the committee, 

 the sum of thirty dollars. 



COMMITTEES' REPORTS. 



Committee, — The President, Vice Presidents and Secretary. 



For 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 be delivered to the Secretary on or before 

 November ist. 



PROSPECTIVE EXPERIMENTS. 



. FOREST TREES. 



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

 J. P. Putnam, Fitchburg. 



For 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. 



