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For the best boar, nol exceeding 

 five months old, 



For the second best, 



For the best breeding sow, 



For the second best, 



For the best litter of weaned pigs 

 less than two months old, 



For the second best, 



wo years, and not less ihdji 



Eight Dollars. 



Five Dollars. 



Eight Dollars. 



Five Dollars. 



not fewer than four, no^ 



Six Dollars. 



Four Dollars. 



FOREST TREES, 



For the best plantation of white oak trees, not less than one 

 Qcre, nor fewer than one thousand trees per acre, to be raised 

 from the acorn, and which trees shall be in the best thriving 

 ^taie on the first of September, 1823, Thirty Dollars. 



For the second best, . . , Twenty Dollars. 



For the third best, .... Fifteen Dollars. 



For the best plantations of locust trees, and of larch trees, 

 each of not less than one acre, nor fewer than one thousand 

 trees per acre, to be raised from the seeds, and which trees 

 fjhall be in the best thriving state on the first of September, 

 1823, for each and either, . . . Twenty Dollars. 



For the second best, . . . Fifteen Dollars. 



For the third best, ... Ten Dollars. 



For the best plantations of white ash trees and of hickory 

 frees (the latter generally called, in Massachusetts, walnut) 

 each of not less than half an acre, nor fewer than five hundred 

 trees per half acre, to be raised from the nuts and seeds, and 

 which shall be in the best thriving state on the first of Septem- 

 ber, 1823,— for each and either, . . Fifteen Dollars. 



For the second best, . ... . Ten Dollars. 



For the third best, ^ . . . Eight Dollars. 



The larch tree is a native of Massachusetts and Maine, and 

 doubtless of New-Hampshire and V^ermont. It is generally 

 known by the name of hackmatack — perhaps the Indian name. 

 It is g-rowing in various parts of this county, commonly in low 

 and moist grounds. The European larch is plainly different in 

 form, and more beautiful; its leaves are of a deeper green, and 



