PREMIUMS 



OFFERED BY THE 



ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



AND TO BE AWARDED IN OCTOBER, 



1824. 



I. MANAGEMENT OF A FARM. 



For the management of a farm, in its tillage, mowing, or- 

 charding and pasturage : the quantity of land appropriated to 

 each — their cultivation — the means and the manner of making, 

 increasing, preserving and applying manures — their quanti- 

 ties — the respective crops and products — the quantity and 

 management of the live stock — and the quantity of labour em- 

 ployed — to be detailed. 



For the best thirty dollars. 



For the second best - - twenty-Jive dollars. 



For the third best - . - - twenty dollars. 



For the fourth best _ _ - fifteen dollars. 



N. B. All claims for these premiums on the management of 

 a farm, must be entered with the Secretary of the Society, on 

 or before the 7th of May next. The Committee appointed by 

 the Trustees to view the Farms, will attend to this duty on the 

 fourth week in June, and the first week in September. It will 

 be expected, that each claimant will furnish as particular an 

 account of the produce of his farm in 1823, as may be practi- 

 cable ; — and an accurate account of the produce in 1824. — 

 Temple Cutler, Benjamin Parker, Aaron Perley, Daniel Ad- 

 ams, and Nathaniel Felton, jun. Esquires, have been appointed 

 viewing committee for the year 1824. 

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