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II. DAIRY STOCK-SOILING. 



For experiments in feeding milch cows on green crops, from 

 the middle of June to the middle of October, by supplying 

 them to the full with those crops, in their stables, without 

 turning them to pasture. Feeding cattle in this manner is cal- 

 led soiling. 



For the best, - - - - - twenty dollars. 



For the second best, - - .. . fifteen dollars. 



For the third best, - - - - - ten dollars. 



The whole process to be detailed. 



N. B. Claims for these premiums must be entered with the 

 Secretary on or before the day of the Annual Meeting of the 

 Society ; — and the statements must be forwarded to him in the 

 month of October. 



III. DAIRY. 



For the greatest quantity of good butter, in proportion to the 

 number of cows producing it (not less than four) made on any 

 farm, from the 20th of May to the 20th of November, twenty- 

 six weeks, and the quantity of butter averaging not less than 

 seven pounds per week for each cow, - twenty dollars. 



For the second greatest, - - fifteen dollars. 



For the third greatest, - _ _ ten dollars. 



The kinds of food and the management of it to be detailed. 



N. B. Statements of claims for these premiums must be 

 forwarded to the Secretary, on or before the first of December, 

 A, D. 1824. 



IV. TURNING IN GREEN CROPS AS A MANURE. 



For the best experiment of turning in green crops as a ma- 

 nure, on not less than one acre, - - fifteen dollars. 



For the second best, - - _ _ ten dollars. 



For the third best, - - . - fi-^e dollars. 



N. B. Statements of claims for these premiums must be 

 forwarded to the Secretary, on or before the first of Decem- 

 ber 1824. 



