65 

 PREMIUMS 



OFFERED DY THE 



fBnmv ^svltnUnvnl Soctets in 1830, 



The Trustees of the Essex Agricultural Society offer to the 

 Farmers of Essex, the following list of Premiums, amounting to 

 more than six huTidred dollars^ to be paid the present year, if a suf- 

 ficient number of meritorious claims shall be presented. 



I. MANAGEMENT OF A FARM. 



For the best cultivated Farm - - thirty dollars. 



For the second best - - twenty -seven dollars. 



For the third best - - twenty-four dollars. 



For the fourth best - - twenty-one dollars. 



For the fifth best - - eighteen dollars 



For the sixth best - • - fifteen dollars. 



For the seventh best ... twelve dollars. 



Persons, claiming these premiums, will be required to state in 

 writing, an accurate description of their farm, specifying the quan* 

 tity and quality of different kinds of soil, and the means that have 

 been used to bring the same into their present condition ; — the pro- 

 portions suitable for tillage, mowing and pasturing ; — the number of 

 acres planted the present year, with corn, grain, or vegetables, 

 specifying the kinds of each, and their respective products, the 

 quantity and kind of manure used for each crop, and the times and 

 manner of applying it ; — the number of acres mowed the present 

 year, and the kind of grass and quality of hay thereon ; — the num- 

 ber of apple trees on the farm, the proportion grafted, the quantity 

 of fruit, treatment of the trees, and the manner of making and pre- 

 serving cider ; — the number and description of stock kept on the 

 farm through the year, and the quantity of butter and cheese made, 

 and the methods practised in making the same ; — the quantity of 

 pork raised ; — the labour employed in carrying on the farm. 



