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And it is expected that the claimants will state the kind of crop, 

 if not able to state the quantity, raised on the several parcels of til- 

 lage, mowing and pasture land described in their statements, for 

 two years next preceeding the present. 



These statements must be forwarded to the Secretary of the So- 

 ciety on or before the last day of November, the present year. 



Persons intending to claim these premium.s must give notice 

 thereof to the Secretary, on or before the first day of June next. 



The Committee appointed to examine the Farms and to award 

 these premiums, are Jesse Putnam of Danvers, Henry Colman of 

 Salem, Joseph Kittridge of Andover, Moses Newell of West New- 

 bury, Jeremiah Colman of Newburyport, William B. Breed of Lynn, 

 William P. Endicott of Salem, and John W. Proctor of Danvers. 



11. DAIRY. 



1. For the best produce of butter, in proportion to the number 

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

 the county, from the 20th of May to the 30th of September, in the 

 present year, - - - . twenty dollars. 



For the second best do. do. fifteen dollars. 



For the third best do. do. ten dollars. 



2. For the best produce of new milk cheese, in proportion to 

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

 farm within the county, from the 20th of May to the 30th of Sep- 

 tember, in the present year, ... fifteen dollars. 



For the second best do. do. ten dollars. 



For the third best do. do. five dollars. 



d^A sample of the butter, of not less than twenty pounds ; and 

 a sample of the cheese, of not less than one hundred pounds ; must 

 be exhibited to the Committee and the Society on the day of the 

 Annual Exhibition. 



Each of the claimants for these premiums will be required to fur- 

 nish the Committee on this subject, or the Secretary of the Society, 

 with a statement in writing of the entire management of their 

 dairy ; — specifying the number, age, and breed of their cows ; — the 

 manner in which they have been fed through the year ; — their pro- 



