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



For the third best do. • _ r> - ten dollars. 



Iccp* Claims for these premiums may be entered with the Secre- 

 tary of the Society. The plantations will be examined by Ebene- 

 zer Moseley of Newburyport, Andrew Nichols of Danvers, David 

 Cummins of Salem, Benjamin Osgood of Methuen, and John 

 Choate of Ipswich, a special committee for this purpose, in the 

 third year after they are planted. A statement in writing of the 

 entire process of cultivation will be required from the claimant. 



V. CULTIVATION OF WHITE MULBERRY TREES FOR 

 THE MAKING OF SILK. 



For the best nursery of white mulberry trees, raised from the 

 seed, or from cuttings, in the second or third year of their growth, 

 not less than one thousand in number, - twenty -five dollars. 



For the second best do. do. - - twenty dollars. 



For the third best do. do. - - fifteen dollars. 



For the fourth best do. do. - - ten dollars. 



For the fifth best do. do. - - - five dollars. 



05=^See the Pamphlet of 1829, for some interesting remarks on 

 this subject. 



Claims for these premiums may be entered with the Secretary of 

 the Society ; and the Committee on Forest Trees will examine the 

 same. 



VI. IRRIGATION. 



For the most satisfactory experiment for increasing the crops, 

 upon not less than one acre of land, by irrigation, (that is turning 

 water from its natural current so as from time to time to overflow 

 the land) with a detailed account of the manner, expense, and ben- 

 efits produced - - - - twenty dollars. 



N. B. Claims for this premium must be entered with the Secre- 

 tary, so that the Committee for viewing Farms may have an oppor- 

 tunity of examining the crops while growing. If not awarded the 

 present year, it will be continued for the next, and so on for five 

 vears, in the hope of producing some valuable experiments on this 

 subject. 



