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1861. 



THE ILLEsrOIS FAEMER. 





FARM BOOK KEEPING. 



To the farmer who presents the best approved 

 system of farm accounts, for the year 1861, will 

 he awarded 10 



Awarding Committee — Executive Committee of 

 the State Agricultural Society. 



FARMS, NURSERIES, ETC. 



Best improved and highly cultivated farm, not 



less than 500 acres 25 



Second best 15 



Best improved and highly cultivated farm, not 



less than 160 acres 25 



Second best 15 



Best improved and highly cultivated farm, not 



less than 80 acres 25 



Second best 15 



Best improved and highly cultivatedv farm, not 



less than 40 acres 25 



Second best 15 



Best improved and highly cultivated farm, not 



less than 20 acres 25 



Second best 15 



Best arranged and economically conducted dairy 



farm , 25 



Second best „.... 15 



All exhibiters competing for premiums on 

 farms, will be required to give the following sta- 

 tistics in writing : 



1st. The number of acres under cultivation, 

 and the number devoted to each crop. 



2d. The number of bushels of wheat, corn, 

 oats, and other grains raised, and the amount of 

 land appropriated to each one. 



3d. The number of tons of hay, and the 

 amount for each acre. 



4th. The amount of stock raised, fed and 

 grazed on the same, viz : cattle, horses, mules, 

 sheep, hogs, Ac, and their probable value. 



5th. The number of hands employed and the 

 cost of their labor. 

 Best grove of cultivdted timber, not less than 6 



species 25 



Second best , 10 



Best transplanted forest trees, not less than six 

 - feet high, for permanent growth, and covering 



not less than 1 acre of ground 10 



Best germinated forest tree seeds, not less than 5 



species, covering not less than 1 acre, for per- 

 manent growth, not as a nursery... 10 



Best arranged and cultivated nursery of fruit 



trees and fruit shrubs 20 



Second best 10 



Best arranged and cultivated nursery of fruit 



and ornamental trees, shrubs and plants 20 



Second best 10 



Same of grafted or budded apple trees, 1 to 4 



years old 20 



Second best 10 



Best apple orchard, in bearing ,• not less than 100 



trees, with names of varieties, and details, of 



management of trees, fruit and soil 25 



Second best 15 



Best pear orchard, not less than 100 trees in bear- 

 ing 25 



Second best 15 



Best peach orchard in bearing, not less than 100 



trees 25 



Second best 15 



Samples of the fruit in the orchard to be exhib- ' 

 ited at the fair. 

 Best peach orchard, in bearing, not loss than 100 



trees 25 



Second best « 15 



Samples of the fruit then in season to be ex- 

 hibited at the fair. 



Best quarter acre Osier willow, product to be 

 weighed between the 1st of December and the 

 1st of January, and sample to be exhibited at 

 Fair and sent to Society's rooms 10 



DRAINING. 



For the best experiment of underdraining dur- 

 ing the year, not less than 10 acres $L0 



To be accompanied in each case with — 

 1st. Statement of the situation of the land, previ- 

 ous to the commencement of the process ; the kind 

 and condition of the soil. , 



2d. The method pursued, with a particular account 

 of the expense. 



3d. The result, and increased value of the land, ii 

 any. 



AWARDING COMMITTEE. 



M. L. Dunlap, Chairman, Champaign, Champaign 

 county 5 Wm. T. Hull, Greenville, and C. T. Chase, 

 Chicago. 



^®* Competitors are desired to give notice to the 

 Corresponding Secretary on or before the 1st day of 

 June, of their intention to compete. 



Statements to he furnished hy applicants for Frcmi- 

 ttms OH Farm Crops. 



1. The land shall be in one conticnous piece, meas- 

 ed by a surveyer with chain and compass, who shall 

 make affidavit of the accuracy of the measurement, 

 and the quantity of the ground. 



2. The applicant and one disinterested person shall 

 make affidavit, according to the forms annexed, to 

 the quantity of grain raised on the ground entered in 

 the premium list, which must accompany the applica- 

 tion for premiums, together with a sample of the 

 grain. 



3. The object of the Society being to promote pro- 

 fitable cultivation, they do not propose to offer prem- 

 iums for crops produced by extravagant cxpenditnre, 

 therefore, a detailed certified account of the expense 

 of cultivation must be made. The expense of labor 

 and manure should be particularly stated, and the 

 kind of manure used. The statement must be in the 

 following form : 



To loads manure, at % per load $ 



To days' plowing, at $ per day ^ 



To days' labor at $ per day -..%— 



To days' harvesting, $ per day $ 



To days' marketing § 



And thus each item of expense incurred in the cul- 

 tivation and marketing of the various crops, upon 

 which premiums are applied for, must bo fullv stated, 

 and after giving credit for the' product of the field] 

 the balance must show the net profit realized. 



4. The kind and condition of the soil, the quantity 

 and kind of seed used, the time and mode of putting 

 it in the ground, should be particularly stated. 



Samples of grain and vegetables produced, to be 

 exhibited at the State Fair, where practicable, and 

 also to be sent to the rooms of the Board at the Janu- 

 ary meeting in 1862. 



5. All the graia on the entire piece of land meas- 

 ured, must be weighed, and not the product of a 

 square rod or two weighed, and the remainder guessed 

 at. Corn to be measured in the ear, and an average 

 specimen of not less than 20 bushels of ears shelled 

 cleaned and weighed, as above, after the 15th of No- 

 vember, and the number of bushels thus estimated, 

 stated in the affidavit. 



Forma of Affidavit!. 



County, ss. — A. C. being duly sworn, says 



he is a surveyor; that he surveyed with chain and, 

 compass the land upon which C. D. raised a crop of 

 the past season, and that the land was in one 



