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THE ILLINOIS FAHMEE. 



105 



List of Premiums for Winter Meet- 

 ing, 1864. 



The following Premiums for Essays, Field 

 Crops, Sugars, Sirups, Farms, Xurseries, Or- 

 chards, Draining, Native Wines, &c., will be 

 awarded by the Executive Committee of the 

 Illinois State Agricultural Society, at the 

 January meeting, 1864. Competition con- 

 fined to this State. 



Each exhibitor, at the time of making his 

 application for entry will pay to the Treas- 

 urer one dollar, and will be entitled to receive 

 therefor a Membership Ticket. 



ESSATS. 



Best approved Essay on the Breeding, Bear- 

 ing, Breaking and General Manage- 

 ment of Horses in Illinois, based on 



the practice of the author $10 



Same of Cattle 10 



Same of Sheep, adding the best breeds for 

 wool and lOr mutton, their diseases and 



the remedies 10 



Same of Swine, with the cost of producing 

 pork for market, and especially embrac- 

 ing the author's opinions, based on in- 

 vestigation and experiment of the ori- 

 gin, nature, prevention and cure of the 

 disease known as "hog cholera," 10 



Best approved Essay on the cultivation of 

 Cotton in Illinois, based on the experi- 

 ence of the author, with samples of his 

 production 10 



Same of Flax, with statements showing its 

 economic value for seed and fibre, and 

 samples of both 



Same of Tobacco, together with its prepar- 

 ation for market, and samples 10 



Best approved Essay on the cultivation of 

 the Chinese and African Sugar Cane, 

 the expression of their juice, and its 

 manufacture into sirup and sugar, bas- 

 ed on the practice of the author, with 

 samples of seed of the varieties referred 

 to, and of the sirup and sugar manu- 

 factured by the author 10 



Best approved Essaj' on culture of Sugar 

 Beets and manufacture of sugar there- 

 from, based on the experience of the 

 author 10 



Best approved Essay on the preparation 

 and treatment of soils for the growth 

 of the various crops 10 



Best approved Essay on Orchards in Illinois 

 embracing the selection of trees, loca- 

 tion and preparation of soil, planting, 

 culture and after management of trees 

 and fruit, with means used to protect 

 against insects and birds $1C 



Best approved Essay on insects injurious to 

 vegetation in Illinois, with suggestions 

 as to means for their destruction 15 



Best approved Essay on the "Indoor Adorn- 

 ment of Home," to be written by a lady 10 



Essays and samples to be placed in possession 

 of the Corresponding Secretary, prior to the 

 January meeting, 1864. 



FIELD CROPS. 



3^°Entries must be made in this lot with the 

 ^'"■'■'^sponding Secretary, as early as June 1st, 

 1863, except for cotton and cotton seed. 

 For the best field of Fall Wheat, not less 

 than five acres, nor less than thirty-five 



bushels per acre, first premium $20 



toecond premium 10 



For the best field Spring Wheat— not less 

 than five acres nor less than thirty -five 



bushels per acre — first prgnjjum 20 



Second premium 



Best crop Indian Corn, not less than five 

 acres, nor less than 100 bushels per 



acre 20 



Second best crop Indian Corn, not less than 



five acres 10 



Best crop of Barley, not less than five 

 acres, nor less than twenty -five bushels 



per acre 10 



Second best crop Barley, not less than five 



acres 5 



Best crop of Rye, not less than five acres, 

 nor less than twenty-five bushels per 



acre 10 



Second best crop of Rye, not less than five 



acres 5 



Best crop of Oats, not less than five acres, 



nor less than eighty bushels per acre. . 10 

 Second best crop of Oats, not less than five 



acres .- 5 



Best crop Buckwheat, not less than one acre 

 nor less than twenty -five bushels per 



acre 10 



Second best crop of Buckwheat, not less 



than one acre 6 



Best crop of White Beans, not less than 



one-half acre 10 



Second best crop White Beans, not less than 



one-half acre 5 



Best crop of Irish Potatoes, not less than 



one lialf acre 10 



Second best crop of Irish Potatoes, not less 



than one-half acre 5 



Best crop Sweet Potatoes, not less than one- 

 fourth acre 10 



Second best crop Sweet Potatoes, not less 



one-fourth acre 5 



Best crop Onions, not less than one-fourth 



acre 5 



Best crop Hemp, one acre 10 



Best crop Flax, one acre 10 



Best crop Tobacco, one-half acre 10 



Best crop Clover Seed, one acre 5 



Best crop Blue Grass Seed, one acre 5 



Best crop Millet Seed, one acre 5 



Best crop Flax Seed, one acre 5 



Best crop Castor Beans, one-half acre 5 



Best crop Carrots, one-half acre 5 



Best crop Field Beets, one-half acre 5 



Best crop Sugar Beets, one-half acre 10 



Best crop Sweedish Beets, one-half acre. . 5 

 Best crop English Turnips, one-half acre.. $5 

 Best one bushel Cotton Seed for culture in 

 Illinois, and grown in this State in 1863, 

 to become the property of the Society. 10 

 Best five acres of Cotton, the same to be 

 ginned and weighed, fifty pounds of the 

 product to be on exhibition at the rooms 

 of the Society during the January 



meeting, 1864 100 



Best one-half acre of cotton, the product to 

 be ginned and weighed, 5 pounds of the 

 same to be on exhibition at the rooms 

 of the Society during the January 



meeting, 1864 25 



Statements to be furnished by wpplicants for 

 Premiums on Farm Products. 



1. The land shall be one contiguous piece, 

 measured by a surveyor with chain and com- 

 pass, who shall make aflSdavit of the accuracy 

 of the measurement and quantity of the ground. 



2. The applicant and one disinterested per- 

 son shall make affidavit according to the forms 

 annexed, to the quantity of grain raised on the 

 ground entered for premium, which, together 

 Mrith the sample of the grain, must accompany 

 the statement required. 



S. The object of the Society being to pro- 



