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THE ILLmOIS FAEMER. 



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mote profitable cultivation, they do not propose 

 to offer premiums for crops produced by ex- 

 travagant expenditure; therefore, a detailed 

 certified account of expenses of cultivation 

 must be made. The expenses of labor and ma- 

 nure should be particularly stated, and the kind 

 of manure used. The statement must be in the 

 following' form : 



To — loads manure, at $ — per load S — 



To — days' plowing, at $ — per daj' § — 



To — days' labor, at $ — per day § — 



To — days' harvesting, at S — per day $— 



To — days' marketing .$ — 



And thus each item of expense incurred in 

 the cultivation and the marketing of the various 

 crops, upon which premiums are applied for, 

 must be fully 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 par- 

 ticularly stated. 



5. Samples of grain and vegetables pro- 

 duced, to be sent to the rooms of the Beard at 

 the January meeting in lSo4, for gratuitious 

 distribution and for the museum in quantity as 

 follows : , 



Wheat, corn, rye, oats, beans, potatoes, buck- 

 wheat, carrots, beets and turnips, one bushel 

 each; onions, one-lialf bushel ; flax seed, one 

 peck ; millet and castor beans, four quarts each ; 

 Kemp, flax, and tobacco, five pounds each. 



6. All the grain on the entire piece of land 

 measvired, except corn, must be weighed, and 

 not the product of a square rod or two weighed 

 or measnrul, and the remainder guessed at. 



The yield of Corn to be determined as fol- 

 lows : 



An average row (in length and yield) on each 

 end of the five acres to be husked and weighed 

 in the car after the loth November and the 

 whole number of pounds thus ascertained to be 

 stated in the affidavit. 



Forms of Af^davits. 



county, ss. — A. li., 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 ; that he 



land is in one contiguous piece, and the quan- 

 tity is acres, and no more. 



A. B., Survey or. 



Sworn to before me, this ) 



day of IS . j 



, Justice. 



county, ss. — A. B., being duly sworn, 



says that he raised a crop of the past 



season upon the land surveyed by A. B., and 

 that the quantity of grain grown thereon was 



bushels, determined by actual weight at 



the rate of pounds to the bushel ; that 



he was assisted in harvesting and measuring 

 said crop by E. F.; that the statement annexed 

 subscribed by this deponent, as to the manner 

 of cultivation, expense, etc., is in all respects 

 true, to the best of his knowledge and belief; 

 and that the sample of grain exhibited is a fair 

 average sample of xhe whole crop. C. D. 



Sworn to before me, this ) 



day of 18 , ) 



, Justice. 



county, ss. — E. P., being duly sworn, 



says that he assisted C. D. in harvesting, getting 



out and measuring his crop of referred 



to in the above afidavits ; and that the quantity 



of grain was bushels, and was grown upon 



said ground, as stated in the affidavit of C. D. 



E. F. 



Sworn to before me, this ) 



day of 18 . S 



, Justice. 



SUGARS AND SIRUPS. 



Entries may be made any time during the year. 

 Best ten pounds sugar, being a sample of 

 at least 100 pounds made by exhibitor, 

 from the Chinese Sugar Cane, the va- 

 riety to be identified under oath, and 

 sample to be presented at the same 



time |10 



Best ten pounds sugar, being sample of at 

 least 100 pounds, made by exhibitor 

 from Imphee, with same require- 

 ments as for Chinese 10 



Best ten poands sugar, made from Sugar 



Deets, with specimen of the beets 10 



Best ten pounds sugar, made from either 

 the African or Chinese canes or sugar 



beets... 10 



Best one gallon of sirup, as sample of at 

 least one barrel, made by exhibitor 

 from Chinese sugar cane, without the 

 use of clarifying or cleansing agents, 



other than fire and skimmer 10 



Same from African or Imphee cane 10 



Same refined from African or Chinese cane 10 

 Best ten pounds refined sugar made from 



African or Chinese cane 10 



Competitors for premiums on sugars and sir- 

 ups must file with the Corresponding Secretary 

 previous to the January' meeting, 18(54, careful 

 detailed statements of their respective modes of 

 manufacture, machines or implements used, 

 cost of production, and whether any chemical 

 agent has been used in any part of the process; 

 and each one must also send to the rooms 

 of the Society a specimen of the cane, with sam- 

 ple of the seed, if matured; the wliole to be 

 verified by affidavit of exhibitor. 



FARMS. 



Entries may be made at any time during the 

 vear. 



best improved and highly cultivated farm, 

 not less than one hundred and sixty 



acres $25 



Best improved and highly cultivated farm, 

 not less than forty acres nor more than 



one hundred and sixty acres $25 



Best arranged and most profitably manag- 

 ed Dairy Farm '. 25 



Each exhibitor must prepare and file with the 

 Corresponding Secretary, before the January- 

 meeting, 1864, a statement embodying the fol- 

 lowing facts and items •■ 



1. Locality, (township and county.) 



2. Diagram with explanations, showing, 1. 

 The number of acres cultivated. 2. The num- 

 ber of acres in pasture and meadow. 3. The 

 number of acres in timber. 4. Divisions of 

 fields, the roads and water courses ; each field 

 designated by a number. 



3. Character of the soils and subsoils, wheth- 

 er drained ; and if so, when and how. 



4. A clear, succinct account of his mode of 

 farming, rotation of crops, breeds and number 

 of stock produced and handled, how, when and 

 where the products of his farm are usually mar- 

 keted, the principal implements used in his cul- 

 ture and harvesting of crops, amount and kind 

 of labor employed, and a particular statement 

 of his entire farming operations for 18G3, show- 

 ing the profit and loss on particular crops and 

 products for the year. The whole to be verified 

 by affidavit of Exhibitor. 



From exhibitors of dairy farms, the following 

 additional particulars will be required : 



1. What is believed to be the mostproduc- 

 tive and profitable grass for hay. What for 

 grazing, and what for soiling. 



2. The mode of cutting and curing hay. 



3. What breeds or crosses are deemed the 

 best milkers. 



