1863. 



THE ILLmOIS FAEMER. 



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4.. Winter feed and care of stock. 



5. Summer feed and care of stock. 



6. The process of making and curing cheese, 

 including a description of mode of preparing 

 and using the rennet; daily weight (if known), 

 and treatment of the milk, apparatus used, 

 weight of daily product, process of manufac- 

 ture, packing and marketing. 



7. Butter — how, when, and in what quantity 

 made. 



8. The consumption of the whey and value 

 of the same for feeding swine. 



9. Samples of the cheese and butter to be 

 exhibited at the winter meeting of the Board, 

 18t)4, to-wit : 



Five pounds of butter made the first week in 

 each month, from May to September, 1863. 



One hundred pounds of cheese made any 

 time during the season. 



MARKET GARDBN. 



Entries may be made any time during the 

 year. 

 Best arranged and cultivated market garden. $20 



Each exhibitor must file with the Correspond- 

 ing Secretary, prior to January meeting, 1864, 

 a statement, embracing information on the fol- 

 lowing points : 



1. Location, (county and township). 



2. Number of acres cultivated in 1863. 



8. Character of soil and subsoil and their 

 preparation before planting; if drained, how? 



4. Leading varieties of vegetables grown, 

 with their yield per acre in bushels. 



5. General management and rotation of 

 crops. 



6. Manures— their cost, how and where pro- 

 cured, quantity per acre, how and when ap- 

 plied. 



7. "Where the products are marketed and 

 what the net revenue per acre after deducting 

 cost of labor employed in producing and mar- 

 keting. 



To be verified by affidavit of exhibitor. 



NURSERIES. 



Entries may be made any time during the 

 year. 



Best arranged, cultivated, and managed nur- 

 sery of fruit trees and fruit shrubs $25 



Best arranged, cultivated and managed nur- 

 sery of fruit and ornamental trees, 



shrubs and plants $25 



Each competitor must file with the Corres- 

 ponding Secretary, before the January meeting, 

 1864, statement embracing full information on 

 the following points : 



1. Location, (county and township). 



2. The number of acres devoted to nursery 

 purposes each year, commencing with the es- 

 tablishment of the nursery. 



3. Character of soil and subsoil with the us- 

 ual preparation of same before planting. 



4. Leading varieties of fruit trees grown, 

 with details of mode of propagation most es- 

 teemed for each. 



5. Culture and treatment of leading sorts 

 after planting until ready for market; manures 

 —what, when and how used; pruning and 

 training— how and when done. 



6. Where the products have been usually 

 marketed. / 



.'; -^ diagram showing internal arrangement 

 01 the nursery grounds with reference to roads, 

 ul,^° blocks for the current year 1863 

 each block to be designed by a number with 

 explanation accompanying. 



8. If evergreens are cultivated, their mode 

 01 propagation and after treatment. 



.., • {■{., branch of the nursery or what 

 speciality has in general yielded to exhibitor 



the largest revenue in proportion to the cost of 

 proportion and market. - 



ORCHARDS. 



Entries may be made any time during the 

 year. 



Best apple orchard $15 



Second best 10 



Best pear orchard 15 



Second best 10 



Best peach orchard 15 



Second best 10 



Samples of the fruit grown, then in season, 

 must be exhibited at the Society's rooms, dur- 

 ing the January meeting, 1 864, prior to which 

 each exhibitor must file with the Corresponding 

 Secretary a statement, embracing full informa- 

 tion upon the following points : 



1. Location, (county and township). 



2. Number of acres in orchard. 



3. Varieties of fruits grown, with names of 

 sorts. 



4. Product in bushels, with market value of 

 fruit grown in 1863. 



5. Character of soil and subsoil, with ac- 

 count of means used to prepare them for plant- 

 ing. 



6. "When planted, distances apart, treatment, 

 training, pruning and general management and 

 after culture of trees. 



7. Preservation and marketing of fruit, with 

 design for fruit room, preferred by exhibitor. 



8. List of such varieties as have proven the 

 most profitable for market. 



To be verified by affidavit of exhibitor. 



DRAINING. 



Entries may be made any time during the 

 year. 



For the best experiment in underdraining 

 during the year 1861, not less than five 



acres $10 



Statement to be filed with Corresponding 

 Secretary prior to January, 1864, showing — 



1. Situation and character of the land, 

 (whether prairie or timber), and description of 

 soil and subsoil previous to commencement of 

 the process. 



2. Methods pursued, with particular account 

 of the expense per rod. 



3. The results and increased value of the 

 laud, if any portion has produced a crop dur- 

 ing the year. 



NATIVE WINES, CIDKE AND VINEGAE. 



Entries may be made any time during the 

 year. 



Best three bottles Catawba wine, the pro- 

 duct of this State $10 



Best three bottles Isabella wine, the product 



of this State 10 



Best three bottles of wine from any other 



grape, the product of this State 10 



Best three bottles currant wine, the product 



of this State 10 



Best three bottles raspberry wine 3 



Best two bottles strawberry wine 3 



Best three bottles rhubarb wine 3 



Best three bottles blackberry wine 3 



Best three bottles cider 3 



Best six bottles cider vinegar 3 



To be sent to the rooms of the Society, in 

 Springfield, prior to January, 1864, each sam- 

 ple to be accompanied with a sealed statement 

 of the process of manufacture, name and ad- 

 dress of exhibitor. 



CANNED FRUITS. 



Best display of fresh peaches, canned in 1863.$ 3 

 Second best 1 



Best fresh pears in cans or glass 2 



Second best 1 



Best fresh plums in cans or glaas 2 



