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Best approved essay on tlie Rotation of Crops, reference being bad to spe¬ 
cial adaptation to different soils, $25. 
Best approved essay on the most economical use of Straw on the Farm, $25. 
Best approved essay on the Breeding and Fattening of Swine, Silver Medal. 
Best approved essay on the Planting and Management of an Apple Orchard, 
including choice of varieties, adapted to the climate of Wisconsin, etc., 
$25. ' 
Best approved essay on the Cultivation of the Plum, Silver Medal. 
Best approved essay on the Cultivation of the Pear, Silver Medal. 
Best approved essay on the Cultivation of the Cranberry, Silver Medal. 
Best approved essay on the Planting and Management of a Vineyard, adapt¬ 
ed to Wisconsin, Silver Medal. 
Best approved essay on the Cultivation of the small Fruits, especially Straw¬ 
berries, Raspberries, Currants, and Gooseberries, Silver Medal. 
Best approved essay on the Laying Out and Managing a General, or “ Mar¬ 
ket ” Garden, with practical directions for Marketing the Crop, $25. 
The question next arose as to whether prizes, sufficiently 
large to constitute an inducement, when added to the natural 
desire to excel, should not be offered once more on field crops. 
Remarks in favor of the suggestion were made by the presi¬ 
dent and by Messrs. Stilson, Taylor, Field, Warren and other 
members of the board ; after which, on motion, it was resolved 
to offer two premiums of $200 each on the best three success¬ 
ive crops of wheat and corn respectively; the conditions being 
as follows: 
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Best 5 acres of Wheat, vield not less than 30 bushels per acre, for years 
1871.1872.1873, $200. 
Best 5 acres of Corn, yield not less than 75 bushels per acre, for years 1871, 
1872.1873, $200. 
Competitors to make their entries, and send in their statements for each 
year before the December meeting of the board. These statements to be 
verified and to embrace the following particulars: The character of the soil, 
and the manner of preparing it, the character and quantity of manure, etc., 
the variety planted or sown, time and manner of harvesting, the measure of 
the entire crop and the weight per bushel, and full particulars of the ex¬ 
pense from first to last, and the statement to be accompanied by samples 
for the inspection of the committee. Awards to be made at the meeting of 
the board in December, 1873. 
The board next took up the matter of premiums in Divis¬ 
ion A—domestic animals. 
After considerable discussion of the propriety of amending 
the list of 1870, so as to give farther encouragement to the 
breeding of horses, particularly in the classes of roadsters and 
draft horses, it was voted, that the premiums on the younger 
animals, from three years old down, in all the first four classes 
should be increased by at least twenty-five to fifty per cent. 
