The subscribers, having been appointed Auditors for the examination of the Treasurer's account, hereby state that the above is a true and accurate account of the same. ANDREW DODGE, March 1, 1841. R. S. DANIELS. A LIST OF PREMIUMS AND GRATUITIES, AWARDED IN 1840. Wm. S. Marland, Andover, For Ayrshire bull, 1st prem. $15 Perley Tapley, Danvers, "Durham bull, 2nd "6 6 15 6 5 5 gratuity, 5 1st prem. 15 Joseph Goodridge, W. Newb'y, ploughing, D. T. 1st prem. 12 native cow, working oxen, 12 working oxen, 2nd 6 milch cow, By the committee on manufactures, See pp. 90-3, 92 25 Amount of premiums and gratuities awarded in 1840, $574 PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 1841. Ar a meeting of the Board of Trustees, December 30th, 1840, the secretary was directed to prepare a list of premiums to be offered the ensuing year, and to publish the same previous to the Annual Exhibition, which is to be at Georgetown, on Wednesday, September 29, 1841. The following instructions were given: On farms, on the dairy, on crops as manure, whether green or dry, on forest trees, on mulberry trees and silk, on irrigation, on improvement of meadows, on ploughing, on agricultural implements, on comparative value of crops, on fattening cattle and swine, on cultivation of crops, on animals exhibited, 'on manufactures, on fruits and flowers, &c. &c., similar to those of the last year. Additional premiums will be offered on several other subjects-instance The BEST CONSTRUCTED PLOUGH. Experiments on manures of different kinds. All of which will be detailed in the Premium Sheet, that will soon be published. One hundred dollars, additional premiums, will again be given by the State Society, the present year, to competitors from all parts of the commonwealth. Attest, The next exhibition will be at Georgetown, on WEDNESDAY, September 29th, 1841. 1 |