The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-03-10

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statement of the process of manufacture and pre-
servation, and the name ana address of the
exhibitor.
| DISPLAYS.
| GRAINS, VEGETABLES, FRUITS, ETC.
For the best and largest display of Grains Seeds,
! Vegetables, Dairy products, etc, by County,
| Union or District Agricultural Association or
Club, or any individual
First premium ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SlOO.UO
Second premium ........................ I5.OO
| Third premium. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. U.Oo
For the best and largest display of Green Fruits,
| Wines Cider, Vinegar, etc, by County, Union,
| District or Horticultural Association or Club,
! or any individual
First premium. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. SlW, w
Second premium. .........,....'....'... .0.OO
| Third premium. .......'...'..'''.'.. oo'UV
| Displays taking premium will become the
property of the Department.
n BAH articles designed for exhibition at
| the Winter Meeting should be sent to the rooms
OF the Department at Springfield Charges paid
on or before the first Tuesday Of January ISIS.
FARMS.
7 Entries may be made any time before 18th of
July 1878.
| $500 and three Gold Medals arc appropriated
| to awards by the Committee on Farms, at their
discretion, for cxcellency in Improvement cult
walton and management. The competing farms
will be classified by size into those Of less than
| 100 acresthose of 100, and less than 900 acres
and those OF 800 acres and over.
| Examinations will be made during October Of
| 1878, and the awards made at the January meet
! ing 1879.
| Each exhibitor must prepare and file with the
Secretary before the January meeting 1879 II
statement cmDodyng the following facts and
items:
l. Locality, township and county,
.. Diagram, with explanations, showing: lst
The number Of acres cultivated. I'd. The num-
Der of acres in pasture and meadow. Sd. The
number of acres in timber. 4th Divisions Of
fields, and kinds of fences the roads and water.
courses, each field designated by number.
s. Character OF soils and subsols; whether
drained, and II so, when and how.
| 4. A clear succinct account of his mode Of
| farming, rotation of crop, 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 kinds
of labor employed; and particular statement OF
| his entire farming operations for 1877 and 1878
showing the profit and loss on particular crops
and products OF each year.
The whoe verified by affidavit Of exhibitor.
| From exhibitors Of Dairy Farms the following
particulars will be required:
|. What is believed to be the most productive
and profitable grass for hay; what for grazing,
and what for soiling
9 The mode OF cutting and curing for hay.
3. What breeds and crosses are deemed the
best mixers.
A. Winter feed and care of stock.
D. Summer feed and care Of stock.
! q. The process OF making and curing cheese,
including description of the mode OF preparing
and using the rennet; daily wight Of known
and treatment OF milk; apparatus used; weight
Of daily product, process Of manufacture, pack.
ing and marketing.
z Buttcr-how, when, and in what quantities
made.
& The consumption of the whey, and value
OF the same for feeding swine.
o. Samples of Cheese and Butter to be exhib.
tied at the winter meeting of the Board, 1877.
ORCHARDS.
Entries to be made ut any time before the fiji ST
of July 1877.
Best Apple Orchard, not less than one
hundred trees. SD. %
Second best. Observation-Disclosures. II. 90
Best Pear Orchard, not less than one hun
area trees. ....,....... ............., -. w
Second best. Observation-Disclosures. 10. 90
Best Peach Orchard, not less than one hun
dred trees. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. y. 90
second pest. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l5.oO
Samples of the Fruit grown, then in season,
must be exhibited NJ the Boards rooms during
the January meeting, ISIS, prior to which each
exhibitor must file with the Secretary state
ment, embracing full information upon the fol-
lowing points;
|. Locality County and township
. Number of acres in Orchard
B. Varieties of Fruits grown, with names and
sorts.
T. Product in bushels, with market value of
Fruit grown in 1876.
D. Character of soil and subsoil, with account
of means used to prepare them for planting
g. When planted, distance apart, treatment
training, pruning general management, and
AGRICULTURE of trees.
Z Method Of preserving and marketing OF
Fruit preferred by exhibitor.
s List of such varieties as have proven the
most profitable for market.
To be verified 10y affidavit of exhibitor.
Examination will be made by the Farm Com
mittec, aud awards made at the January meet.
ing, 1873.
NURSERIES,.
Entries may be made at any time before the
first Of July lS1s.
Best arranged cultivated aud managed
Nursery Of Fruit and Ornamental
Trees, Shrubs and Plants. ............ So. 90
Second OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. II. 90
Each competitor must file with the Secretary
before the January meeting 1913 a statement,
embracing full information ON the following
points:
|. Location County and township
>. The number OF acres devoted 10 Nursery
purposes each year, commencing with the estab-
| iishment Of the Nursery.
| g. Character of the soil and Subsoil. with the
usual preparations OF the same before planting.
L. Leading variety of Fruit Trees grown, with
details Of mode Of propagation most esteemed
for each.
s. Culture and treatment OF leading sorts
after planting until ready for market; manures-
what when and how used; pruning and training
how aud when done.
G. When products have been usually mar
keted.
:. A diagram. showing internal arrangements
of the Nursery Grounds, with reference 10 roads,
walks and blocks for the current wear. 1871: each