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Proceedings of a meeting of the Seneca County Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Seneca County Agricultural and Horticultural Society
11/13/1837
“At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Seneca County Agricultural and Horticultural Society held at the House of W.F. Lee on the 13th - 11 th Nov/1837 the following Premiums were agreed to be offered on the 3rd Wednesday in June next for the best [begin list] 12 Apples - best - $0.50 Best Quart cherries - 50 [Best] Quart of Apricots - 50 [Best Quart] of Raspberries 50 [Best Quart] of Strawberries 50 [Best Quart] of Gooseberries - 50 [Best] 12 Radishes [Best] 1/2 peck Potatoes - 50 [Best] 1/2 [peck] Turnips - 50 [Best] Peck Pease - 50 [Best] Doz Beets - 50 [Best Dox] - Carrots - 50 [Best Doz] Onions - 50 [Best Doz] heads Lettuce 50 [Best] Bunch Asparagus 50 [Best Bunch variety of Dahlias [Best Bunch] of Roses - 50 [Best Bunch Collection of Flowers 50 [Best] 6 Heads Cabbage - 50 [Best] 6 Cucumbers [Best] 1/2 peck Beans 50 -- Best Peck apples - 50 [Best [1/2?] Peck] apples 25 [Best Peck] Pears - 50 [Best [1/2?] Peck Pears] - 25 [Best] 6 Heads Cabbage - 50 [Best [1/2?] 6 Heads Cabbage - 25 - [Best] 1/4 Acre Rutabaga - 1 [Best] [1/2?] 1/4 Acre Rutabaga - 50 [Best] 1/4 [Acre] Mangelwurtzels 1.00 Best] [1/2?] 1/4 [Acre Mangelwurtzels] 50 [Best] 1/4 [Acre] Carrots - 1 - [Best] [1/2?] 1/4 [Acre] Carrots 50 [end list] also premiums on the Agricultural Implements, stock [illegible] &c to be awarded the 2nd Wednesday in October [bgin list] Best Plough - 50 [crossed out] [Best] Harrow - 50 [crossed out] Best Yoke of Oxen - 3.00 [Best] Fatted Cows or Ox - 4.00 [Best] Bull - 5.00 1/2 [Best Bull] 2.50 [Best] Cow - 4.00 1/2 [Best Cow] - 2 - [Best] 2 Year Old - 3 - 1/2 [Best 2 Year Old] 1.50 [Best] 1 [Year Old] - 2. - 1/2 [Best 1 Year Old] - 1 - [Best] Calf - 2 - 1/2 [Best Calf] - 1 - Best pair Work Horses - 5.00 1/2 [Best pair Work Horses] 2.50 [Best] Stud Horse 5.00 [Best] Breeding Mare 3.00 1/2 [Best Breeding Mare] 1.50 Best Buck - 2.00 1/2 [Best Buck] 1.00 [Best] Ewe - 2.00 1/2 [Best Ewe] 1.00 [Best] Boar - 2.00 1/2 [Best Boar] - 1 - [Best] Sow - 2 1/2 [Best Sow] - 1 - Best Quart [forming?] grapes 50 1/2 [Best Quart [forming?] grapes] 25 [Best Quart] [illegible] [Grapes] - 50 1/2 [Best Quart] [illegible] [Grapes] 25 [Best] Peck Peaches - 50 1/2 [Best Peck Peaches] - 25 [Best] Quart Plums - 50 1/2 [Best Quart Plums] 25 [illegible note between lines of list] [Best] [illegible] Wheat - 5 - 1/2 [Best [illegible] Wheat] - 2.50 [Best] [illegible] Spring [Wheat] - 3.00 1/2 [Best [illegible] Spring Wheat] - 1.50 [Best] average of 1/3 Crop [illegible] 2.00 1/2 [Best average of 1/3 Crop [illegible] ] - 1.00 [Best] average 1/3 Crop - 2.00 1/2 [Best average 1/3 Crop] - 1.00 [end list]” Page 3: "Proceedings of a Meeting"
Content Location: Seneca County, NY
Women's Rights National Historical Park, Seneca County, New York Latitude: 42.9025993347168, Longitude: -76.8444976806641
Women's Rights National Historical Park, Code: WORI
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Seneca Falls, NY 13148 Email: https://www.nps.gov/wori/contacts.htm
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