Premiums in Agriculture* 



advantages of the following manures, -used hs 

 top-dressings oa grass or corn land, viz. soot, 

 coal-ashes, wood-ashes, little, gypsum, night- 

 soil, or any other (it article ; the gold medal, 

 or tjfcj silver medal and ten guineas. It* is re- 

 quired that the above experiments be made 

 between two or more of the above-mentioned 

 manures, and that not less thau two acres of 

 land be dressed with each manure. An ac- 

 count of the nature' of the soil, quantity and 

 expense of the manure and crops, with certifi- 

 cates, to be produced on or before the last 

 Tuesday in February, 1805. 



6.J. The same premium is extended one 

 year farther. The accounts and certificates to 

 be produced on or before the last Tuesday in 

 February, 1806. 



64. R.msino Watkii for the Ibriga- 

 tion of Land. To the person who shall dis- 

 cover to the Society the cheapest and most effec- 

 tual method of raising water in quantities sulti- 

 cient to be beneficially employed for the purpose 

 of irrigating land, superior to and cheaper than 

 any other method now in use ; the gold medal, 

 or fifty guineas. A model on a scale of one 

 inch to a foot, with certificates that a machine 

 at large, on the same construction, has been 

 used, specifying the quantity of water delivered 

 in gallons per hour, and the height to which it 

 was raised, to be produced to the Society on or 

 before the first of March, 1805. 



65. The same premium is extended One year 

 farther. Certificates to be produced on or be- 

 fore the first of March, 1806! 



66. Paring Plocgh. To the person who 

 shall invent and produce to the Society, a ma- 

 chine or plough for the purpose of paring land 

 preparatory to burning, superior to any hitherto 

 known, or in use for such purpose, and to be 

 worked by not more than one man and two 

 horses; the silver medal, or twenty guineas. 

 The machine, and certificates that at least three 

 acres have been pared by it in a proper man- 

 ner, to be produced to the Society on or before 

 the first of January, 1805. 



67. Mac mink for Dibbling Wheat. To 

 the person who shall invent a machine, supe- 

 rior to any hitherto known or in use, tu answer 

 the purpose of dibbling wheat, by which the 

 holes for receiving the grain may be made at 

 equal distances and proper depths ; the silver 

 medal and ten guineas. The machine, with 

 eertificntt's that at least three acres have been 

 dibbled by it, to be. produced to the Society on 

 or before the second Tuesday in January, 1805. 

 Simplicity and cheapness in the construction 

 will be considered as principal parts of its 

 mru-it. 



68. Machine for Reaping or Mowing 

 Corn. For inventing a machine to answer 

 the purpose of mowing or reaping wheat, rye, 

 barley, oats, or i^cans, by which it may be done 

 Store expeditiously and cheaper than by any 



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method now practised, provided it does not 

 shed the corn or pulse more than the methods 

 iu common practice, and v that it lays the straw 

 in such a manner that it may he easily gathered 

 up for binding ; tire gold medal, or* thirty gui- 

 neas. The rnucliine, with certificates that at 

 least three acres have been cut by it, to be pro- 

 duced to the Society on or btfore the second 

 Tuesday in December* 1804. Simplicity and 

 cheapness in the construction will be consi- 

 dered as principal parts of its merit. 



69. Thrashing Machine. To the par- 

 son who shall invent a machine by which corn 

 of ail sorts may be thrashed more expeditiously, 

 effectually, and at a less expense, than by any 

 method now in use ; the gold medal, or thirty- 

 guineas. The machine, or a model, with proper 

 certificates thai »uch a machine has been usefully 

 applied, that at least thirty quarters have been 

 thrashed by it, and of the time employed in the 

 operation, to be produced to the Society on or 

 before the last Tuesday in February,' 1805. '' 



70. Destroying the Grub ok the Cock- 

 chafer. ' To the person who shall discover to 

 the Society an effectual method, verified by re- 

 peated and satisfactory trials, of destroying the 

 grub of the cockchafer, or of preventing or 

 checking the destructive effect* which always 

 attend corn, peas, beans, and turnips, when at- 

 tacked by those insects; the gold medal, or 

 thirty guineas. The accounts, with proper cer- 

 tificates, to be produced on or before the first 

 Tuesday in January, 1 805. 



71. Destroying Worms. To the person 

 who shall discover to the Society an effectual 

 method, verified by repeated and satisfactory- 

 trials, of destroying worms, or of preventing 

 the destructive effects they occasion on com, 

 beans, peas, or other pulse ; the gold medal, or 

 thirty guineas. The accounts, with proper cer- 

 tificates, to be produced to the Society on or 

 before tho first Tuesday in January, 1805. 



72. .Destroying the Fly on Hops. To 

 the person who shall discover to the Society an 

 easy and efficacious method of destroying tha 

 fly on hops, superior to any hitherto known or 

 practised, on not less than four acres of hop- 

 ground ; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. 

 decbuntf and ccrtijicatts to be. delivered to the 

 Society on or before the first Tuesday in Fe- 

 bruary, 1805. 



7.1. PREVPNTING THE BLIGHT, OR RA- 

 VAGES of Insects, on Fruit-Trkfs and 

 Culinary Plants. To the person who shall 

 discover to the Society the most effectual me- 

 thod of preventing the blight, or ravages of 

 insects on fruit-trees and culinary plants, su- 

 perior to any hitherto known or practised, 

 and verified by actual and comparative expe- 

 riments ; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. 

 The accounts,, with proper certificates, to h« 

 delivered to the Society on or before the second 

 Tuesday in November, 1804. 



