Premiums in Agriculture. 



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to be produced to the Society on or before the 

 lixst Tuesday in January, 180.">. 



5. Ascertaining tiik pest Method 

 of raising OaksO To the person who shall 

 ascertain in the best manner, by actual expe- 

 riments, the comparative merits of the differ- 

 ent modes of raising oaks for timber, either 

 from acorns set on land properly dug or tilled, 

 from acorns set by the spade or dibble, with- 

 out digging or tillage, either on a smooth 

 surface, or among bushes, fern, or other co- 

 ver ; or from young plants previously raised in 

 nurseries, and transplanted ; regard being had 

 to the expense, growth, and other respcciive 

 advantages of the several methods j the gold 

 medal. 



The accounts, and proper certificates that not 

 less than one acre has been cultivated in each 

 mode, to be produced to the Society on or be- 

 fore the first Tuesday in November, 1804. 



6. CntsNirrs. For having sown or set, 

 between the first of October, 1302, and the 

 first of April, 1803, the greatest quantity of 

 dry loamy land, not less than six acres, with 

 Spanish chesnuts, with or without seeds, cut- 

 tings, or plants of other trees, adapted to such 

 soil, at the option of the candidate ; and for 

 effectually fencing and preserving the same, in 

 order to raise timber ; the gold medal. 



7. For the second greatest quantity, not less 

 than four acres, the silver medal. 



Certificates of sowing or setting, agreeably to 

 the above conditions, and that there arc not 

 fewer than three hundred chesnut plants, in a 

 thriving state, on each acre, to be delivered to 

 the Society on or before the first Tuesday in 

 January, 1805. 



8. Elm. For having planted the greatest 

 number of the English elm, not less than eight 

 thousand, between the twenty-fourth of June, 

 1302, and the twenty-fourth of June, 1803 ; 

 and for having effectually fenced and pre- 

 served the same, in order to raise timber ; the 

 gold medal. 



9. For the second greatest number, not less 

 than five thousand, the silver medal. 



Certificates of having planted, agreeably 

 to the above conditions, that the plants were 

 in a healthy and thriving state two years at 

 least after making the plantation, and speci- 

 fying the distance of the plants, to bo deli- 

 vered to the Society on or before the lirst 

 Tuesday in April, 1805. 



%0. LabcH. For having planted out, be- 

 tween the twenty-fourth of June 1801, and 

 the twenty -fourth of June, 180?, the greatest 

 number of larch-trees, not fewer than live 

 thousand ; and lor having effectually fenced 

 and preserved the same, in order to raise tim- 

 ber ; the goid medal. 



1 1. For the next greatest number, not fewer 

 that) three thousand, the silver medal. 



Certificates of the number of plants, that 



they were in a healthy and thriving state tvo 

 years at least after they were planted out, 

 with a general account of the methods used in 

 making the plantation, to be delivered to the 

 Society on or before the last Tuesday' in De- 

 cember, 1801. 



12, 13. The saihe premiums are extended 

 one year farther. 



Certificates to be produced on or before the 

 last Tuesday in December, 1805. 



N. B. The larch-trees may be either planted,, 

 mixed with other trees, or' by themselves, as 

 may best suit the convenience of the planter. 



14. Osiers. To the person who shall have 

 planted, between the first of October, 1803, 

 and the first of May, 180 V, the greatest quan- 

 tity of land, not less than five acres, with those 

 kinds of willows, commonly known by the 

 names of osier, Spaniard, new kind, or French, 

 fit for the purpose of basket-makers, not fewer 

 than twelve thousand plants on each acre ; the 

 gold medal, or thirty guineas. 



15. For the second greatest quantity of landj 

 not less than three acres, the silver medal, or 

 ten guineas. Certificates of the planting, and 

 that the plants were in a thriving state five 

 months at least after the planting, to be pro- 

 duced to the Society on or before the last Tues- 

 day in November, 1804. 



16. Aeder. For having planted, in the 

 year 1801, the greatest number of alders, not 

 less than three thousand ; the gold medal. 



Certificates of the number of plants, and that 

 they were in a thriving state two years at least 

 after being planted, to be delivered to the So- 

 ciety on or before the last Tuesday in Decem- 

 ber, 1804. 



17. Ash. For having sown or set, in the 

 year 1801, the greatest quantity of land, not 

 less than six acres, with ash for fnnber, with 

 or without seeds, cuttings, or plants, of such 

 other trees as are adapted to the soil ; the gold 

 medal. 



18. For the next greatest quantity, not less 

 than four acres, the silver medal. 



Certificates of the sowing or setting, agree- 

 ably to the above conditions, that there are 

 not fewer than one hundred ash plants on each 

 acre,, in a thriving and healthy condi\ion, two 

 years at least after the sowing or setting, with 

 a general account of the methods used in making 

 the plantation ; to be delivered to the. Society 

 on or before the last Tuesday in December, 

 1804. 



19. 20. The same premiums are extended 

 one year farther. 



Certificates to be delivered on or before the 

 last Tuesday in December, 1805. 



A 7 . B. It is the particular wish of the So- 

 ciety, that such lands only as arc hot calcu- 

 lated for growing corn, should be employed 

 for the purposes specified in these advertise- 

 ments. 



