Premiums in Agriculture. 



10! 



J'unltn, and other of its use?, 1s also desired, 

 t is known to be particularly serviceable in 

 iurnislimg honey to bees. 



40. Raising Oit ass Skins. To the per- 

 *on who shall raise the greatest quantity of each 

 or any of the following named grass seeds, viz. 

 —Meadow fox- tail (alopecia us pratensis), 

 sweet-scented vernal grass (anthoxanthum odo- 

 rfctuin), Timothy grass, meadow Fescue grass. 

 sraooth-st:;lkcd meadow grass (poa pratensis), 

 rough-stalked meadow grass (poa trivialis) ; 

 the silver medal, or ten guineas. It is required 

 that artifcatcs from persons who have viewed 

 them in a proper state, to identify that they 

 are one or other of the seeds above mentioned, 

 indicating clearly the particular species, and 

 noticing the quantity produced of such seeds, 

 free from weeds or mixture of other grasses, 

 together with proper samples of the seeds, be 

 produced to the Society on or before the first 

 day of February, 1805. 



41. The same premium is extended one 

 year farther. Certificates to be produced on 

 or before the first day of February, 1806. 



42. Hotation of Crops. To the person 

 who shall, between the 10th of August, 1801, 

 and the 10th of September, 1803, cultivate the 

 greatest quantity of land, not less than forty 

 acres, in the following rotation, viz. 1st, winter 

 tares; 2d, turnips ; and 3d, wheat ; and apply 

 the two former crops in the best and most 

 farmer-like manner, to the rearing, supporting, 



in (ha spring will be particularly suitable for 

 this premium. 



l.S, 46, 17. The same premiums are ex- 

 tended one year fuj-ther. Certificates to be de» 

 livercd on or before the first d«y of November, 

 $805. 



48. Prfskhving Turnips. To the perw 

 son who shall discover to the Society the bent 

 and cheapest method of preserving turnips 

 perfectly sound, and in every respect fit for 

 the purpose of supporting and fattening sheep 

 and neat cattle, during the months of February, 

 March, and April ; the silver medal, or tea 

 guineas. It is required that a full and accurate 

 account of the method employed, and the ex- 

 pense attending the process, together with 

 certificates that the produce of four acres at the 

 least have boen preserved according to the 

 method described, and applied to the feeding 

 of sheep and neat cattle ; that the whole were 

 drawn out of the ground before the first day of 

 February, in order to clear the greater part of 

 it previous to its being prepared for corn, and 

 to save the soil from being exhausted by the 

 turnips ; and also of the weight of an average 

 sixteen perches of the crop ; be produced to 

 the Society on or before tiie first Tuesday in 

 November, 1804. 



N.B. It is recommended to those who nay he 

 induced to try the necessary experiments for ob- 

 taining this and the following four premiums, to 

 consider the method em ployed for the preservation 



and fattening horses, cattle, sheep, or hogs, on-- of potatoes in ridges (which the growers col ! pies). 



the land which produced the crops ; the gold 

 medal, or one hundred guineas. 



43. For the next in quantity and merit, on 

 not less than thirty acres, the silver medal, or 

 fifty guineas. 



44. For the next in quantity and merit, on 

 not less than twenty acres, the silver medal. 

 It is required, that every operation and expense 

 be fully described, and that satisfactory certi- 

 ficates of the nature and condition of the soil 

 on which the crops have grown, together with 

 an account of their appearance, the number of 

 horses and cattle, sheep or hogs, fed by the 

 two green crops, and, as near as -possible, the 

 improved value of the livestock by the con- 

 sumption of those crops, and also the quantity 

 of wheat per acre, and its weight per bushel, 

 be produced to the Society on or before the 

 first day of November, 1804. 



It is presumed that very great advantages 

 will arise to such agriculturists as shall adopt 

 this rotation of crops on a dry soil. They will 

 be enabled, with the addition of a few acres of 

 turnip-rooted cabbage for spring-food, to keep 

 such large flocks of sheep and herds of seat 

 cattle as may secure a sufficient quantity of 

 manure to fertilize their land in the highest 

 degree, and in every situation. It is farther 

 conceived, that wheats which will bear sowing 



•find also the propriety of adopting a siiyrilar me- 

 thod in cases where they arc previoushj frozen. It 

 is supposed that, in the latter instance, the addi- 

 tion of ice or snow, and the construction of the 

 ridges upon a large scale, may be sufficient to 

 preserve the freezing temperature till the vegeta- 

 bles are wanted for the use <f cattle orsheep, at 

 which time they may be thawed by immersion in 

 cold water, and, the rot which a sudden thaw 

 produces may be prevented. 



49. For the next in quantity and merit, on 

 not less than two acres, the silver medal. 



50. Prfsfrving C\bbagjs. To the per- 

 son who shall discover to the Society tlie best 

 and cheapest method of preserving drum- 

 headed cabbages perfectly sound, and inevc-y 

 respect fit for the purpose of supporting and 

 fattening sheep and neat cattle during the 

 months of February, March, and April ; the 

 gold medal, or thirty guineas. 



51. For the next in quantity and merit, on 

 not less than two acres, the silver medal of 

 fifteen guineas. Conditions the same as for 

 preserving turnips, CI. 48. And the accounts 

 to be produced on or before the first Tuesdaj 

 in November, 1805. 



52. Prkservino Capbots, PArtsvirs, or 

 Brxts. To the person who shall discover lo 

 tke Society the best and cheapest method of 



