!04 



Premiums in 



74. The same premium is extended one year 

 farther. The accounts and certificate to be 



delivered on or before the second Tuesday in 

 Kovember, 1805. 



7.'). Pw MOVING THE IT. I. EFFICTS OF 



Hi.ir.ms, on Ins c.s. To the person who 

 shall discover to tlte Society the most effectual 

 method of removing the ill effect* of blights, 

 or insects, on fruit-trees and culinary pbmtn, 

 superior to any hitherto known or practiced, 

 and verified by actual and comparative expe- 

 riments ; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. 

 The acamnis and certijicutcs to be delivered to 

 the Society on or before the first Tuesday in 

 February/ 1305. 



76. .Cure of the Rot in Shefp. To the 

 person who shall discover to the Society the 

 best and most etfectual method of curing the 

 rot in sheep, verified by repeated and satis- 

 factory experiments ; the gold medal, or fifty 

 guineas. It is expected that the candidates 

 tarnish accurate accounts of the symptoms and 

 cure of the disease, together with tlie imputed 

 cause thereof, and the actual or probable 

 means of prevention, which, with proper cer- 

 tificates, must be delivered to the Society on or 

 before the first Tuesday in February, 1805. 



17. Cure of the Foot-Rot in Sheep. 

 To the person who shall discover to the Society 

 the best and most effectual method of curing 

 the foot-rot in sheep ; the silver medal, or ten 

 guineas. It is required, that the cure be 

 ascertained by repeated and satisfactory expe- 

 riments, and the method of performing it be 

 verified by proper certificates delivered to the 

 Society on or before the first Tuesday in Fe- 

 bruary, 1805. 



78. Preventing the ill Effects of 

 Fr.tr s on Shefp. To the person who shall 

 discover to the Society the most effectual me- 

 thod of protecting sheep from being disturbed 

 and injured by flies ; the silver medal, or ten 

 guineas. It is required, that Jhe method be 

 ascertained by repeated experiments, and that 

 a certificate of its efficacy be delivered to the 

 Society on or before the first Tuesday in De- 

 cember, 1804. 



79. Protecting Shefp. To the person 

 who, in the year 1803, shall protect the great- 

 est number of sheep, not fewer than one hun- 

 dred, by hovels, sheds, or any other means, 

 and give the most satisfactory account, veri- 

 fied by experiment, of the advantages arising 

 from the practice of protecting sheep from the 

 inclemency of the weather, by hovels, sheds, 

 or any other means ; the silver medal, or twenty 

 guineas. A particular account of the experi- 

 ments made, with the advantages arising there- 

 from, together with the expense, and certifi- 

 cates of its utility, to be produced to the 

 Society on or before the first Tuesday in 

 March, 1205, 



QV. The same premium is extended one 



Agriculture* 



year farther. The accounts and certificates to 

 be delivered on or beiore the fertit Tuesday irt 

 March, 1306. 



A'. B. It is required that the certificates shall 

 specify the length of time the thcep were so 

 protected, and the manner in which they were. 

 maintained during that time ; together with 

 the general method oi managing them. 



81. Improving hi: Con out on of the 

 labouring Poor, by hu-ctino Cottages, 

 and apportioning Land. To the person 

 who, in the year 180J, shall erect the greatest 

 number ot cottages for the accommodation of 

 the labouring poor, and apportion not less than 

 two acres oi land to each cottage ; the gold 

 medal. The accounts and certificates to be, 

 delivered to the Society on or before the first 

 Tuesday in February, 1805. 



82. The same premium is extended one year 

 farther. The accounts and certificates to be 

 delivered to the Society on or before the first 

 Tuesday in February, 1806. 



83. Improving the Condition of the 

 labouring Poor by apportioning Land 

 to Cottages. To the person who, in the 

 year 1803, shall apportion to the greatest 

 number of cottages already built upon his or 

 her estate, any quantity of land, not less than 

 two acres to each cottage, for the better ac- 

 commodation of the respective inhabitants j 

 the gold medai. The accounts of the number 

 of cottages, and of the quantity of land ap- 

 portioned to each, to be delivered to the So- 

 ciety, with proper certificates, on or before the 

 first Tuesday in February, 1805. 



84. The same premium is extended one 

 year farther. The accounts and certificates to 

 be delivered on or before the first Tuesday in 

 February, 1806. 



85. Culture of Hemp in certain pap.ts 

 of Scotland. The Society for the Encou- 

 ragement of Arts, Manufactures'," and Com- 

 merce, wishing to encourage the growth of 

 hemp for the use of the navy in certain petti 

 of Scotland, comprehending the whole county 

 of Argy.le, that part of Perthshire situated to 

 the north of the river Tay, and west of the 

 Military Road (see Ainslie's Map of Scotland) 

 leading from Logierait to the county of Inver- 

 ness, and such other parts of Scotland as lie 

 north of Inverness-shire, offers to the person 

 who shall sow with hemp, in drills at least 

 eighteen inches asunder, the greatest quantity 

 of land in the above-mentioned district, not 

 less than fifty acres statute measure, in the 

 year 1804, and shall at the proper season cause 

 to be plucked the summer hemp (or male hemp 

 bearing no seed), and continue the winter hemp 

 (or female lump bearing seed) on the ground 

 until the seed is ripe, the gold medal, or fifty 

 guineas. 



8<S. To the person who shall sow with hemp, 

 in drills at least eighteen inches asunder, the 



