Premiums in Agriculture. 



^ether with an account of the produce of the corn, 

 the weight per bushel, and also of the straw, he 

 produced u> thf Society on or before the first 

 Tuesday in February, 1803. 



19. SpRiNGVVHtAT.Totheper*onwIio,bet\veen 

 the 10th of January and the 10th of April, 1802, 

 shall cultivate the greatest quantity of wheat, not 

 le*s than ten acres; the silver medal, or twenty 

 guineas. It is required that the time of sowing 

 and reaping bt noticed ; also a particular dccQUHt 

 of the species, cultivation, and expense attending 

 it, with proper i ntijiculen of the nature and con- 

 dition Of the land on which the experiments were 

 made, and the nanve of the crop, if any, which 

 the same land bore the preceding year; together 

 uith an account of the produce, the weight per 

 Winchester bushel ; and a sample, not less than 

 a quart, be produced to the Society on or before 

 the second Tuesday in February, 1803, 



It is supposed that sowing wheat early in the 

 spring willnotonly allow nmretiineto till the land 

 but less for the growth of weeds; thusrendering 

 the wheat as clean as a barley crop, and exhaust- 

 ing the soil much less than autumnal sowing. It 

 may be seen in the 19th volume that the wheat 

 usually sown in autumn may be put into the 

 ground, with greajt success, so late as February or 

 March, thus giving time to clear the ground 

 from turnips, or to avoid a bad season. 



20. Be*ns and Wheat. To the person who 

 shall have dibbled or drilled, between the 1st of 

 December, 1801, and the 1st of April, 1802, the 

 greatest quantity of land, not less than ten acres, 

 vith beans, in equi-dislant rows, and hoed the 

 intervals twice or oftener, and shall have sown 

 the same land with wheat in the autumn of the 

 year 1802 ; the silver medal, or twenty guineas. 

 It is required that an account of the sort and 

 quantity of beans, the time of dibblingor drilling, 

 and of reaping or mowing them, the produce per 

 acre threshed, the expense of dibbling or drill* 

 ing, hand or horse ho&ing, the distance of the 

 rows, and the quality of the soil, together with 

 certijicatts of the number of acres, and that the 

 land was afterwards actually sown with wheat, he 

 produced on or before the second Tuesday in 

 March, 180:3. 



To the person who, in the year 

 .er and cultivate, either by the 

 drill or dihbling-method, on not less than five 

 acres, a species of hor^e-beans or tick-beans, that 

 will ripen their seeds before the 21st of August; 

 the silver medal, or twenty guineas. It is re- 

 quired that a particular account of the bean, the 

 cultivation, and the expense attending it, with 

 proper certificate* of the nature and condition of 

 the land on m hich the experiments are made, to- 

 gether will! an account of the produce, the weight 

 per Winchester bushel, and a sample of not Fes* 

 than a quart, he produced to the Society on or 

 before the first Tuesday in December, 1802. It 

 is apprehended that, it a bean should be brought 

 into cultivation with the habits of the hotspur, or 

 other early peas, that it would, in a great mea- 

 sure, escape the danger arising from the collier- 

 insect, or other insects, and allow more time for 

 Ihe farmers to till the land for the subsequent 



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The accounts and certificates to 

 or before the first Tuesday in 



21. Br an; 

 1801, shall discovi 



crop of wheat, 

 be delivered on 

 December, 1802. 



22. The same premium is extended one year 

 farther. The accounts and certijica'.es to be de- 

 livered on or before the first Tuesday in Dec. 1803. 



23. Comparative Culture of Turnips. 

 For the best set of experiments made on not less 

 than eight acres of land, four of which to be 

 sown broad-cast, and four drilled, to ascertain 

 whether it is most advantageous to cultivate tur- 

 nips by sowing them broad-castand hand-hoeing 

 them, or by drilling them in equi-distant rows, 

 and hand or horse-hoein<r the intervals 



ver medal, or twenty guineas. It 



the si 1- 

 required 



that every operation and expense of each mode 

 ol culture be fully described, and that proper 

 certificates of the nature and condition of the 

 land, on which the experiments were made, to- 

 gether with the weight of the turnips grown, on 

 a fair average sixteen perches of land, under each 

 mode of culture, be produced to the Society on 

 or before the first Tuesday in March, 1803. The 

 object which the Society have in view, in offering 

 this premium is experimentally to ascertain the 

 most advantageous method of growing turnips. 

 To do this in a satisfactory manner, both the 

 drilled and broad-cast crops should have the ad- 

 vantage of the most perfect cultivation, conse- 

 quently the drilled crops should have the inter- 

 vals between the rows worked by the horse or 

 hand-hoe, or by both these implements; and the 

 rows should be either weeded or hand-hoed, or 

 both weeded and hand-hoed. The broad-cast 

 crop should have every advantage which weed- 

 ing and hand-hoeing can give it, consistently 

 With leaving the soil a flat surface. 



24. The same premium is extended one year 

 farther. Certificates to be produced on or before 

 the first Tuesday in March, 1S04- 



25. Parsnips. To the person who, in the 

 year 180*2, shall cultivate the greatest quantity 

 of land, not less than five acres, with parsnips, 

 for the sole purpose of feeding cattle or sheep; 

 the gold medal, or thirty guineas. Certificates 

 of the quantity of land so cultivated, with'a par- 

 ticular account of the nature of the soil and 

 weight of the produce on sixteen perches, and 

 also of the condition of the cattle or sheep fed 

 with the parsnips, and the advantages resulting 

 from the practice, to be produced to the Society 

 on or before the second day in Nov. 1S03. 



<ib\ Buck Wheat. To the person who shall 

 cultivate the greatest quantity of land with buck 

 wheat, not less than thirty acres; the gold medal. 

 It is required that the time of sowing and reap- 

 ing be noticed, also a particular accowil of the 

 species, cultivation, and expense attending it, 

 the manner of reaping it, thrashing it, and hous- 

 ing the grain, with proper certificates of the 

 nature and condition of the land on which the 

 experiments were made, and the name of the 

 crop, if any, which the same land bore the pre- 

 ceding year, together with an account of the pro- 

 duce, and a sample of the seed, not less than a 

 quart, be produced to the Society on or before 

 the sccond.Tuesday in January, 1803. 



