Jointer, Sub-soil and Double plows may compete for premiums, but 

 not with other plows. 



Persons with Double or Sub-soil plows, competing for premiums may- 

 use one or more teams, with or without a driver, but shall run their plow 

 not less than ten inches deep, 



MANAGEMENT OF FARMS. 



Premiums will be awarded by the Executive Committee, at its An- 

 nual Meeting, in December, 1853. 

 For the best Cultivated Farm: reference beinor had to cultiva- 



tion, stock, improvements, expenses and products, &c., $50 00 



For the 2d best do do do 30 00 



For the 3d best do do do 20 00 



For the 4th best do do do 10 00 



Any person making application for the premiums, must answer the 

 following questions : 



The object in requiring answers to these questions, being to elicit in- 

 formation, it is expected that the answers will be written out as much 

 in detail as possible. 



AJl who furnish full answers to the questions, will receive premiums, 

 in addition to the premiums offered above, consisting of the Society's 

 Diploma, and one or two volumes of the Society's Transactions, accord- 

 ing to the value of «uch reports. 



SOILS, &c. 



1. Of how much land does your farm consist? and how much wood, 

 waste, and improved land respectively ? 



2. What is the nature of your soil and sub-soil ? Is there limestone 

 in it? 



3. What do you consider as the best mode of improving the dif- 

 ferent kinds of soil on your farm ? of clay, if you kare it ? of sandy 

 soil, and of gravelly soil ? Aaswer respectively. 



4. What depth do you plow ? What effect has deep plowing had 

 on your various soils ? 



5. Have you made any experiments to test the difterence in a suc- 

 ceeding crop, between shallow, common, or deep plowing ? 



6. Have you used the double, or sub-soil plow ? and what have been 

 its eftects on different soils and crops? Have you drained any of your 

 lands ? if so, what soils, and with what results ? 



