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yth. That each claim fhall be accompanied with a cer- 

 tificate figned by the Minifter and Churchwardens of the 

 parifh; containing a printed copy of their articles, the 

 amount of their ftock, and the number of a£lual membcrs» 

 with their names and occupations. 



Claims to be made at the meeting in September 1788. 



It is recommended to farmers, &c. to promote thefe fo- 

 cieties, by becoming members of them, as they evidently 

 tend to lellen the poor's rates." 



In confequence of this premium, feveral new 

 Societies have been eftablilhed, and others are 

 forming, as the Society continues to offer the fame 

 premium for fucceeding years. 



Article LI. 



Account of various Experiments made during a courfe of 

 Three Tears ^ to a/certain the Increafe of Wheat and 

 Barley; hy Sir John Anjlruther, bart. and by him 

 communicated to the Bath Society. 



Gentlemen, 



IN order to difcover what produce wheat would 

 yield upon rich land in a garden, from different 

 quantities of feed, feveral rows were planted, each 

 row was twenty feet long, and there were two feet 

 diftance between the rows. The following was 



the produce :— — 



Cro?, 



