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ducting the same, so as to procure the greatest quantities of 

 compost, or mixed dung and manure, from within the farm^ 

 induces the society to give for the best design of such a yard^ 

 and method of managing it, practicable by common far- 

 mers — a gold medal : and for the second best — a silver me- 

 dal. 



III. For the best method of raising hogs, from the pig, 

 in pens or sties, from experience ; their sometimes running 

 in a lot or field not totally excluded, if preferred — a gold 

 medal ; and for the second best — a silver medal. 



IV. For the best method of recovering worn out fields to a 

 more hearty state, within the power of common farmers j 

 without dear or far-fetched manures ; but by judicious cul- 

 ture, and the application of materials common to the gene- 

 rality of farms ; founded in experience — a gold medal ; and 

 for the second best- — a silver medah 



V. For the best information, the result of actual experience, 

 for preventing damage to crops by insects ; especially the Hes- 

 sian-fly, the wheat-fly, or fly-weevil, the pea-bug, and the corn 

 chinch-bug or fly — a gold medal ; a silver medal for the se- 

 cond best. 



VI. For the best comparative experiments on the culture 

 of wheat, by sowing it in the common broad-cast way, by 

 drilling it, and by setting the grain, with a machine, equi-dis- 

 tant ; the quantities of seed and produce proportioned to the 

 ground, being noticed — a gold medal ; for the second best — 

 a silver medal. 



VII. For an account of a vegetable food that ma5^be easi- 

 ly procured and preserved, and that best increases milk in 

 cows and ewes, in March and April, founded on experi- 

 ment — a gold medal ; for the second best — a silver medal. 



VIII. For the greatest quantity of ground, not less than 

 one acre, well fenced, producing locust trees, growing in 

 1791, from seed sown after April 5th, 1785; the trees to 

 be of the sort used for posts and trunnels, and not fewer 

 than 1500 per acre — a gold medal; for the seconds— a silvef 

 medal. 



