PREMIUMS 



PROPOSED BY 

 THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA 



FOR THE YEAR 1806. 



To be continued till any ineasure^ experiment^ or practice^ 

 noxv proposed^ and commenced in this or the succeeding 

 year, be brought to sivfficient perfection and proof. 



1. Ascertaining" the componoit parts of arable land. 



To the person who shall produce the most satisfactory set 

 of experiments, to ascertain the due proportion of the several 

 component parts of arable land, in one or more of the old coun- 

 ties of this state, by an accurate analysis thereof. A like analysis 

 in detail must also be made of the poorest, medium, and 

 richest soils, in the same county or counties. By a due ad- 

 mixture of these soils, or substances within the reach of com- 

 mon farmers, they are by these experiments, to be enabled 

 to improve, by good tillage, and a course of applicable crops, 

 the poorest or most worn land, with the materials found on 

 their own farms, or those of their neighbours respectively. — 

 Lime, or lime stone, is excluded, its qualities and effects be- 



