178 Board vf Jgriculliirc. 



whose talents have been long known among the llteran' corf- 

 versazioni of the present clay, twenty-four lectures on Na- 

 tural Philosophy ; Mr. Landi^cer, engraver to the king, 

 three lectures on engraving; and Dr. Crotch six lectures on 

 music. 



Board op Aguicitlturk. 

 Preniiuma offered by this Board. 



[Continued from page 80.] 



Cultnrc of Hemp. — To the person who shall send to tlic 

 Board, the best essay on the culture of heni]), which shall 

 include the useful facts hitherto published, with such addi- 

 tions as the writer may be able to make, either from hi» 

 own experiments, or those of others, witliin his knowledge, 

 with the best means of extending the culture in the united 

 kinti-dom, without lessening the growth of wheat — t hi if ij 

 gui/iras. Accounts to be produced on or before the first 

 U'uesdav in February, 1805. 



Culture of Hemp. — ^To the person in his Majesty's colo- 

 nies of Upper or Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and 

 Halifax, who shall make the most satisfactory report to the 

 Board, of the present state of the cultivation of hemp in 

 those provinces, in respect of soil, previous state of the land, 

 manure, seed, culture, watering, dressing, produce, price, 

 and the expense of labour, with the state of popuktion as 

 applic:ible to this branch of culture; as well as of the ob- 

 stacles to the extension of it, the best means of removing 

 them, and of promoting the cultivation— /?/?// gttincas. The 

 report to be made on or before the first Tuesday in January 

 1506. 



IVi'ighing Machine. — ^Tothe person wlio shall, before the 

 25th of' March 1805, produce to the Board, or shall erect 

 in London, in some place to which the members of the 

 Board can conveniently have access, the machine for weigh- 

 in?: cattle alive, as high as 300 stone at Slbs. and as low as 

 tiTC stones weight, that shall be the cheapest in proportion 

 to its accuracy and utility — ticcntij guineas. 



Machine for reaping corn. — ^To the person who shall in- 

 vent, and produce to the Board, the best machine for reap- 

 ino- corn— ^)'o/« one hundred to two hundred guineas, ac- 

 eording to merit. 



Simplicity and cheapness of construction, and (if the a)>- 

 plication of horses or oxen be required) ease of draught, will 

 be considered as essential objects. To be produced on or be- 

 fore the first Tuesday in May I&06. 



Disease 



