PREMIUMS 



Proposed by the Society in 1 825, and at the Annual Meeting, 

 January 17 th, 1826. 



1. A Gold Medal of the value of fifty dollars to the person who shall have car- 

 ried on farming; in Pennsylvania on the largest scale, without using, or suffering to 

 be used on his property, any ardent spirits, (except when prescribed by a physician) 

 for the period of two years. 



2. The Silver Medal of the Society to the Farmer who, previous to the 1st of 

 January, 1827, shall have made the most exiensive, and the most useful experiment 

 in this State, on the use of Fish as a manure. 



3. The Silver Medal of the Society for the best experiment of applying a stream 

 or other source of water to a field, in a way the least expensive, and so as to Sf cure 

 the supply. The Society reserves the right of rejecting any claim, which ihey shall 

 not consider worthy of the premium. 



4. Fifty Dollars, or a Gold Medal of that value, for the greatest quantity of sew- 

 ing Silk, made from Cocoons of Silk Woims, which have been bred in Pennsylva- 

 nia, and fed on the White or Italian Mull)erry Tree. 



5 Twenty-five Dollars for the best Treatise on the Culture of the Italian Mul- 

 berry Tree, and on the breeding and management of Silk Worms, the result of 

 practice in the United States. 



6. A Silver Cup value Fifty Dollars, for the best specimen of Wool, adapted to 

 the Manufacture of Superfine Broad Cloth ; reference being had to the form, pro- 

 perties, and characteristics of the sheep, fitting it for the production of high fla- 

 voured mutton, with light offal. 



7. A Silver Cup value Fifty Dollars, for the best specimen of long or combing 

 W<»ol ; reference being had to the form, properties, and characteristics of the ani- 

 mal, affording most flesh and tallow, with leasr offal. 



8. A silver cup, value Twenty-five Dollars, ff>r the best Potatoes produced from 

 the seeds of the Apples ; reference to be had to the product and quality of the root. 



Extract from the Minutes. 



W. S. WARDER, SecreUirt,: 



