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Premiums for Crops. — Notices. 



Vol. IV. 



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For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Premiums for Crops. 



At a meeting of the Philadelphia Agricultural So- 

 ciety, 'held June ;?, 1840, the follnvvin^' preuiiunis for 

 crops were fixeil and determined; and directed to he 

 published in the Farmers' Cabinet. 



For the best field of Indian-corn, not less than 



five acres S 10 



For the second best S 5 



For the best crgp of spring wheat, not less than 



two acres 



For the second best S 5 ^ 



For the best Crop of potatoes, not less than two | 



acres •'6 JO \ 



For the second best $ 5 i 



For the best crop of sugar beet, not less than ono 1 



acre $1" 



For the second best $ 5 [ 



For the best crop of mangel wurzel, not less than ' 



one acre S 10 ^ 



For the second best $ 5 ' 



For the best crop of ruta baga, not less than half ! 



an acre $ '^ 



For the second best S 5 



For the best crop of field carrots, not less than a 



quarter of an acre $ 10 



For the second best $ 5 



For the best crop of sugar parsnips, not less than 



a quarter of an acre S 10 



For the second best $ 5 ! 



Competitors will be required to notify the committee ; 

 at least one month previous to housing their crops; 

 and each competitor must furnish the committee with [ 

 a written account of the manner of cultivation, kind 

 and quality of manure, character and kind of soil, as 

 nearly as practicable, and expense of labour bestowed 

 on each crop; they must also furnish satisfactory evi- 

 dence of the quantity produced per acre. 



GEORGR W. ROBERTS, 

 ROBERT T. POTTS, 

 JAMES THORNTON, 

 ISAAC NEWTON, 

 ISAAC VV. ROBERTS, 

 DR. GEORGE UHLER, 



Committee on Crops. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Notice. 



The fourth Annual Report, on the Geolo- 

 gical survey of the state of Pennsylvania, is 

 published : it is an important and interesting 

 work. The geologist expresses his opinion, 

 that the researches in the field will be i 



brought to a close by the first day of April, 

 1841, at the expiration of the five years for 

 which the appropriations were granted by 

 the legislature; and that an extra session of 

 six months more will, he hopes, suffice for 

 the production of the final report, the com- 

 pletion of the geological map of the state, 

 and numerous illustrative drawings ; with 

 chemical analyses of ores now carrying on, 

 and an organization of a Geological Cabinet, 

 containing between si.x and seven thousand 

 specimens. 



The present report, 215 pages of interest- 

 ing matter, contains elaborate descriptions of 

 our mineral resources, particularly coal, iron, 

 and limestone; and the sixth chapter, the 

 last, is devoted to the various analyses of 

 iron ore, referred to the body of the report, 

 amounting in the whole to one hundred and 

 four distinct analyses. We regret exceed- 

 ingly, that another chapter had not been 

 added, to contain the various analyses of 

 limestones throughout the state ; but as these 

 are promised at the fulfilment of the work, 

 we must await the issue, in the hope of re- 

 ceiving a very full and particular account, 

 the importance of which, to the agriculturist, 

 is scarcely to be fully appreciated, at the 

 present moment of anxious inquiry. 



The quantity of rain which fell during the 



5lh month, (May,) was 2.69 inches. 



John Conrad. 

 Pennsylvania Hospital, June 1, 1840. 



Notice to Correspondents. 



Mr. Peter Diehl's notice has been handed 

 to the committee; in the present number of 

 the Cabinet he will find the amount of pre- 

 miums specified. 



T. W. will please forward us the papers. 



R. M. will find his suggestions anticipated. 



Will "Weed Puller" inform us of his 

 place of residence ] 



A. D. will hear from us. 



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