philosophical or practical inquiry, and observa- 



1 tion — in a word for excmses of the miud,hroxight 

 to bear upon tlie practical cvery-day concerns of 

 the working Fanner. 



Countless are the benefits and blessings de- 

 rived, every day, by the plain, practical work- 

 ing man, which, without his being aware of it, 

 and even while he is deriding the thought of it, 

 are the legitimate fruits of scientific discoveries 

 made by men, in many cases, who never ran a 

 furrow or planted a seed of cotton or of com in 

 all their lives. But this is a theme worthy to be 

 separately dwelt upon and illustrated when we 

 can get time. 



The Journal Committee have reported the 

 following awards to the authors of Prize-essays, 

 and schedule of the subjects of Prizes, amount- 

 ing to £310, for the Reports and Essays of next 

 year : 



AWARDS. 



The Prize of 20 sovs. [$96 80] to Mr. H. 

 White, of Warrington, for his Essay to the De- 

 tails of making Cheshire Cheese. 



The Prize of 50 sov. [$242] to Mr. E. W. Cor- 

 ringham, of Bolham Hill, neai- Retford, for his 

 Report on the Farming of Xottingham.shire. 



The Prize of 50 sovs. [$242] to Mr. W. F. 

 Karkeek, of Truro, for his Report on the Farm- 

 ing of Cornwall. 



The Prize of 50 sov. [$242] to Mr. G. Buck- 

 land, of Beuenden, for his Report on the Farm- 

 ing of Kent. 



The Prize of 20 sovs. [$96 80] to Mr. J. Wat- 

 son, jun. of Kendal, for his Essay on Reclaim- 

 ing Heath-land. 



The Prize of 10 sovs. [$48 40] to Mr.E.Bow- 

 ly, of Cirencester, for his Essay on the Advan- 

 tages of One-horse Carts. 



The Prize of 20 sovs. [$96 80] to Mr. J. Gri- 

 gor, of Norwich, for his Essay on Fences. 



The Prize of 10 sovs. [$48 40] to Mr. G. Do- 

 bito, of Kirtling Hall, Newmarket, for his Essay 

 on Fattening Cattle. 



The Prize of 20 sovs. [$96 80] to Mr. F. W. 

 Etheredge, of Park-street, Westminster, for his 

 Essay on the Cheapest and best Metliod of Es- 

 tabhshing a Tile-yard. 



The Prize of 20 sovs. [$96 80] for an Account 

 of the Best Experiment in Agriculture, to Mr. 

 J. Hannani, of North Deighton, near Wetherby, 

 for his Essay on the Theoiy and Application of 

 Bone-maimre. 



Be it not supposed that we are holding up 

 these Proceedings of the Royal Society, either 

 for hopeless emulation, or invidious comparison. 

 The object is to gratify a natural curiosity on the 

 part of our readers, and of our Agricultural So- 

 cieties, to see what is doing in a country where 

 art has done so much for the plow — moreover 

 (we confess tlie soft impeachment) we would 

 commend the quo animo of these proceedings 

 especially in as much as they indicate a strong 

 persuasion among the most enlightened men in 

 old England thatmind— thought— reading— phi- 

 losophical and poLHicoeconomical investiga- 

 tion, have something to do with, and may lead 

 to improvements mjarmim:;, as well as in Law, 

 Physics. Mechanics, Manufactures, Commerce, 

 (206) 



Ship-Building and Salt, Sugar and Iron ma- 

 king ! ! 



The following is the schedule (referred to 

 above,) of the subjects for which the next Pre- 

 miums of a similar class are to be awarded : — 



SCHEDU1.E. 



& 



On the Agriculture of North Wales 50 



On the Agriculture of the Weet Riding of York- 

 shire 50 



On the Agiiculture of Cambridgeshire 50 



On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Break- 

 ing up Grass-lauds 50 



On the Improvement of the Condition of the 

 Agricultural Laborer, as far as it may be 

 Promoted by Private Exertion, without Le- 

 gislative Enactment 30 



On Keeping Farm Accounts 10 



On Employment by the Piece 20 



On Peat-charcoal as a JIanure 10 



On Sulphuric Acid and Bones 10 



On White Mustard 10 



On St. John's Day Rye 10 



On Draining Running Sands 10 



" The Council have received from the Journal 

 Committee a highly favourable opinion of the 

 character of the Essays sent in this year to com- 

 pete for the various Prizes offered by the So- 

 ciety." 



We propose to skim, for the patrons of the 

 Farmers' Library, the cream of these and all 

 other Essays where the matter may be calcula- 

 ted to .shed useful light on the path of American 

 Husbandry. 



"Tlie Council have accepted the invitation of a 

 public meeting, convened at Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne, to hold the Country Meeting for the 

 Northern District, atthattovvn,in the year 1846." 



We are under tlie impression, that the Town 

 which gains the favor of having the yearly meet- 

 ing and exhibition held in it, is required to 

 subscribe $5000. Utica, we doubt not, will do 

 the handsome thing, in the way of arrangements 

 for the Fair next Autumn. We hope the State 

 Society will employ a good proportion of the 

 funds at its command for best essays, that shall 

 best explain the principles of fanning practices 

 and machinery. Such practical essays as Mr. 

 Thomas's, pubhshed in the last number of the 

 Farmers' Library, and such as a very able and 

 scientific one from the polished pen of Doctor 

 Gardener, which we have been kindly per- 

 mitted to peruse ; are calculated to do more good 

 than the exhibition thrice repeated of all the fat 

 animals in New York — useful as that is in its 

 way. May we hope for the influence of the new 

 "State Agricultural Society of Virginia," in the 

 ' establishment of local societies for the discus- 

 sion of Agricultural subjects" as has happened 

 under the auspices of the National Society in 

 England ? 



At tlie meeting here referred to, the Secretary, 

 whose official conduct was on all sides applaud- 

 ed, offered his resignation onthegi-onnd that hie 

 tiro thousand dollar salary was inadequate! 



" The Council, in conclusion, have the satis- 

 faction, at the clo.se of the 7tli year of the estab- 

 lishment ot the Society, of congi-atulating the 



