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penfe, and from a farm of the feweft acres under culture, 

 and from materials common to moll farms, provided 

 that the quantity is not lefs than two hundred tons, to 

 be accompanied with a defcription of the barn yard, or 

 place where made, and the mode of making the manure, 

 a premium of 50 dollars, or the gold medal. 



4. And for the next greateft quantity, not lefs than 

 one hundred tons, 30 dollars ; claims to be prefented 

 previous to the firft day of Mav, 1795. 



5.' Totheperfon whoihall difcover a fpecies of marl, 

 good as a m^mre, in tufficient quantity to become ufe- 

 ful as fuch, anc^ exhibit a fpecimen of the fame to the 

 Trufices; for the befh fpecimen and largefl quantity dif- 

 covered, 50 dollars, or a gold medal, at the option of 

 the claimant ; claims to be prefented on or before the 

 firft of May, 1794. 



6. To the perfon who fhall give the mofl fatisfa6lory 

 evidence of the heft kind of wheat, for this climate, and 

 the bed mode of cultivating the fame, by aftual experi- 

 ment, on not lefs than one acre of ground, the gold 

 medal ; claims to be prefented en or before the firft of 

 Oftoher, 1796. , 



7. For the largefl: quantity of fat beef, fed upon the 

 fewefl acres of ground, the quantity not being lefs than 

 80 hundred w^eight, a premium of 50 dollars, or the So- 

 ciety's medal ; and for the next largeft quantity, not lefs 

 than 40 hundred weight, 25 dollars, or a filver medaL 

 A particular defcription of the fize of the enclofures, 

 muft accompany the claim, with a particular defcription 

 alfo of the mode of fattening ; claims to be made pre- 

 vious to the firft of Oftober, 1795. 



8. To the perfon who fhall give the beft account, 

 from actual experiments, of the beft vegetable food, 

 btfide hay, that fhall increafe the milk of cows and 

 ewes, during the month of February, March, and April, 

 the gold medal ; claims to be prefented previous to the 

 firft of may, 1795. 



9. For the largeft quantity and beft quality of wool, 

 that fhall be fheared in the fame year, from the fmalleft 

 number of fheep, not lefs than one fcore, 50 dollars, or 



the gold medal. 



10. To 



