TOl.. XI. NO. 41, 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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(with tlie advice of the |)rincipal) tlie police and 

 regulations of the school, the purchase of the 

 library and apparatus, and all other things neces- 

 sary to the institution. But the rate of charge 

 against a student, in any one year, shall not ex- 

 ceed dollars. 



§ 4. The trustees of this school are hereby 

 created a body politic and corporate, with all pow- 

 ers necessary to carry die same into effect. They 

 shall make an annual report to the Legislature and 

 the Regents of the Univei-sity, detailing the state of 

 the institution, the qualify and number of officers 

 and assistants employed, their salaries and pay, 

 and to prescribe the branches of study and labor 

 to be taught the pupils, as visiters of said school to 

 regulate the same, (and the Governor and Senate 

 may at any time remove any professor or profes- 

 sors, officers or assistants, attached to said School,) 

 and the trustees are to regulate the terms of tui- 

 tion, for terms less than a year. But no person 

 shall be admitted into said school until he has ar- 

 jived at the age of fourteen years. 



tinct premium, and for qunlities different from those 

 for which the former premium loas awaited. 



For Grain, Vegetable Crops, and jjgrietdlural 

 Experiments. To the person who shail raise the 

 greatest quantity of Indian Corn on not less than 

 four acres in one piece of ground, and not less 

 than seventy bushels to the acre, $15. To the 

 person who shall raise the greatest quantity of 

 corn on not less than one acre of land, and not less 

 than one hundred bushels, $10. To the person 

 who shall raise the next greatest quantity, and not 

 less than seventy bushels on one acre, $6. To the 

 person who shall raise the greatest quantity of Rye 

 on two acres, not less than thirty bushels per 

 acre, $5. Next greatest quantity of Rye on two 

 acres, $3. To the person who shall raise the 

 greatest quantity of Onions in proportion to the 

 land cultivated, $5, next greatest quantity, 3. To 

 the person who shall raise the greatest quantity 

 of potatoes, not less than three hundred and fifty 

 bushels on an acre of land, $8. To the person 

 who shall raise the next greatest quantity, not 

 less than 300 bushels, $4. To the person who 

 shall raise the greatest quantity of Beets on not 

 less than a quarter of an acre of ground, $3. To 

 the person who shall raise the greatest quantity of 

 Carrots on not less than one acre, $5. To the 

 person who shall raise the greatest quantity of 

 Parsnips on not less than a quarter of an acre, $5. 

 To the person who shall introduce any Grass not 

 oefore cultivated in this State and prove by actual 

 experiment tested by satisfactory evidence, its su- 

 years of age, $10, for the next best, same con- 'periority to any other Grass now cultivated, $10. 

 ditions, 3. For the best Bull Calf, $5, for the next. To the person who shall by actual experiment 

 best, 3, for the next best, 2, for the next best, ij prove the best season and mode of laying down 



CATTL.B SHOW, 



Exhibition of Manufactures, Ploughing 

 Match, and Public Sale of Animals and Manu- 

 factures AT Pawtucket, R. I., O.N Wednesday, 

 September 25th, 1833. 



The Standing Committee of the Rhode Island 

 Society for the encouragement of Domestic Indus- 

 try, offer the following premiums : — 



For Stock. For the best Bull, to be kept in the 

 State one year after the fair, not to exceed three 



For the best cows, kept in the country, not less 

 than three in number, which shall ha\e yielded 

 the greatest quantity of milk' in any thirty days 

 previous to the 25th of September, a certificate 

 thereof, duly sworn to, will be required, and the 

 cows must be exhibited at the fair, $8, for the 

 best cow, same conditions, 5. For the best two 

 years old heifer, having had a calf, same condi- 

 tions, $6, for the next best, do. do. do. 4. For the 

 best heifer yearling, $4, for the next best, 2. 

 For the best pair of working cattle, to have been 

 owned in this State at least three months, not ex- 

 ceeding six years old, $6, for the next best, 4, for 

 the next best, 2. For the best pair three years old 

 steers, $6, for the next best, 4, for the next best, 2. 

 For the best pair two years old steers, $5, for the 

 next best, 4, for the next best, 3. For the best 

 Merino or Saxony Ranj, to be kept in the Statp 

 one year after the fair, $4, for the next do. do. 2. 

 For the best Ewes, not less than six in number, $4, 

 for the next best, do. do. 2. For the best Boar, to 

 be kept in this State until 1st of April, 1834, $6, 

 next best do. do. do. 4, next best do. do. do. 2. 

 For the best Pigs, not less than two in number, 

 not less than four nor more than eight months old, 

 to have been raised in the State, $4, for the next 

 best, 2. For the best stud horse, not less ;hau 

 three years old, owned in this State and having 

 been wholly kept for mares in the State the season 

 previous, and to be kept for mares the year suc- 

 ceeding the fair $20. For the best brood mare, 

 owned in this State, and colt by a horse that 

 may be deemed of the best blood, S8,for the next 

 best, same conditions, 6. 



.\'o slock from distilleries or breweries will be en- 

 titled^ to any premium. JVo animal on wlvch a 

 premium has heretofore been awarded shall be entitled 

 to a second premium, except it be for an entirehj dis- 



land to Grass, whether Spring, Summer or Fall- 

 seeding be preferable and with or without grain 

 on different soils, $8. To the person who shall 

 take up in the season on his own farm, the greatest 

 quantity of good Honey, and shall at the same 

 time exhibit superior skill in the management of 

 Bees, $5. For the best barrel of Cider, $6. 



Should the Society retain the barrel for which 

 the premium is awarded, they will pay iu addition 

 to the premium four dollars. 



Persons claiming a premium must state in 

 writing the process of making and managing their 

 cider and the kind of apples used. 



Competitors for the above premiums must 

 furnish the Secretary on or before the first of 

 December, 1833, with written statements, certified 

 by disinterested and respectable persons, as to the 

 following particulars. 



1st. The state and quality of the land in the 

 spring of 1833. 



2d. The product and general state of cultivation, 

 and quantity of manure employed on it in the year 

 preceding. 



3d. The quantity of Manure used the present 

 season. 



4th. The quantity of seed used, and if potatoes, 

 the sort. 



5th. The time and manner of sowing, weeding, 

 and harvesting the crop, and the amount of the 

 product ascertained by actual measurement, after 

 the whole produce for which a premium is claimed, 

 is harvested, and the entire expense of cultivation. 

 The statement of crops must also be accom- 

 panied by a certificate taken under oath of two 

 respectable persons, who assisted in measuring 

 them, as well as a certificate of a surveyor of the 

 measurement of the land, together with a plat of 

 the same. 



For Shop Manufactures. For the best side of 

 sole Leather, with a written statement duly 

 certified of the mode and time of tanning, $4. 

 For the best Belt Leather, $4. For the best 

 white oak Hogshead, $4, for the best do. barrel, 2. 

 For the best woollen Hat, $1. Three dollars for 

 each of the following implements : — Best cast iron 

 Plough, do. Corn Sheller, do. Straw Cutter, do. 

 Ox Harrow, do. Vegetable Cutter, do. Horse Har- 

 row. Three dollars also to each of the following, 

 not less than twelve in number: — Hoes, Scythes, 

 Iron Shovels, Axes, and Rakes. 



Implements of Husbandry and articles of Shop 

 Manufacture of superior excellence, not particular- 

 ly enumerated, may receive premiums at the dis- 

 cretion of the examining Committee. 



Butter and Cheese. For the best cheese, all 

 from the same dairy, not less in quantity than 100 

 pounds, $8, for the next do. 6, for the next do. 4. 

 For the best butter, not less than 40 pounds, $10, 

 next best, 9, next best, 8, next best, 7, next best, 

 6, next best, 5, next best, 2 



Household Manifactures. For the best piece of 

 carpeting 4-4 wide and not less than, 15 yards, $6, 

 next best do. 4, next best do. 3. For the best lot 

 of woollen knit hose, at least three pairs, $2. For 

 the best flax or hemp knit hose, $2, for the best 

 cotton do. 2, for the best worsted do, 2, for the 

 l)est silk do. 3. For the best piece of woollen 

 flannel, 7-8 wide 30 yards at least, $5, next do. 3. 

 For the best woollen blankets 8-4 $5, next do. 3. 

 All to have been manufactured in this State, 

 within the last two years, and a certificate thereof 

 required. 



Mulberry Trees and Raw Silk. To any person 

 who may within the. present season have raised on 

 one i)iece of land the largest number of thrifty 

 mulberry trees, not less than one thousand, a 

 certificate thereof being required, .$5, for the next 

 greatest quantity, not less than one thousand, 4, 

 next do. do. do. do. 3. For the largest quantity 

 of raw silk, $5, next do. do. do. 4, next do. do. 3, 

 next do, do. 2, next do. do. do. 1. For the best 

 sample of sewing-silk, $5, next do. 4. 



Premium of ten dollars for the best ban'el of 

 starch made in this State $10. 



Plortghing Match. JVo Drivers allowed. First 

 Plough, $9, second do. 8, third do. 7, fourth do. 6, 

 fifth do. 5, sixth do. 4, seventh do. 3, eighth do. 2. 

 The depth to be ploughed will not be less than 

 five inches, and the breadth of the furrow not 

 more than ten inches. 



The strictest regulations will be adopted, to en- 

 sure the jiroper management of the cattle. They 

 will not be permitted to be driven faster than their 

 natural pace ': and these premiums will be ad- 

 judged for the best work with the least expense of 

 labor. 



It must be understood, that in all cises, wheth- 

 er there be any competition or not, it is at the dis-' 

 cretion of the Committees to withhold a premium, 

 if iu their opinion the object so offered, is not de- 

 serving of it. 



Any attempts to obtain premiums by unfair 

 practices will be punished by a forfeiture of the 

 premium should it have been awarded before a 

 discovery and will also preclude the ofl^ender from 

 being permitted to apply for premiums in future 

 Premiums to be demanded within six inootbs 

 at'ter they are awarded. 



JAINIES RHODES, President. 

 RICHARD W. GREENE, Sec'ry. 



