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expense of keeping, increase, amount ofj 

 wool and value — a gold medal, worth $12. | 



For a Report of the best managed Dairy, i 

 with a detailed statement of expense, andf 

 particulars concerning the management as 

 well as the profits of -the said Dairy, a gold 

 medal, worth $20. 



For the greatest quantity and best quality 

 of Butter produced on any tarm, from a given 

 number of cows, in thirty days the present 

 year, with a particular statement of the me- 

 thod of making and preserving the same — 

 including a satisfactory account of the man- 

 ner in whici; the cows have been fed, and 

 the general management of the milk and 

 butter, a Silver Medal. 



For the best report of experiments in the 

 cultivation of Indian corn, on not less than 

 one acre of ground — a gold medal, worth 

 $25. 



Second best — a medal, worth .$15. 



Third best — a medal worth, $10, — the 

 reports to be made with a view of determin- 

 ing what are the peculiar laws relating to 

 that crop — particularly how thick it should 

 be planted — how the plants should be dis- 

 tributed on the ground — whether in hills, 

 drills or otherwise ; what kind of manure, 

 and how it should be applied — 'the manner 

 of cultivation and the kind of corn planted, 

 to be particularly stated ; also the cost of, 

 each process, the amount of corn raised by] 

 each of the different modes of culture, and 

 the relative profits. 



Persons wishing flirther information on 

 any subject connected W'ith the operations 

 of the Society, will be answered on applica- 

 tion to Henry O'Rielly, Recording Secre- 

 tary, Alabany. 



Competitors for any of the numerous pre- 

 miums offered above, are required to trans- 

 mit their manuscripts to the Recording Sec- 

 retary, at Albany, previous to tlie 1st of 

 January — the awards on whicli will be de- 

 clared during the session of the Annual 

 Convention. In behalf of the Executive 

 Committee, 



Henry O'Reilly, Rec. SecWy, 

 Agricultural Hall Old State-House, Albany. 



The premiums offered in the above extracts from a 

 Circular just received, are in relation to objects of such 

 general and permanent interest, that it affords partic. 

 ular pleasure to throw them before our readers.— Ed. 



Miuutes of the Philadelphia Agricultu- 

 ral Society. 



. At a stated meeting of the Philadelphia 

 Society for promoting Agriculture, held on 

 the 6th inst., James Gowen, Esq., Vice 

 president, in the chair; present tifteen mem 

 bers. 



Mr. Stephen R. Crawford, of Philadelphia 

 county, was elected a resident member. 



Letters were read from Commodores Stew- 

 art, Read, and Connor. 



A committee of five persons were ap- 

 pointed to inquire into the provisions of the 

 law against the trespasses of gunners, on 

 farms in the neighbourhood of the city and 

 adjoining comities. 



Dr. Emerson informed the meeting of his 

 determination to erect a Machine for crash- 

 ing bones, on his farm, for manure ; and 

 would request the appointment of a com- 

 mittee to examine and report on its efficacy 

 when completed. 



A committee of four persons was ap- 

 pointed, consisting of ]\Iessrs. Kennedy, 

 Clement, Richie and Newton, to consult 

 with farmers who attend market, and others, 

 on the subject of establishing a Reading 

 Room in a central part of the city, where 

 the leading Agricultural Journals and pa- 

 pers may be perused ; the room to be kept 

 open on certain evenings in the week. 



A. Clement, Rec. Sec'ry. 



Philadelphia, Nov. Pth, 1844. 



Alabama Wheat. — Several farmers in 

 the neighbourhood of Cincinnati, have culti- 

 vated a new variety of wheat for a year or 

 two past, with great satisfaction. It is 

 called Alabama wheat, from the fact that 

 about half a pint was brought here from 

 that State in 1839, by an observing farmer. 

 After finding that it succeeded well in this 

 climate, he disseminated it for seed, and it 

 is computed that this year 2000 bushels 

 have been raised, chiefly in the White-water 

 j Valley. It takes the preference, by far, 

 over all other kinds of wheat brought to the 

 Cincinnati market, weighing from 64 to 68 

 pounds to the bushel. Its yield has aver- 

 aged about thirty bushels to the acre this 

 season. — Saturday Post. 



The ripening of the Tomatoes, says the 

 Kitchen Garden Calendar, is of secondary 

 importance, as that may be accomplished by 

 cutting them off before frost injures them, 

 and hanging them up in a warm kitchen, 

 where they will ripen in due time, and be 

 as good for use as if matured on the plant. 



It is astonishing with what rapidity 

 fowls increase when well fed, kept in con- 

 fined cribs, and in a darkened room. Fed 

 on a mixture of 4 lbs. of oatmeal, 1 lb. of 

 suet, and half a lb. of sugar, with milk for 

 drink, five or six times a day, in summer, a 

 dorking will add to its weight 2 lbs. in a 

 week, sometimes 1^ lbs. in four days. A 

 young turkey will lay on 3 lbs. a week, 

 under the same treatment. — Johnston, 



