vol.. X\1. NO. 39. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



229 



1st prciniiiiii, $10 



2(1 do. 8 



M <lo. 



4tli do. 4 



5lh do. .'< 



The work iiuist be performed with one yoke of 



oxen. 



The committee are authorized to distribute 4 



vols, of tlie New England FBriner and 4 of Mass. 



Plowman. 



^Irtutts oflhe Dairy. 

 For the best butter, not less than 30 lbs. $7 



For next best do. not less than 20 lbs. 5 



For the next best do. do. '.i 



F.ir tlie best cheese, not less than 100 lbs. 7 



For the next best do. not less than 75 lbs. 5 



For the next best do. do. 3 



The committee are authorized to distribute 3 vols, 

 of the New England Farmer, and 3 of Mats. Plow- 

 man. 



Fruils and Ve^tiahUs. 

 The committee on Fruits and Vegetables 

 are authorized to distribute for extraordinary 

 fruits and vegetables that may be deposited 

 "or exhibition, 



$2(1 



/ni'en(ion». 



The committee on Inventions are authoriz- 

 •}d to distribute for inventicms and improve, 

 nents in the structure of implements of agri- 

 :ulture, not patented, as rewards of ingenuity, §20 



The committee are authorized to distribute two 

 ols. of the New England Farmer and two of Mass. 

 'lownian. 



Bounds and Fancy ArlicUs. 

 The committee on articles of Usefulness 

 ind Fancy, are authorized to award $50 



jilanufacturta. 

 The committee on cloths and the most use- 

 ul articles of household manufacture, are au- 

 honzed to award in premiums, according to 

 heir judgment oflhe comparative excellence 

 .nd utility of the articles presented, $75 



Cocoons and Silk. 



To the person who shall raise and exhibit 

 he large.st quantity of cocoon.s, $8 



For the next greatest quantity, 6 



For the next do. do. 3 



For every ounce of wrought silk raised 

 .nd worked in the county, JO cents. 



Articles which have received a premium, are 

 lot entitled to a premium afterwards. If acompe- 

 itor for any of the Society's premiums shall be 

 .iscovercd to have used any deception or disingen- 

 lous measures by which the objects of the Society 

 lave been defeated, such person shall not only for- 

 eit the (;remium which may have been awarded to 

 lim, but be rendered incapable of being ever after 

 . competitor for any of the Society's premiums. 



P. S. Cloths, fancy articles, products of the dai- 

 y, cocoons and silks, articles of invention, fruits, 

 egetables, &c., must be deposited in the Academy 

 iall, before 9 o'clock, A. M. on the day of eihibi- 

 ion. 



Articles manufactured out oflhe county of Ply- 

 noulh, not admitsable. 



Premiums Claimable in Future Years. 

 For the most accurate experiment in the 

 lee of lime : claimant required to select one 



acre of even quality ; the manure for one- 

 half acre to be prepared as follows, viz: As 

 soon as the frost is out of the ground next 

 spring, take lifienn cartloads of muck or mea- 

 dow mud and live loads of manure from slock, 

 and five casks of lime: let the lime be slack- 

 ed so aa to become fine, then carefully mix 

 the whole together; — at planting lime spread 

 sixteen loads oflhe above on the furrow, mix 

 it well with the soil by cultivating or harrow- 

 ing, and put the remainder in the hill or drill 

 at planting. Put the same quantity of the 

 same kind of manure, excepting the lime, on 

 the other half acre. Let the whole be pl;int. 

 ed to corn ; the second year be sowed to Eng- 

 lish grain and grass seed ; the third and fourth 

 years mowed, and let the produce of each half 

 acre he weighed and kept separate. Payable 

 in 1846— 



Second premium, 



For the most careful and satisfactory expe- 

 riment in the use of Plaster of Paris on one 

 acre of land, payable in 1847, 



Second premium, 



For the most accurate experiment in the 

 use of salt on one-fourth part of an acre, pay- 

 able in 1845, 



Second premium, 



Experiment in the use of salt as manure : 

 Select one-fourth part of an acre of dry land ; 

 prepare two compact heaps, aa follows : three 

 loads in each heap. In one heap mix one 

 bushel of salt, and in the other put the same 

 kind of manure and no salt. Put one heap on 

 one-half the lot, the other heap on the other 

 half. Plant one-half of each part to corn, the 

 other half to potatoes, ne.\t spring. The year 

 after, sow grain and grass seed, and on the 

 part on which salt was used the year before, 

 sow half a bushel of salt on the ground, aud 

 sow the same quantity of salt the third year 

 in the spring. Keep the crops separate, and 

 weigh and keep an account. 



For the most satisfactory experiment to de- 

 termine the best time in the year for cutting 

 timber, to ensure durability, payable in 1849, 



Second premium. 



Six samples of timber shall be cut the first 

 year, in dift'erent mouths, according to the 

 judgment of the experimenter ; the sticks 

 shall be not less than eight feet in length, nor 

 less than six inches square, all to be of the 

 same dimensions and as near equal as possi- 

 ble with respect to sap wood. These sam- 

 ples to be equally exposed to the weather un- 

 til 1849. In 1844 the experimenter shall hew 

 out another set of samples cut in different 

 months from the first and expose in the same 

 manner, until 1849. The experimenter shall 

 also at the same time he cuts and hews a stick 

 of timber, cut a sapling of the same kind of 

 wood, and expose with the timber unbarked. 

 Claims to the Inst eight premiums must be 

 made to Morrill Allen, Pembroke, on or be- 

 fore April 14th, 184.3. 



For the most extensive forest of any sort of 

 trees suitable for timber, raised from the seed, 

 not less than 1000 trees to the acre, which 

 shall be in the most flourishing condition, and 

 more than five years old in September, 1845, 



Second premium for the same object, 



Third do. do. 



To the person who shall make the most sat- 



isfictory experiment to determine the best 

 time to cut oak and other forest trees which 

 start from the sluuip, lo ensure the most flour- 

 ishing succeeding growth, the jiremium claim- 

 able in 1844, 25 



For the best plantation of oak or other for- 

 est trees, suitable for ship timber, not le.ss 

 than 1000 trees per acre, to be raised from the 

 seed, which shall be in the most thriving con- 

 dition and more than three years old in Sep- 

 tember, 1847, 40 



Second premium for the same object, 25 



Premiums not demanded within a year, will be 

 considered as generously given to promote the ob- 

 jects of the Society. And on all premiums above 

 five dollars, awarded to gentlemen not members of 

 the Society, the treasurer is directed to make a de- 

 duction of twentyfive per cent, to increase the 

 funds. 



The trustees will not consider themselves oblig- 

 ed by the terms of the above oft'ers, to give a pre- 

 mium in any case, when it shall be evident there 

 has been no competition, nor more than ordinary 

 exertion. 



All entries for premiums may be made by letters, 

 post paid. Letters unpaid, will not be considered. 

 By order of the Trustees, 



ANTHONY COLLAMORE, 

 of Pembroke. 



Bridgwater, Jan. 184.3. 



If'ho knotos the most ? — We find in an exchange 

 paper, the following curious table showing the com- 

 parative number of those who cannot read nor 

 write, in the several States; or rather, the ratio of 

 those who cannot read or write to those who can. 

 The table refers to white persons over 20 years of 

 agre : 



Connecticut, 1 to every 



Vermont, 1 



New Hampshire, 1 



Massachusetts, 1 



Maine, 1 



Michigan, 1 



Rhode Island, 1 



New Jersey, 1 ,. 



New York, 1 



Pennsylvania, 1 



Ohio, 1 



Louisiana, I 



Maryland, 1 



Mississippi, 1 



Delaware, 1 



Indiana, 1 



South Carolina, 1 



Illinois, 1 



Missouri, 1 



Alabama, 1 



Kentucky, 1 



Georgia, 1 



Virginia, 1 



Arkansas, 1 



Tennessee, 1 



North Carolina, 1 



568 

 437 

 310 ^ 

 166 

 108 



97 



67 



58 



56 



50 



43 



32r 



27 



20 



18 



18 



17 



17 



16 



15 



13 



12^ 

 llj 

 11 



7 



Wn do not know how correct the above table is, 

 but supposing it to be correct, it places Connecti- 

 cut at the head of the States and North Carolina at 

 the foot.. — Maine Far. 



The Army of the United States, at present num- 

 bers 9,847 men. A law passed at the last session 

 requiring its reduction to 3,920. 



