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greatest quantity of wheat from the £ s . d. To be adjudged 

 same ground for three years suc- 

 cessively, beginning in the year 1767, 

 the ground to be sown in drills, horse- 

 hoeing the intervals, and no less than 1769 

 one acre 30 o o Dec. 14th 



No person shall be entitled to any 

 of the above premiums for the culture 

 of wheat, who shall not, on or before 

 the first day of January 1767, by letter 

 to the Society's Assistant Secretary to 

 inform him that he intends to be a 

 claimant of one or more of the pre- 

 miums offered, and also of the manner 

 in which he shall have prepared his 

 ground. 



To the renter of land who in the 

 year 1767 shall sow the greatest quan- 

 tity of land with wheat (not less than 

 10 acres) and before the 1 st of October 500 Oct. 22 nd 



For the next quantity, not less than 

 8 acres . . . . . .400,, 22nd 



For the next quantity, not less than 

 6 acres 300,, 22nd 



Turnips 



For sowing in the year 1767 the 

 greatest quantity of land (not less than 

 two acres) with turnips in drills, horse- 

 hoeing the intervals . . . .600,, 29th 



For the next quantity, not less than 

 one acre . . . . . .300,, 29th 



An account of the soil and produce 

 to be laid before the Society. 



Parsnips 



For sowing in the year 1767 the 

 greatest quantity of land (not less than 

 two acres) with parsnips, to be made 

 use of only in feeding cattle or swine, 

 giving an account of the soil, culture, 

 produce, and their effect on cattle fed 1768 



with them 10 o o Feb. 25th 



