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ducting the same, so as to procure the greatest quantities of 

 compost, or mixed dung and manure, from within the farm, 

 induces the society to give for the best design of such a yard, 

 and method of managing it, practicable by common far- 

 mers — a gold medal : and for the second best — a silver me= 

 dal. 



III. For the best method of raising hogs, from the pig, 

 in pens or sties, from experience ; their sometimes running 

 in a lot or field not totally excluded, if preferred — a gold 

 medal ; and for the second best — a silver medal. 



IV. For the best method of recovering v/orn outfields to a 

 more hearty state, within the power of common farmers^ 

 without dear or far-fetched manures ; but by judicious cul- 

 ture, and the application of materials common to the gene= 

 rality of farms ; founded in experience— a gold medal ; and 

 for the second best — a silver medal. 



V. For the best information, the result of actual experience, 

 for preventing damage to crops by insects ; especially the Hes- 

 sian-flv, the wheat-fly, or fly-weevil, the pea-bug, and the com 

 chinch-bug or fly — a gold medal ; a silver medal for the se- 

 cond best. 



VI. For the best comparative experiments on the culture 

 of wheat, by sowing it in the common broad-cast way, by 

 drilling it, and by setting the grain, with a machine, equi-dis- 

 tant ; the quantities of seed and produce proportioned to the 

 ground, being noticed — a gold medal ; for the second best — 

 a silver medal. 



VII. For an account of a vegetable food that may be easi- 

 ly procured and preserved, and that best increases milk in 

 cows and ewes, in March and April, founded on experi- 

 ment — a gold medal ; for the second best — a silver medal. 



VIII. For the greatest quantity of gTomid, not less than 

 one acre, well fenced, producing locust trees, growing in 

 1791, from seed sown after April 5th, 1785; the trees to 

 be of the sort used for posts and trunnels, and not iewer 

 than 1500 per acre — a gold medal ; for the second — a silver 

 medal. 



