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4. At one oxlock, the members of the society will dine to*- 

 gether ; and at two o'clock, the reports of the various commits 

 tees will be read ; and the prennums awarded be immediately 

 paid to the successful candidates. 



5. The live stock and any other articles which may be ex- 

 hibited tor premiums, on Thursday, must remain until the next 

 day at noon, to be viewed by the members of the society. 



6. Decisions on claims for premiums on Indian corn and root 

 crops must necessarily b? postponed, because these may not 

 be generally harvested by the time of the cattle show. But 

 jail such claims must be sent to the secretary of the society, b}' 

 the twentieth day of November next, sealed up. On that day 

 the papers will be delivered to the committee appointed to ex- 

 amine and report on such claims ; and after that day no claims 

 will be admitted. The premiums awarded will be immediately 

 paid by the treasurer. 



IJ^TUMTIfWS 



Olf THE 



RAISING OF FOREST TREES. 



in a preceding page, the common English practice is meti^ 

 tioned of sowing the seeds in beds, removing the seeding plants 

 to nurseries, and thence to the ground where they a^e to re- 

 ceive their full growth. But some English writers contend, 

 that Oaks in particular attain the quickest and best growths, 

 when they spring from the sown acorns, and are never trans- 

 planted : because then the young trees receive no check from 

 the shortening of the tap root, or the loss of the fibrous roots 

 proceeding from it. Where the land to be planted admits of 

 culture with the plough, this doubtless is the most eligible 

 mode. But the young oaks will not generajly rise more than 

 five or six inches the first year, although the tap root may des- 

 cend to the depth of from one to two feet. The second year's 

 growth will also be small j after which, the removal of the plant* 



