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less tlian one acre nor fewer than 1000 trees per 

 acre — raised from the acorn — not less than 

 threi years ohl, and wliich shall be in the 

 most thrivinij; state on tlie 1st Seiiteniber, 

 1836, 60 00 



For the best plantation, not before offered 

 for premium, of White Ash, Larch and Yel- 

 low Locust trees, each not less than one 

 acre, nor fewer than 1000 trees per acre, to 

 be raised from the seeds, and which trees 

 not less than three years old, shall be in the 

 most flourishing condition on the 1st Sep- 

 tember, 1836, 25 00 



For the best Thorn Hedge, not less than 

 50 rods, and which shall be in the most 

 thriving state in 1838. 30 00 



ClaiiTiauts under the two last heads together 

 with the proper evidence, must be delivered to 

 Benjamin Guihi, Esq. in Boston, free of expense, 

 or or before the first day of January, ISSC. 



Claims for the premiums on vegetable and grain 

 crops, and experiments and inventions, together 

 with the evidences required, are to be in writing, 

 and sent, free of expense, to Benjamin Guild, Esq. 

 in Boston, Assistant Recording Secretary, on or 

 before the 1st day of Decendier next, and they 

 will be examined by the Committee, previous to 

 the Till day of December. 



It is understood, that whenever, merely from 

 want of competition, any of the claimants may be 

 considered entitled to the premium, under a liter- 

 al construction; — yet, if in the opinion of the 

 judges, the object so offered is not deserving of 

 any reward, the judges, shall have a right to reject 

 such claims. Persons to whom ])remiums shall 

 be awarjied, may, at their option, have an article 

 of plate, with suitable inscriptions, in lieu of the 

 money. 



In cases where pecuniary premiums are offered, 

 the Trustees may, having regard to the circum- 

 stances of the competitors, award cither the Soci- 

 ety's gold or silver medals, in lieu of the pecunia- 

 ry premium anne.xed to the several articles 



That if any competitor for any of the Society's 

 premiums shall be discovered to have used any 

 disingenuous measures, by which the objects of 

 the Society have been defeated, such person shall 

 not only forfeit the premium whicdi may have been 

 awarded to him, but be reudcMed incapable of be- 

 ing ever after a conq)etitor for any of the Socie- 

 ty's premiums. 



Time of paying Premiums. — The Tieasurer will 

 attend on Thursday, the Stli of December, at 12 

 M. to pay all premiums awarded. 



All premiums not demanded within six months 

 after they shall have been awarded, shall be deem- 

 ed to have been generously given to aid the funds 

 of the Society. 



By order of the Trustees, 



JOHN HEARD, ") 



WILLIAM PRESCOTT, | 

 PETER C. BROOKS, )■ Committee. 

 E. H. DERBY, | 



JOSIAH QUINCY, Jr. j 



March 1, 1836. 



New Plaster. — The Frencli in Algiers, have 

 discovered a new plaster, used in the public works 

 of that city, composed of two parts of ashes, three 

 of clay, and one of sand. I: is called by the 

 Moors, fabbi, and being stirred again with oil 

 Resists the weather better than marble. 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTUnAl, SOCIETV. 



Report on the .Manufacture of Dett Root Sugar. 

 — The Committee of the Massachusetts Agricid- 

 tural Society, to whom was referred sundry papi.rs, 

 estimates, and documents, kindly furtiished by Mr 

 Isnard, Consul of France, wherewith it is propos- 

 ed to the Society, as ;i matter of utility, to engage 

 in a project, or undertakiug, for the manufacture 

 of Beet Sugar, after a careful perusal of the same, 

 by which they have been much gratified, are con- 

 strained to report, that it would not be expedient 

 for the Society so to do. For which they assign 

 the following reasons. First, the Society have not 

 the means to embark a capital to the extent of 

 $50,000, however pro:!iising it might be, nor 

 would it be consistent with its rules of action, to 

 enter into any copartnership or partici|jation of 

 profits of such a nature — this project holding out 

 advantages more suited indeed for private enter- 

 prise, and to which the Committee would be grat- 

 ified to see attention turned. Secondly, the ad- 

 vantages contemplated by the founders of the So- 

 ciety, and those who have contiibuted to its means, 

 have been and still arc, to give encouragement to 

 a great variety of objects, constituting the produc- 

 tion of the soil, both animal and vegetable — the 

 effecting an improvement of the various Imple- 

 ments of Agriculture, the exciting, and rewarding, 

 skill in manufactmcs, more particularly those of 

 Domestic or Household ludnstry, and the various 

 kindred arts. The Cojnmittee are of the opinion 

 further, that great advantages woidd be derived, 

 if the means to aid all these objects were to a great- 

 er extent. It must be obvious, that any such di- 

 version of so large an amount to a particular ob- 

 ject of culture, wouUl be tleemed partial, and might 

 prove injurious to the general objects of the Soci- 

 ety. Thirdly, the Committee, iu reasoning on the 

 subject, have rather avoided speaking of the want 

 of anthorily to effect any such engagement, which 

 alone, in the o|)inion of the same, would |>reclude 

 the appropriation of such capital. The CJommittee 

 are not insensible of the importance of this manu- 

 facture, as carried on in Europe, and in course of 

 experiment in some parts of the United Slates, al- 

 though they Isave some doubts whether the culture 

 would not be better maintained in some other 

 parts of our coimtry. Yet that an inducement 

 might be had, to a fair and speedy trial, the Com- 

 mittee recommend, that a premium of one hun- 

 dred dollars, each year, be offered for the greatest 

 quantity of Beets, raised on at least two acres of 

 ground, and manufactured into Sugar in the years 

 1837, 1838, and 1839. The person raising the 

 same, and having them manufactured, giving a 

 full and particular account of the process for pub- 

 lication. All of which is submitted. 



By order of the Committee, 



JOHN WELLES, Chairman. 



The following is the best recipe I have ever 

 seen tried for the 6o(s or g-rufi^. I think it was 

 once published in either the American Farmer or 

 Turf Register. 



Drench with a pint of sweet milk and a pint of 

 molasses; if no relief in 30 minutes, repeat the 

 dose two hours after with a quart of strong salt 

 and water — two hours after with a pint of lin- 

 seed oil. 



The grubs fill themselves with molasses, their 

 skins then become thin, the salt and water cuts 

 them to pieces, and the oil carries them off, and 



heals the wound inflicted by tho grubs. For com- 

 mon cliolic, bleeding in the mouth, and a purge of 

 salt and water. 



From two to three oinices of tincture of assafce- 

 tida, diluted with a pint and a half of water, will 

 nine tiuies out of ten, produce instant relief— 

 Southern paper. 



Rail Paths. — Manufacturers, merchants and 

 mechanics seem not to be aware of the ease and 

 advantage, with which a heavy load may be mov- 

 ed on rail |)alhs for short distances by human pow- 

 er. The man, who draws up a weight of one 

 pound ten feet per|)endicularly, exerts the power 

 that would move two hundred and forty |iuunds 

 ten feet on a level rail road ; or, which is the same 

 thing, the power that raises up on one p.ound, or 

 one ton a foot perpendicularly would move that 

 pound, or that ton two hundred and forty feet on 

 a level rail road; and thus the jiower, that raises 

 a ton eleven feet, would njove it forward on a lev- 

 el rail road half a mile. Farrady, a writer on 

 the steam engine, says that a stout laborer will 

 work for eight hours a day, expending the strength 

 required to raise 3750 pounds one foot each min- 

 ute. Such a laborer then may move in a day on 

 a level rail road eightyone tons of 2000 pounds 

 each half a mile, including the weight of the car- 

 riage and the load. It is manifest, therefore, that 

 rail tracks might be used for the great accommo- 

 dation and profit of manufacturers, merchants and 

 mechanics, and I may addof farmers too. Indeed 

 by a level rail path, a gentleman might move 

 double his own weight half a mile, as easily as he 

 would walk up a i)air of stairs twentytwo feet 

 high. — Yankee Farmer. 



HoNET. — In passing through the garden cm- 

 ployed by the American Institute, our attention 

 was directed to some boxes of Honey of a clear 

 white and beautiful transparent appearance, such 

 as has seldom been seen in the New York mar- 

 ket. — It is presented by Messrs Wilcox & Cone, 

 of West IJIoomfield, Ontario county. — One of the 

 firm has furnished us with the following state- 

 ment. — jV. y. Gaz. 



" Last spring we had not far from 220 swarms, 

 this fall we had over 420 ; nearly all of the young 

 swarins are good to winter over. We have taken 

 from our bees 700 lbs. of box or cap honey ; in 

 addition to this, we furnished all in the vicinity 

 wliere we live, with boxes, showing them hosv to 

 manage, promising to buy all the honey that was 

 built in them. 'I'his, added to our own, made 

 5,641 lbs. All of this was taken away without 

 destroying a single swarm of bees. Near seven- 

 eighths of this honey, was of the ichite, such as 

 is exhibited to-day ; it arrived in New York mar- 

 ket the 9th of September; near two-thirds of it is 

 already sold. We have ado[)ted this plan to make 

 our bees profitable, and not destroy an insect that 

 is such an example of industry." 



A cargo of some eight or ten thousand bushels 

 of wheat has arrived in Georgetown D. C. from 

 Rotterdam, it costs, we understand, delivered in 

 Georgetown, one dollar tmenlysix cents ! At that 

 rate, flour could be furnished at eight dollars, or a 

 little Ic-^s |ier barrel, 'i'he profit on the importa- 

 tion must be innnense. Wheat could be brought 

 from the Meiliterranean at a lower rate. — U. S. 

 Telegraph. 



