vol.. XVIII. MO. 3 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



23 



P 11 E M I U RI LIST 



Of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting .fgri- 



cu«i<rf— 18;«). 



(Concluded.) 



BUTTF.R AND Chk.ESE. 



For the best lot in tubs, pots or firkins, not less than 



300 pounds $100 



For the next best, not less than 300 pounds 50 



For the best, less than 300 pounds, and not 



less tlian 100 pounds. 

 For the best lot of cheese, not loss than one 

 year old and not less in quantity tlian 300 

 pounds 

 For the best lot of cheese, less than one year 

 old and not less in quantiiy than 300 lbs. 

 The claimant for the several premiums on but- 

 ter to be exhibited in the month of December next, 

 must state in writing the following particulars, viz : 

 the number of cows liept on his farm ; his mode of 

 keeping ; the treatment of the milk and cream be- 

 fore churning; the moda of churning, winter and 

 summer; the measures adopted to express the but- 

 ter milk; the quantity and sort of salt employed, 

 whether saltpetre, or any other substances have 

 been used in the process ; the best time for churn- 

 ing and keeping butter in hot weather, and tlie best 

 mode of preserving it in and through the summer 

 and winter, and in wliat vessels. 



The claimants for the severa I premiums on cheese 

 must state the mode of making the same, and the 

 following particulars, viz : the number of cows kept ; 

 whether the cheese is made from the proceeds of 

 one, two, or more milkings ; whether any addition 

 is made of cream ; the quantity and sort of salt 

 used, and the quantity of rennett ; the mode of 

 pressure and the treatment of the cheese afterwards. 

 Farmers in the several States are invited to com- 

 pete for these premiums at the exhibition in De- 

 cember. 



Claims for the premiums on butter and cheese 

 last above mentioned, must be made in writing ad- 

 dressed to Benjamin Guild, Esq., Boston, post paid, 

 on or before the first of December next ; and the 

 narcels deposited before Tuesday the 3d, at a place 



Rotation of Croi's. 

 For the best rotation of crops on the same 

 land, not less than two acres, for three or 

 four years in succession, commencing when 

 it is in grass *'•* 



Premium to be claimed in December, 1839 or 

 1840. 



It is expected the applicant will state the quality 

 and condition of the land, when he first ploughs or 

 breaks it up ; the manner of preparing it each year, 

 specifying the times of ploughing, the quantity and 

 kind of manure used ; the seed, whether potatoes, 

 Indian corn, or other grain, planted or sown, and 

 the kind and quantity of grass seed, the time when 

 sowed, and whether with grain or alone, and the 

 quantity of produce each year, including the last. 

 The applicant's own statement, signed, but not 

 sworn to, is all that will be required. 



Mixed or Comi'ost Manure. 

 For a compost of stable manure and meadow 

 or pondhole mud or muck, with or without 

 lime, as the applicant pleases, which, with 

 the smallest portion of stable manure and 

 lime, if used, shall approach nearest to clear 

 stable manure, in strength and efficacy in 

 producing crops 

 Premium to bo claimed in December, 1839. 

 In order to test the comparative strength and ef- 

 ficacy of the barn manure and the compost, it is 

 proposed that a piece of land not less thaft an acre, 

 shall be prepared in the same manner, and divided 

 in equal halves for quantity and quality, and that 

 stable manure shall be used on one-half, and com- 

 post in the same manner on the other, and that corn 

 or potatoes shall be planted in each, and that both 

 shall be ploughed, hoed, and treated in every re- 

 spect alike, and an accurate account of the quanti- 

 ty and quality of the crop on each shall be kept, 

 and that the claimant of the premium, in his appli- 

 cation, shall state that he has proceeded in the man- 

 ner above described, and the result. If lime is 

 used, the quantity and quality, whether slacked or 

 not slacked, must be slated. A statement signed 

 bv himself and one other reputable person, not un- 



.*50 



100 



wliich shall be manufactured into sugar in 

 the year 1839, giving a particular accountof 

 the soil, and his manner of sowing, cultivat- 

 ing, and gathering the beets, a premium of $100 

 To the person, persons, or corporation, who 

 shall manufacture from the sugar beet, su- 

 o-ar in the greatest (piantity and of the best 

 quality in the year 1830, giving a full and 

 particular account of the process of manu- 

 facturing it, a premium of 

 For the greatest quantity of vegetables, (grain, 

 peas, beans e.xcepted) for home consumption 

 and not for sale ; raised for the keeping of 

 stock, regard being had to the size of the 

 farm in proportion to the crop, and to the 

 number of stock kept, and also to the respec- 

 tive value of the vegetables as food, and the 

 expense of raising the same 

 For the greatest quantity of Indian corn on an 

 acre, not less than 80 bushels (75 lbs. in the 

 ear to be considered a bushel,) 

 For the greatest quantity of wheat on an acre 



not less than ^5 bushels 

 For the greatest quantity of barley on an acre 



not less than 45 bushels 

 For the greatest quantity of rye on an acre, 



not less than 30 bushels 

 For the greatest quantity of dry peas, either 



broad cast or in drills, on an acre 

 For the greatest quantity of dry beans not less 



than 10 bushels on an acre 

 For the greatest quantity of mustard seed 

 For the greatest quantity of dressed flax, not 



less than 500 lbs. from an acre 

 For the greatest quantity and best quality of 

 hemp on an acre 

 It is to be understood that the quantity of land 

 specified above, is in each case to be in one piece, 

 ."^nd the claimant of any of the above premiums, 

 shall, with one other person, make a statement ac- 

 cording to the best of their knowledge and belief, 

 to the following particulars, and shall obtain a cer- 

 tificate of the measurement of the land by some 

 sworn surveyor. 



The particulars are — 



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