I860.] 



THE SOUTHEKN PLANTER. 



417 



VmGIMA STATE leEiCULTURAL SOCIETY'S EIGHTH 



AND THE 



CENTilAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA'S THIRD 



ANNUAL EXHIBITIONS UNITED, 



AND TO BE HELD AT THE 



HERMITAGE FAIR GROUNDS, RICHMOND, 



OCTOBEE 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th, 1860. 



ScliedTile of FremiLTHis. 



ESSAYS OR WRITTEN COMMUNICA- 

 TIONS. 



Class 1. 



1. For the best Essay on the practical 

 management of a farm of not less than 

 oOO acres, devoted to the cultivation of 

 corn and wheat as staple crops. • The neces- 

 sary farm buildings to be described ; the 

 proper division of the farm into fields ) the 

 force in teams and farm hands necessary 

 for its cultivation ; the rotation of crops 

 pursued; the artificial grasses cultivated; 

 the green crops plowed in for manure ; the 

 quantity and kinds of stock which may be 

 usefully and profitably kept upon it; and all 

 other matters deemed necessary by the writer 

 for its profitable and economical management 

 to be distinctly stated. Also the proper pre- 

 paration of land for corn and wheat, the 

 best times in the opinion of the writer for 

 planting and sowing these crops, the me- 

 thod pursued in the management and dis- 

 posal of the shucks, stalks, and. fodder of 

 the corn, and in harvesting, preserving and 

 threshing the wheat crop, and preparing it 

 for market — 



A Gold Medal of the value of ^100 



Class 2. 



2. For the best Essay on the cultivation 

 and management of Tobacco, including the 

 preparation of the plant-bed, and the rear- 

 ing of plants; the preparation and manu- 

 ring of the land ; the number and proper 

 construction of tobacco barns; the mode of 

 curing, assorting, orderinj?, and prizing for 



•market ; and the force to every thousand 

 hills necessary to cultivate the crop success- 

 fully— 



A Gold Medal of the value of $50 

 Class 3. 



3. For the largest product per acre, of 

 corn, wheat, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, 

 and turnips on one farm, provided that not 

 less than 10 adjoining acres be cultivated 

 in wheat, and 10 adjoining acres in corn, 

 and not less than one entire acre in each of 

 the other crops. Specimens of the crops 

 to be exhibited with a written description 

 of the mode of cultivation^ and the force 

 employed — 



A Silver Cornucopia of the value of $100 

 Class 4, 



4. For the best Essay on Manures, in- 

 cluding lime, and the mode and time of ap- 

 plying them, with a statement of the quan- 

 tity proper to be applied per acre, for each 

 of the several crops embraced in the rota- 

 tion of the principal staple or farm crops. 



A set of Silver Table Castors, worth $75 



Class 5. 



5. For the best Essay on G rasses,- adapted 

 to Virginia, with a statement of the proper 

 mode of preparing the land; the time of 

 sowing; and the Cjuantity of seed sown to 

 the acre. Also, the manner of curing each 

 crop. 



A Silver Bowl, of the value of $50 



