60 Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
deftroyed. The beft kinds are thofe that 
ftand deep in the ground, as they are lefs 
affeCied by frofts. In this refpect too, 
much depends on the fituation of the 
ground on which they are fown. If the 
afpe&t of it be towards the fouth, in cate 
of fevere frofts, they are very liable to be 
deftroyed by the repeated freezing and 
thawing that muft take place; they fhould 
therefore be fart removed or fed cff. 
Where the afpeét is northerly, they will 
be lefs expofed to danger from this caufe. 
Soda has been applied to many domeftic 
purpofes with much effect and advantage, 
and it. will be found equally ufeful in the 
dairy, in thofe hot feafons where the milk- 
veflels cannot be kept {weet without much 
labour and difficulty. The ufe_of a hetle 
of this fubftance net only renders them 
clean, and perfectly free from fmell, but 
correéts the tendency which the wood, un- 
der fuch circumi{tances, has to fpoil the 
milk. 
“The cultivation of food for the purpofe 
of feeding hogs has been little attended to 
by the farmer. It is certain, however, 
that thofe animals, when kept in the mcf 
advantageous ways, afford very confidera- 
ble profits on almoft every defcription of 
farm. Clover, potatoes, and carrots are 
articles with which they may be fed, and 
even fattened, when properly managed, at 
a very {mall expence. The parinip is 
likewife well known to be ufeful in this 
way ; and probably the root of the wzte 
beet, if it were properly tried, would be 
found ftill more ufeful, as experiment has 
fhewn it to contain the faccharine principle 
in a large proportion, and it can be culti- 
yated with very little difficulty. 
Fuvenile Prizes. —The following are 
the firft fet of monthly prize fubjects and 
queftions, which are addreffed to the notice 
of the youth of Great Britain, by the 
editors of the Monthly Preceptor. 
1. For young gentlemen not exceeding 
fixteen years of age.—Is Hiffory or Bzo- 
graphy the more improying fludy. 
The beft anfwer or production will entitle 
the writer to receive a prize, value three gui- 
neas, confifting either of a pair of twelve-inch 
globes, of a planetarium and tellurium, ofa 
compound microfcope, of an eleétrical machine 
and apparatus, of an achromatic tele{cope and 
ftand, or of a fele€&tion of valuable books. 
~ The fecond beft will entitle the writer 
to receive a-prize, value one guinea and up- 
wards, confifting either of a pair of fix-inch 
globes,of a portable microfcope,of atellurium, 
of a planetarium, of a complete cafe of draw-' 
= - . . 
ing inftruments, of a refracting tele{cope, or 
ef a feleétlon of valuable books. 
. The third and fourth anfwers will entitle 
¢ 
[Feb. Fy 
the writers to receive.a.ptize, value five 
fhillings, confifting of fome moral book. 
The ,anfwers not to exceed in length 
three printed pages of fuch books as Enfield’s 
Speaker, or Mavor’s Britifi Nepos. 
2. For young ladies not exceeding four-. 
teen years of age.—The tranflation of 
that paragragh in the fecond book of Fe- 
nelon’s Telemaque, beginning ** Pour mi- 
eux fupporter V ennui de captivité,” cc. and 
ending, ** la ghire aux plaifirs.” 
Four prizes to be diftributed for the four 
beft tranflations, of the fame kind and value 
as in the preceding queftion. 
3. Mathematical queftion for boys not 
‘exceeding fixteen. ‘To find the roots of the. 
equation 2.9432714% —X3==1.94354929. 
and to explain the procefs by which they 
are found; in which explanation it is ex- 
pected that no conjecture fhall be made, 
without a fatisfa€tory reafon for that con-" 
jecture. 
Four prizes to be diftributed of the fame. 
kind and value as in the firft queftion. - 
Candidates for the prizes muft fign their 
refpective. produ€tions with their names, 
and their communications muft be accompa- 
nied by a letter from their tutor, governefs,: 
or inftru€tor, attefting the age of the young 
lady or gentleman, and that he or fhe is the 
fole and unaided author of the paper which is 
tranfmitted. The anfwers to the firft fet of, 
queftions muft be received (poft paid) by the 
publifher, T. Hurft, Paternofter-row, on or 
before the twelfth of February. The Pro- 
fpeétus of the work may he had gratis of all 
the bookfellers. 
The lovers of letters in France felici- 
tate each other on the refu'ts which in 
general have followed the public exereifes 
that -have taken place in the central 
{chools at the end of the feventh year, ’ 
But they expeét a ftill happier from the 
execution of a new plan (fimilar to the 
plan ju& mentioned, and which has been: 
propofed in England), which the minifter 
of the interior has addreffed to the profef- 
fors and librarians of the fame {chools. 
Defirous, as he tells them, of dire€ting the 
public inftru€tion to the end of its defign, 
he wifhes to give it one general or com- 
mon direction. One great ftep towards 
which, he obferves, wiil be by preparing’ 
the means of finifhing the courfe of the 
feventh year by an UNIVERSAL COM- 
PETION among all the fchools. The 
happy idea of eftablifhing a {pecies of con- 
teft or rivalry among fo great a number 
of fchools, fpread over a whole nation 
would appear at firft view to offer grea 
difficulties, but it is thought they wi’ 
be overcome by the ardor with which th 
experiment will be made. The firft fug 
geftion on the occafion is, that a firft jud: 
. ; me! 
