1802.] 
the weight per bushel, and also of the straw, be 
produced to the Society on or before the first 
Tuesday in February, 1803, 
19. SpRINGWuEAT.To the person who, between 
the 10th of January and the 10th of April, 1802, 
shall cultivate the greatest quantity of wheat, not 
Jess than ten acres; the silver medal, or twenty 
guineas. It is required that the time of sowing 
and reaping be noticed ; alsoa particular account 
of the species, cultivation, and expense attending 
it, with proper certificates of the nature and con- 
dition of the land on which the experiments were 
made, and the name of the crop, if any, which 
the same land bore the preceding year; together 
- with an account of the produce, the weight per 
Winchester bushel; and a sample, not less than 
a quart, be produced to the Society on or before 
the second Tuesday in February, 1803. 
It is supposed that sowing wheat early in the 
spring will notonly allow moretime to till the land 
but less for the growth of weeds; thus rendering 
the wheat as clean as a barley crop, and exhaust- 
ing the soil much less than autumnal sowing. It 
may be seen in the 19th volume that the wheat 
usually sown in autumn may be put into the 
ground, with great success, so late as February or 
March, thus giving time ta clear the ground 
from turnips, or to avoid a bad season. 
20. BEANS AND WHEAT. To the person who 
shall have dibbled or drilled, between the Ist of 
December, 1801, and the Ist of April, 1802, the 
greatest quantity of Jand, not less than ten acres, 
with beans, in equi-distant rows, and hved the 
intervals twice or oftener, and shall have sown 
the same land with wheat in the autumn of the 
year 1802; the silver medal, or twenty guineas. 
It is required that an account-of the sort and 
quantity of beans, the time of dibbling or drilling, 
and of reaping or mowing them, the produce per 
acre threshed, the expense of dibbling or drill- 
ing, hand or horse hoeing, the distance of the 
rows, and the quality of the soil, together with 
certificates of the number of acres, and that the 
land was afterwards actually sown with wheat, be 
produced on or before the second Tuesday in 
March, 1803, 
21. Beans, To the person who, in the year 
1601, shall discover and cultivate, either by the 
drill or dibbling-method, on not less than five 
acres, a species of horse-beans or tick-beans, that 
will ripen their seeds before the 21st of August ; 
the silver medal, or twenty guineas. It is re- 
quired that a particular account of the bean, the 
cultivation, and the expense attending it, with 
proper certificates of the nature and condition of 
the land on which the experiments are made, to- 
gether with an account of the produce, the weight 
‘per Winchester bushel, and a sample of not less 
than a quart, be produced to the Society on or 
_before the first. Tuesday in December, 1802. It 
is apprehended that, ifa bean should be brought 
_ into cultivation with the habits of the hotspur, or 
other early peas, that it would, in a great mea- 
sure, escape the danger arising from the collier- 
insect, or other insects, and allow more time for 
the farmers to till the land for the subsequent 
Premiums in Agriculture. 
gether with an account of the produce of the corn, » 
B13. 
crop of wheat. The accounts and certificates to 
be delivered: on or before the first Tuesday in 
Decensber, 1802. : 
22. The same premium is extended one year 
farther. The accounts and certificates to be de= 
livered on or before the first Tuesday in Dec.1803, 
23. CoMPARATIVE CULTURE oF TURNIPS. 
For the best set of experiments made on not less 
than eight acres of land, four of which to be 
sown broad-cast, and four drilled, to ascertain 
whether it is most advantageous to cultivate tur- 
nips by sowing them broad-castand hand-hoeing 
them, or by drilling them in equi-distant rows, 
and hand or hoxse-hoeing the intervals; the sil- 
ver medal, or twenty guineas. It is required 
that every operation and expense of each mode 
of culture be fully described, and that proper 
certificates of the nature and condition of the 
land, on which the experiments were made, to- 
gether with the weight of the turnips grown, on 
a fair average sixteen perches of land, under each 
mode‘of culture, be produced to the Society on 
or before the first Tuesday in March, 1803. The 
object which the Society have in view in offering 
this premium is experimentally to ascertain the 
most advantageous method of growing turnips. 
Te do this in a satisfactory manner, both the 
drilled and broad-cast crops should have the ad- 
vantage of the most periect cultivation, conse- 
quently the drilled crops should have the inter- 
vals between the rows worked hy the horse or 
hand-hoe, or by both these implements ; and the 
rows should be either weeded or hand-hoed, or 
both weeded and hand-hoed. The broad-cast. 
crop should have every advantage which weed- 
ing and hand-hoeing can give it, consistently 
with leaving the soil a flat surface. 
24, The same premium is extended one year 
farther, Certificates to be produced on or before 
the first Tuesday in March, 1804- ; 
25. Parsnips. To the person who, in the 
year 1802, shall cultivate the greatest quantity 
of land, not less than five acres, with parsnips, 
for the sole purpose of feeding cattle or sheep ; 
the gold medal, or thirty guineas. Certificates 
of the quantity of land so cultivated, with a par- 
ticular account of the nature of the soil and 
weight of the produce on sixteen perches, and 
also of the condition of the cattle or sheep fed 
with the parsnips, and the advantages resulting 
from the practice, to be produced to the Society 
on or before the second day in Nov. 1893. 
26. Buck WHEAT. To the person who shalt 
cultivate the greatest quantity of land with buck 
wheat, not less than thirty acres; the gold medal, 
It is required that the time ef sowing and reap- 
ing be noticed, also a particular account of the 
species, cultivation, and expense attending it, 
the manner of reaping it, thrashing it, and hous- 
ing the grain, with proper certificates of the 
nature and condition of the land on which the 
experiments were made, and the name of the 
crop, if any, which the same !and bore the pre- 
ceding year, together with an account of the pro- 
duce, and a sample of the seed, not less than a 
quart, be produced to the Society on or before 
the second Tuesday in Janvary, 1803, 
