574 Premyms i 
27. For the next greatest quantity, not less 
than fifteen acres, onsimilar conditions ; the silver 
medal]. Information respecting its application 
to the feeding of cattle, hogs, and poultry, and 
other of its uses, is also desired. It is known to 
be particularly serviceable in furnishing honey to 
bees. 
28. Ratstnc Grass Seeps. To the person 
who shall raise the greatest quantity of each or 
any of the following named grass’ seeds, vz%.— 
Meadow fox-tail (alopecurus pratensis), sweet 
scented vernal grass (anthoxanthum ddoratum), 
Timothy grass, meadow Fescue grass, smooth- 
stalked meadow grass (poa pratensis) rough- 
stalked meadow grass (poa trivialis); the sil- 
ver medal, or ten guineas. It is required that 
certificates from persons who have viewed them 
in a proper state, to identify that they are one or 
other of the seeds above-mentioned, indicating 
ejearly the particular species, and noticing the 
quantity produced of such seeds, free from weeds 
or mixtureof other grasses, together with proper 
samples of the seeds, be produced to the So- 
ciety on or before the first day of February, 
1803. 
29, The same premium is extended one year 
farther. Certificates to be produced on or before 
the first day of February, 1804. 
30. Rorarion oF Crops. To the person 
who shall, between the 10th of August, 1301, 
and the 10th of September, 1803, cultivate the 
vreatest quantity of land, not less than forty 
acres, in the following rotation, v2z.—1st,winter- 
tares; 2d, turnips; and 3d, wheat; and apply 
thet wo former crops, in the bestand most farmer- 
like manner, to the rearing, supporting, and fat- 
tening horses, cattle, sheep, or hogs, on the land 
which produced the crops; the gold medal, or 
ene hundred guineas. : 
31. For the next in quantity and merit, on 
not Jess than thirty acres; the silver medal, or 
fifty guineas. 
32. For the next in quantity and merit, on 
not less than twenty acres; the silver medal. 
It is required that every operation and expense 
be fully described, and that satisfactory certzji- 
eaies of the nature and condition of the suil on 
which the crops have grown, together with an 
account of their appearance, the number of 
horses and cattle, sheep or hogs, fed by the two 
green crops, and, as near as possible, the im- 
proved value of the live stock by the consumption 
of thosé crops, and also the quantity of wheat 
per acre, and its weight per bushel, be produced 
to the Society on or before the first day of No- 
vember, 1504. 
It is presumed that very great advantages will 
arise to such agriculturists as shall adopt this ro- 
tation of crops on a dry soil. They will be en- 
abled; with the addition of a few acres of turnip- 
rocted cabbage for spring-food, to keep such 
large flocks of sheep and herds of neat cattle as 
may secure a sufficient quantity of manure to fer- 
silize their land in the highest degree, and in 
every situation. It is farther conceived that 
wheats which will bear sowing in the spring will 
he particularly suitable for this premium. 
Agriculture. [July 1, 
33. The same premium is extended one year 
farther. Certificates to be delivered on or before 
the first day of November, 1805. Pg 
34, PresERvVING Turnips. To the person 
who shall discover to the Society the best and ~ 
cheapest method of preserving turnips perfectly 
sound, ‘and in every respect fit for the purpose of 
supporting and fattening sheep and neat cattle, 
during the months of February, March, and 
April; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. It is 
required that a full and accurate account of the 
method employed, and the expense attending 
the process, together with ceréficates that the 
produce of four acres at the least have been pre- 
served according to the method described, and 
applied to the feeding of sheep and neat cattle ; 
that the whole were drawn out of the ground be- 
fore the first day of February, in order to clear 
~ the greater part of it previous to its being prepar~ 
ed for corn, and to save the soil from being ex- 
hausted by the turnips; and also of the weight of 
an average sixteen perches of the crop; be pro- 
duced to the Society on or before the first Tues- 
day in November, 1803. 
N. B. lt is recommended to those who may be 
anduced to try the necessary experiments for obtain- 
eng this and the following four premiums to consi- 
der the method employed for the preservation of 
potatoes an ridges, (which the growers call pres, } 
and also the propriety of adopting a similar me- 
thod in cases where they are previously frozen. It 
2s supposed that, in the latter instance, the addition 
of tce or snow, and the construction of the ridges 
upon a large scale,may be sufficient to preserve ihe 
Sreexing temperature iall the vegetables are wanted 
for the use of cattle or sheep, at which time they 
muy be thawed by immersion an cold weather, and 
the rot which a sudden thaw produces may be 
prevented. 
35. For the next in quantity and merit, on not 
less than two acres, the silver medal, or fifteen 
guineas. 
36. PRESERVING CABBAGES. To the person 
who shall discover to the Society the best and 
cheapest method of preserving druin headed cab- 
bages perfectly sound, and in every respect fit - 
for the purpose of supporting and fattening sheep 
and neat cattle during the months of February, 
March, and April; the gold medal, or thirty 
guineas. 
37. For the next in quantity and merit, on not. 
less than two acres, the silver medal, or fifteen 
guineas, Conditions the same as for preserving 
turnips, Cl, 34. And the accounts to be produc- 
ed on or before the first Tuesday in November, 
1805. fr 
38. PresERvING CARROTS, PARSNIPS, OR” 
Beets. To the person who shall discover to the 
Society the best and cheapest method of preserv= 
ing carrots, parsnips, or beets, perfectly sound, 
and in every respect fit for the purpose of sup- 
porting horses, and fattening sheep and neat cat- 
tle, during the months of February, March, and — 
April; the silver medal, or fifteen guineas. 
Conditions the same as for preserving turnips, 
Cl, 34. and the accounts to be delivered in on of 
_ before the first day in November, 1803, 
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