570 Premiums in 
to be produced to the Society on or before the 
first Tuesday in January, 1805. 2 
5. “ASCERTAINING THE BEST Mernop 
oF RaIstnG Oars. To the person who shail 
ascertain in the best manner, by actual] expe- 
riments, the comparative merits of the differ- 
ent modes of raising oaks»for timber, either 
from acorns set on land properly dug or tilled, 
from acorns set by the spade or dibble, with- 
out digging or tillage, either on a smooth 
surface, or among bushes, fern, or other co- 
ver; or from young plants previously raised in 
nurseries, and transplanted; regard being had 
to the expense, growth, and other respective 
advantages of the several methods ; the gold 
medal. 
The accounts, and proper certificates that not 
less than one acre ha’ been cultivated in each 
mode, to be produced to the Society on or be- 
fore the first Tuesday in November, 1804, 
6. Cuesnuts. For having sown or set, 
between the first of October, 1802, and the 
first of April, 1803, the greatest quantity of 
dry loamy land, not less than six acres, with 
Spanish chesnuts, with or without seeds, cut- 
tings, or plants of other trees, adapted to such 
soil; at the option of the candidate; and for 
effectually fencing and preserving the same, in 
grder to raise timber; the gold medal. 
7. For the second greatest quantity, not less 
than four acres, the silver medal. 
Certificates of sowing or setting, agreeably to 
the above conditions, and that there are not 
fewer than three hundred chesnut plants, ina 
thriving state, on each acre, to be delivered to 
the Society on or before the first Tuesday in 
January, 1805. 
8. Erm. For having planted the greatest 
number of the English elm, not less than eight 
thousand, between the twenty-fourth of June, 
1802, and the twenty-fourth of June, 1803 ; 
and for having effectually fenced and pre- 
served the’same, im order to raise timber ; the 
gold medal. 
9. For the second greatest number, not less 
than five thousand, the silver medal. 
Certificates of having planted; agreeably 
to the above conditions, that the plants were 
m a healthy and thriving state two years at 
least -after-making the’plantation, and speci- 
fying the distance of the plants, to be deli- 
vered to the Society on or before the first 
Tuesday in April, 1805. 
10; Lancu. For having planted out, be- 
tween the twenty-fourth of June 1801, and 
the twenty-fourth of June, 1802, the greatest 
number of larch-trees; not fewer than five 
thousand and for having effectually fenced 
and preserved the same, in order to raise tim- 
bes ; the gold medal. , 
11. For the next greatest number, not fewer 
than three thousand, the silver medal. : 
Certificates of the number of plants, thet 
Agriculture. (5 une, 
they were in a healthy and thriving state twe 
years at least after they were pianted out, 
with a general account of the methods used ta 
making the plantation, to be delivered to the 
Society on or before the last Tuesday in. De-- 
cember; 1804. 
12,13. The same premiums are extended 
one year farther. 
Certificates to be. produced on or before ths 
last Tuesday in December; 1805.. 9°. 7" 
N. B. The larch-trees may be either planted, 
mixed with other trees, or by themselves, ag 
may best suit the convenience of the planter. 
14. Osrers. To the person who shall have 
planted, between the first of October, 1803, 
and the first of May, 1804, the greatest quan- 
tity of land, not less than five acres, with those 
kinds of willows, commonly known by the 
names of osier, Spaniard, new kind, or French, 
fit for the purpose of basket-makers, not fewer 
than twelve thousand plants on each acre ; the 
gold medal, or thirty guineas. 
15. For the second greatest quantity of land, 
not less than three acres, the silver medal, or 
ten guineas. Certificates of the planting, and 
that the plants were in a thriving state five 
months at least after the planting, to be pro- 
duced to the Society on or before the last Tuess 
day in November, 1804. 
16. ArpEer. For having planted, in the 
year 1801, the greatest number of alders, not 
less than three thousand; the gold medal. 
Certificates of the number of plants, and that 
they were in a thriving state two years at least 
after being planted, to be delivered to the So- 
ciety on or before the last Tuesday in Decem- 
ber, 1804. 
17. Asn. For having sown or set, in the 
year 1801, the greatest quantity of land, not 
less than six acres, with ash for timber; with 
or without seeds, cuttings, or plants, of such 
other trees as are adapted to the soil ; the gold 
medal, 
18. For the next greatest quantity, not less 
than four acres; the silver medal. 
__ Certificates of the sowing ot setting, agree~- 
ably to the above ‘conditions, that there are 
not fewer than one hundred ash plants on each 
acre, in a thriving and héalthy condition, two 
years at least after the sowing or setting, with 
a general account of the methods used in makin 
the plantation ; to be delivered to the Society 
on or before the last Tuesday in December, 
1804. dkeniatien’s: rm 
19, 20. The same premiums are extended . 
one year farther. SERS SO ee 
- Certificates to be delivered on or before th 
last Tuesday in Decémber, 1805, ~ Ya 
N. B. It is the particular wish of the So- 
ciety, that’ such lands only as are not calcite 
lated for growing corn, should be employe 
for the purptses ‘specified tn these advertise. 
Teerts, Pas 4 ’ 
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