1804. ] 
21. Forest-rrers. ‘To the person. who 
shall have inclosed and planted, or set, the 
reatest number of acres (not less than ten) of 
foc. that is incapable of being ploughed, such 
as the borders of rivers, the sides of precipices, 
and any land that has too many rocks, or that 
_is-not calculated to repay the expense of till- 
age, owing to the stiffness or poverty , of the 
soil, the surface being too hilly, mountainous, 
or otherwise unfit for tillage, with the best 
sorts of forest-trees, namely, oak, Spanish 
chesnuts, ash, elm, beech, alder, willow, {a arch, 
spruce and silver, fir, with or without screens 
of Scotch fir, adapted to the soil, and intended 
for timber-trees, between the sirst of October, 
1801, and the first of April, 1802; the gold 
, Inedal. 
22. For the second greatest Gugntity of land, 
not less than seven acres ; the silyer medal, or 
ten guineas, 
23. Kor the third greatest quantity of land, 
not less than five acres, the silver medal. A 
articular zccount ot the, methods used in 
making and managing the plantations, the na- 
ture of the soul, the probable number of each 
sort of plants, together with proper certificates 
that they were in a healthy and thriving state 
two years at least after making the plantation, 
to be delivered to the Society « on or before the 
first Tuesday in November, 1804, 
94, 25, 26. The same premiums, are 6X- 
tended one year farther, Certi tificates to be pro- 
duced on or before the first Tuesday in No- 
vember, 1805. 
N.B. With the above forest-trees, the seeds, 
cuttings, or plants, of such other trees,as are 
adapted to the goil, and proper for underwood, 
_may or may not be intermixed. 
N.B. The candidates for planting all kinds 
of trees are te produce certificates that the re- 
spective plantations are properly fenced and. se- 
cured, and particularly to state the condition of 
the plants at the time of signing such certificates. 
Any information which the candidates Sor the 
foregoing premiuns may choose to communicate, 
relative to the methods made use of in forming 
the plantations, or promoting the growth af the 
several trees, or any other obser vations that may 
have occurred on the subject, will be thankfully 
received. 
97, Securtne Piantarions or TimBEn- 
TREES, AND HxepGeE-rows.. To the person 
who shall, give ta the Society the most satisfac- 
tory account, foynded on experience, of the 
most effectual and least expensive method of 
securing young plantations of timber-trees, and 
hedge-rows, from hares and rabbits, as well as 
sheep and larger cattle, which at the same. 
time shall be least subject to the depredations 
of wood-stealers, the silver medal, or ten gui- 
Premiums in A griculture. 
571 
neas, The accounts, and cert Lificates of. the efit, 
cacy of the method, to be produced to the 
Society on or. before the first Tuesday in No- 
vember, 1804. 
28. The same. premium is extended one 
year farther. The accounts and certificates to 
be produced on or before the first pueseayet in 
Noveinber, 1805, ' 
29. Comparative Titzrace. . For ‘the 
most satisfactory set of experiments, made on 
not less than eight, acres of land, four of which to 
be trench-ploughed,* and four to.be ploughed 
in the usual manner, in order to ascertain, ip 
what cases it may be advisable to. shorten 
the operations of tillage, by adopting . one 
trench-ploughing, for the purpose of burying — 
the weeds, instead. of the method, now. in coms 
mon use, of ploughing and harrowing the land 
three or four times, and raking the weeds to< 
gether and burning them ; the ‘gold medal,” It 
is required that every operation : and expense 
attending each mode of culture be fully and 
accurately described, and-that proper certifir, 
cates of the nature and.condition of the land on 
which the,experiments are made, together with 
a circumstantial account of the appearance of 
the subsequent crops during their growth ; and 
also of the quantity and weight of the corn and 
straw under each made of culture, or, in case 
of a,green crop, the weight of an ayerage six- 
teen perches, be produced to the Society on or 
before the first Tuesday im February, 1805,.,.. 
50. Comparative Cuttrure or WueEart, 
BROAD-CAST, DRILLED, AND DIBBLED, For 
the best set of experiments, made on not less 
than twelye acres, four of which to be sown 
broad-cast, four drilled, and four dibbled, the 
two latter in equidistant rows, in order fully 
to ascertain which is the most advantageous 
mode of cultivating wheat ; the gold medal, or, 
thirty guineas... It is required that every ope- 
ration 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 are.made, together with an ace 
count of the produce of the corn, the weight, 
per bushel, and also of the straw, be produced 
to the Society.on or before the first ey in 
February, 1805. 
31. Serinc Wuear. To the person who, 
between the 10th of January and the 10th of 
Apnil, 1804, shall, cultivate the greatest quan- 
tity of wheat, not less than ten acres; the gold. 
medal, . It is required, that the time ‘of sowing 
and reaping. be noticed ; also a particular. ace 
count of the. species, palovatans and- expense 
attending it, with proper certificates of the-maz. - 
ture and condition of the land on which the exe. 
periments were made, and the name of the crop, 
if any, which the same land bore the preceding 
ee a sh a aa ate be a retells 
* ¥t is a common practice among gardeners, when the Be have a piece of very foul land, to dig it two spits, 
or about eighteen inches ae shovelling the weeds tot 
bottom. This they all trenching. 
