572 
year ; together with an account of the produce, 
the weight per Winchester bushel ; and a sam- 
ple, not less than a quart; be produced to the 
Society on or before the second’Tuesday in Fe- 
bruary, 1805. ; 
It is supposed that sowing wheat early in the 
spring will not only allow more time to till the 
and, but less fer the growth of weeds ; thus. 
rendering the wheat as clean as a barley crop, 
and exhausting the soil much less than autum- 
fal 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 to clear 
the ground from turnips, or to avoid a bad season. 
32. Beans snp Wuear. To the person 
who shall have dibbled or drilled, between the 
Ast of December, 1803, and the ist of April, 
1804, the greatest quantity of land, not less than 
ten acres, with beans, in equidistant rows, and 
hoed the intervals twice or oftener, and shall 
have sown the same land with wheat in the au- 
tumn of the year 1804; the goid medal.” It is 
required that an accownt of the sort and quan- 
tity of beans, the time of dibbling or drilling, 
and of reaping or mowing them, the produce 
per acre thrashed, the expense of dibbling or 
drilling, 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, 1805. 
33. Brans. To the person who, in the 
‘year 1803, shall discover and cultivate, either 
by the drill or dibbling method, on not less than 
five acres, a species of horse-beans or fick-beans, 
that will ripen their seeds before the 2ist of 
August ; the silver medal, or ten guineas. It 
is required that a particular account of the bean, 
the cultivation, and the'expense attending it, 
with proper certificates of the nature and condi- 
tion of the land on which the experiments are 
made, together with an account of the produce, 
the weight per Winchester bushel, and a sample 
of not less than a quart, be produced {o the So- 
ciety on or before the first Tuesday in Decem- 
ber, 1804. "It is apprehended that, if a bean 
should be brought into cultivation with the ha- 
bits of the hotspur, or other early peas, that it 
would; in a great'measure, 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 crop of wheat. The 
accounts and certifiectes to be delivered on or 
before the first Tuesday in December, 1804. 
$4. The same premium is extended one 
year farther. The accounts and certificates to 
be delivered or or before the first Tuesday in 
December, 1805. 
35. Comparative Cutture OF TURNIPS. 
For the best set of experiments made on not less. 
than eight acres cf land, four of which to be sown, 
Premiums in Agriculture. 
[June, 
bread-cast, and four.drilled, to ascertain whe- 
ther it is most advantageous to cultivate turnips 
by sowing them broadcast end. hand-hoemg 
them, or by drilling them in equidistant rows, 
and hand or horse hoeing’ the intervals ; the 
silver medal, or ten guineas. It is required, that 
every operation and expense of each mode of 
culture be fully desertbed, and that proper cer= 
tificates of the nature and condition of the land 
on which the experiments were made, together 
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, 1805, 
The object which the Society have im view in 
offering this premium is experimentally to as- 
certain the most advantageous method of grow- 
ing turnips. To do this in a satisfactory man- 
ner, both the drilled and broad-cast crops should 
have the advantage of the most pertect cultiva- 
tion, consequently the drilled crops should have 
the intervals between the rows worked by 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 
broadcast crop should have every advantage 
which weeding and hand-hoeing can give it, 
consistently with leaving the soil a flat surface. 
36. The same premium is extended one year 
farther. Certificates to be produced on or be- 
fore the first Tuesday in March, 1806. 
- 37. Parsnips. To the person who, in the 
year 1804, shall cultivate the greatest quan- 
tity of lIand, not’ less than five acres, with 
parsnips, for the sole purpose of feeding cat- 
tle or sheep; the gold medal.  Certificatcs 
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 resultihg 
from the practice, to be produced to the Society 
on or before the second day in February, t805. 
38. Bucx Wuerar. To the person who 
shall cultivate the greatest quantity of land with 
buck wheat, not less than thirty acres; the gold 
medal. It is required that the time of sowing 
and reaping be noticed ; also a particular 
account of the species, cultivation, and expense 
attending it, the manner of reaping it, thrashing 
it, and housing the grain; with proper, certifi- 
cates 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 land 
bore the preceding year, together with an_ 
account of the produce, and a sample of the 
seed, not less than a quart, be produced to the 
Society on or before the second Tuesday in 
January, 1805. Ph oie (a 
39. For the next greatest quantity, tot less _ 
than fifteen acres,~on similar conditions ; the 
silver medal. Information. respecting its ap- — 
plication to the feeding of cattle, hogs, and 
