574 Premiums in 
preserving carrots, parsnips, or beets, perfectly 
sound, and in every respect fit for the purpose 
of supporting horses, and fattening sheep and 
neat cattle, durmg the months of F ‘ebruary, 
March, and April; the silver medal, or fiftee 
guineas. Conditions the same as for preserving 
turnips, Cl. 48. And the eccoysts to be deli- 
vered in on or before the first day in November, 
1805. 
53. Presrrvixe Potarors. To the person 
who shall discover to the Society the best and 
cheapest method of preserving potatoes, two or 
more’ years, periectly sound, without vegeta- 
ting, and in every other (ede oe fit for the. 
purpose of sets end the use of the table, and, 
consequently, ot supporting and fattening cat- 
tle; the gold medal, or thirty guinces, It is 
required, ‘that a full and accurate account of 
the method employed, and the expense attends 
ing the process, with certificates that one hun- 
dred bushels at the least have been preserved 
according to the method desetibed, and that- 
one or more bushels of the same potatoes have 
been set, and produced a crop without any 
apparent diminution of their vegetative power, 
and alse that they have been used at table, 
with entire satisfaction to the person who ate 
of them, together with a sample of one bushel, 
be sent to the Society on or betore the first 
Tuesday in Nov ember, 1805. 
54. Maxixc Meapow-Hay mx wert Wea- 
tHFR. Tothe person who shall discover to 
the Society the best and cheapest method, su- 
perior to any hitherto practised, of making 
meadow-hay in wet weather ; the gold medal, 
orthirty guineas. A full account of the me- 
thea employed, and of the expense ettending 
the process, with not Jess than fiity-six pounds 
of the hay ; and certificates that at least the 
produce of six acres of land has been mate ac- 
cording to the method described, and thet the 
whole is of equal quality with the sample; to 
be produced on or before the first Tuesday m 
January, 1805. 
55. Hanvrstrxc Corn rx wet WeaturR. | 
To the person who shall discover to the Society 
the best and cheapest method, superior to any 
hitherto practised, of harvesting €orn in’ wet 
weather; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. 
A full account of the method employed, and of 
the expense attending the process, with not less 
than two sheaves of the corn, and certificutes 
that at least the produce of ten acres has been 
harvested accor dmg to the method described, 
and that the whole is af equal quality with the 
samples, to be produced on or before the first 
Tuesday in January, 1805. 
56. ASCERTAINING THE COMPONENT Parts 
OF ARABLE Lanp 
produce to the Society the most satisfactory set 
-of experiments to ascertain the due proportion 
of the several component parts of rich arable ’ 
land, in one or more counties in Great Britain, 
Agriculture. [June, 
by an accurate analysis of it; and who having 
made a like analysis of some poor arable land, 
shall, by comparing the component parts of 
each, and thereby ascertaining the deficiencies 
of the poor soul, iuprove a a quantity of it, not 
less than one acre, by the addition of such parts 
as the former experiments shal have discovered 
to be wanting therein, and therefore probably 
the cause of its sterility ; the gold medal, or 
forty guineas. It is required, that the ma~ 
nurings, ploughings, and crops, of the improved. 
land, be the same efter the improvement as 
before ; and that a minute account of the pro- 
duce i i" each state, of the weather, and of the 
various influencing circumstances, together. 
with the methed made use of in analysing the. 
svils, be produced, with proper certi ificates and. 
the chemical results of the analysis, which are. 
to remain the property of the Society, on or 
beiore the last Tuesday m February, 41805. 
{tis expected that a quantity. not less than’ 
six pounds, of the rich, of the poar, and of 
the improved soils, be produced with the certi- 
Jicates. 
8%. Gatsinc Lanp FROM THE Sra. Tq. 
the person who shail produce to the Society. 
an account, verified by actual experiment, 
of his having gamed the greatest quantity of 
land from the sea, not less than fifty acres, 
on the coast of Great Britain or freland ; the. 
gol medal. Certifieutes of the quantity of 
land, and that the‘ experiments were begun 
after the 1st of January, 1798, to be produced, 
to the Society on or before the last Tuesday in 
October, 1804, 
58.. The same premium is extended one year, 
farther. Certi ificates to be produced on oF be-- 
fore the last Tuesday in October, 1805. 
a9. The same premium is extended one year_ 
farther. Certificates to be prodyced on or be-, 
fore the last Tuesday in Qctober, 1806. i 
60. Iarprovine Lanbd LYING WASTE. , Kor. 
the most satisfactory account of the best me- 
thod cf improving any of the following soils, 
being land lying” waste Or uncultivated, viz 
clay, gravel, sand, chalk, peat-earth z and bog, 
verified by experiments on not less than fiity ; 
acres of land; the gold medal, or thirty guineas. . 
61. For the Next greatest qugatity, not less 
than thirty acres, the silver medal, or twenty 
guineas. It is required, ‘that the jand before , 
such improvement be absolutely uncultivated, 
and in a préat measure useless, and that, in its 
improved state, it be enclosed, cultivated, ,and 
divided into closes. 
of acres, of the quality of the lands so improved, 
with a fall account of évery operation and ex-_ 
_ pense attending such improvement, the state it _ 
To the ‘person who ‘shall ' 
is in as to the proportion of grass to arable, - 
and the average value thereof, to be produced 
on or before the fir st Tuesday i in February,1805. 
62. Mawounrs. “For the most ‘satisfactory 
set of experiments, ta ascertain the comparative 
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