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A full aecount of the method empioyed, 
and of the expense attending the process, 
with not less than two sheaves of the corn, 
and certificates that at least the produce of 
ten acres has been harvested according to 
the method described, and that the whoie is 
of equal quality with the samples, to be 
preduced on or before the first Tuesday in 
January, 1810. 
34. Garnine LAND FROM THE SEA. To 
the person who shall produce to the Society 
an account, verified by actual experiment, 
of his having gained the greatest quantity of 
Jand from tie sea, not less than fifty acres, 
on the coast of Great Britain or Ireland ; 
the gold medal. 
Certificates of the quantity of land, and 
that the experiments were begun after the 
first of January, 1803, to be produced to 
the Society on or before the last Tuesday in 
November, 1809. ; 
35. The same premium is extended one 
year farther. 
Certificates to be produced on or before - 
the last Tuesday in November, 1810. 
' 86. Iwprovinc LAND LyIne WaAsTE, 
For the most satisfactory account of the best 
wnethod of improving any of the following 
soils, being land lying waste or uncultivated, 
wiz, clay, gravel, sand, chalk, peat-earth, 
er bog, verified by experiments on not less 
than fifty acres of land; the gold medal. 
37. For the next greatest quantity, not 
less than thirty acres; the silver medal. 
‘It is required, that the land, before such 
improvement, be) absolutely, uncultivated, 
and in a great measure useless, and that, in 
its improved state, it be enclosed, culti- 
vated, and divided into closes. 
Certificates of the number of acres, of the 
quality of the land so improved, with a full 
account of every operation and expense at- 
tending such improvement, the state it is in 
as to the proportion of grass to arable, and 
the average value thereof, to be produced 
on or before the first Tuesday i in February, 
1310. 
38. Manores. For the most satisfactory 
set of experiments, to ascertain the compa- 
rative advantages of the following manures, 
used as top-dressings on grass and corn land, 
®iz. soot, coal-ashes, wood-ashes, lime, gyp- 
sum, night-soil, or any other fit article; the 
gold medal. It is required that the above 
experiments be made between two or more 
of the above-mentioned manures, and that 
no less than two acres of land be dressed 
with each manure. 
An account of the nature of the sdil, quan- 
tity, and expense of the manure and ‘crops, 
with certificates, te be produced on or be- 
fore the last Tuesday in February, 1810. 
39. Ravine Warer For ‘THe [RRIGA- 
ZEON OF Lswy. 
Giscover to the Seciety the cheapest and 
gaost effectual method of raising water in 
#yiantifies suffictent to be beneficially em- 
pisyedjfor the purpose of irrigating land, 
To the person who shall 
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superior to, and cheaper than: any other 
method now in use; the gold medal, or fifty 
guineas. 
A model, on a scale of one inch to a 
foot, with certificates that a machine at 
large, on the same construction, .has been 
used, speeifying the quantity of water de- 
livered i in gallons per hour, and the height 
to which it was raised, to be produced te 
the Society on or before the first ef March, 
1810. 
40. Parine Proven. ‘To the person 
who shall invent and produce to the Society 
a machine or plough for the purpose of 
paring land preparatory to burning, supe- 
rior to any hitherto known, or in use for 
such purpose, and to be worked by not more 
than one man and two horses; the silver 
medal, or twenty guineas. 
The machine, and certificates that at least 
three acres have been pared by it in a pro- 
per manner, to be preduced ‘to the Society 
on or before the first of January, 1810. 
41. Macnine ror DiesLting WHEA®. 
To the person who shall invent a machine, 
superiot to any hitherto known or in usé, ta 
answer the purpose of dibbling wheat, by 
which the holes for receiving the grain may 
be made at equal-distances and proper 
depths; the silver medal and ten guineas. 
The machine, with certificates that at least 
three acres have been dibbled by it, to be 
produced to the Society on or before the se- 
cond Tuesday in January, 1810. 
42. Macuine ror Reapine orn Mow- 
ine Corn. For inventing a machine ta 
answer the purpose of mowing or reaping 
wheat, rye, barley, oats, or beans, by which 
it may be done more expeditiously aad 
cheaper than by any methed now practised, 
provided it does not shed the corn or pulse — 
more than the methods in eommea practice, 
and that it lays the straw in such a manner 
that it may be easily gathered up for biad- 
ing; the gold medal. 
The mgchine, with certificates that at 
least three acres have been cut by it, ta 
be produced to the Society on or before 
the second Tuesday in December, -1809.. 
Simplicity and cheapness in the construc- 
tion of this and the preceding machine, 
will be considered as principal parts of their 
merit. 
43. Turaswinc Macutne. To the per- 
son wha shall invent a machine by which 
corn of all sorts may be thrashed more expe- 
ditiously, effectually, and at a less expense, 
than by any method now in use; the. gold 
medal. 
The machine, or a note: -with proper 
certificates that such a machine has been 
usefully applied, that at least thirty quarters 
have been thrashed by it, and of the time 
employed in the operation, to be produced 
to the Society on‘or before the last Tuesday 
in February, 1810. Bees 
A4, Destroying THE GRrug or THE 
CockcHAFER. To the person who shall dis- 
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