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occupier of any farm, who in proportion to its ſize,‘atid the uſual number of’ äraught, horſes worked‘on‘it,‘not-being leſs than three," ſhall employ the greateſt number of: ſuch fingle- horſe carts-int his husbandry buhinéſs, & ſilver cup value; five guineas, No: 4.‘To-the-tenänt-and occupier of any farm, who in proportion to its fize, and the uſual nuraber‘ofdraught horſes worked on it,‘ſhall employ the-greatéſt number of fuch fingl&horſe carts“ in his“ husbandry buſineſs, a«filver-cup‘value? five guineas:—No.#5. For diſcovering‘the cheapeſt and«moſt produétive compoſt‘forzgraſs'land, a ſilver cup Walue five. guineas.—No./6.:For making the” beſtexperiment upon any óf the-diferent‘native graſſes,‘each ſpecies being-keptdiſtinét, ánd. thére being not leſs than three kinds of graſs’ ſowed, and each kind occupying not-leſs than- half. an acre, a‘filver-cup*value ten guineas.—No, 7.-For making and reporting to-the‘ſociety, the:moſt ſatisfattory-experi- ments to zſcertain the advantages of ſummer ſoiling-horſes, cattle or‘hogs, with green tood,- inſtables,'hóuſes, ſheds or littered yards, compared with feeding the-ſame in the conimon- manner, a-filver cvp-valueſeven guineasie-

N B.- The account muſtſpecify the number ofhorſes,-cattle-or hogs fed and ſoiled, the effe&. on‘ſuch ſtock,-the: quantity of food«eaten, andthe land fed, with the quantity of’litter uſed, and the dúng,-and the value: of tle dung made.

ClaſS VII. No. 1.“For raïfng’ the beſt crop-of-drilling turñúips,„tobe thoroughly cleaned from weeds,“ equally thinned-and«wellhoed, at leaſt twice, nót leſs than'hx acres, a ſilver. cup value five guineas.—No. 2. Soar räfing the beſt crop of. carrots, thoroughly cleaned from-weeds, and equally thinned, not leſs than two acres, a:hlver cup© value five guineas.—No.:3- For raiſing the beſt crop of cabbages,-to’ be-planted in rows or:Tidgess and not-lels than four acres, ahilver cup value five guineas.—No. 4 Far raiſing the greateſt quantity of potatoes of the-béſt quality fromthe ſame Jand,‘in the ſame year, not leſs‘than‘-two-acres, a lilver cup walue ſive guiñeas.—No. 5. For raiſing the„beſt crop of drilled beans, hoed at leaft twice, and weedèd with the hand,-not leſs«than four acres, a ſilver cup value five guineas,—No. 6. For laying down‘the greateſt quantity ot ¡land not-lefs than twelve acres, for paſture‘inthe beſt manner, and cleaned ram weeds, and ſewed with white clover or graf ſeeds,-a ſilver. cup value five guineas.—No. 7. To the perſon occupying a farm, not les than eighty cres, who ſhall‘have.the ſame in the-belt general ſtate-of cultivation, and in the neatéſt and moſt exa order as to tences, drains, farm yard, and cleanlinels from weeds, a hilver cup value five guineas.—No- 8. To the perſon occupying a farm not leſs than forty acres, who ſhall have the ſame in the foregoing ſtate of cultivation and order, a ſilver cup-value five gui- neas.—N.-B. Ît-is recommended that in the month of May, all the weeds growing on the land, ſhould be cut about an inch below the ſarface©f the ſoil; and that in Auguß following, the ſecond growth of ſuch weeds ſhould be mowed or cut down; and that the hedges and ditches of: the-ad- joining lands ſhould alſo-be kept free from weeds.

Claís VIII. No. x. For the completelt farm yard in every reſpel, annexed ta a farm not leſs than 40 acres, with all proper conveniences for cattle, Pigs» &cc. and ſo contrived as to obtain the greateſt quantity of manure, and to preſerve in proper reſervoirs the greatelt quantity of dung-water, either ſoc floating meadows or paſtures, or carrying of in water-caits, Or for mixing with weeds, ſoil of lime for compóît, a hlver cup value’ſeven guineas.— No. 2. For'’planting in the moſt approved manner, the greatet quantity of land in one or more plantations, not leſs than one acre, with fandard fruit- trees, as an orchard ánd fencing, and preferying the ſame effeCtually, a filver cup value five guineas.—No. 3. For planting in the moß approvéd manner, the greateſt quantity of land in one or more plantations, not leſs than five acres, with toreſt-trees, and fencing and preſerving the ſame effe&ually in order to produce timber, a hlver cup value ſeven guineas.—No. 4. For planting after the moſt approved manner, and preſerving in the beſt condition the greateſt quantity of white thorn or holly hedges, not leſs than 100 porches»