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418 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER.
5. In Feeding Farm Horsey—The best and most
economical mode of feeding farm horses. The
cost to be stated.
6. In Draining Land—The best experiment
on thorough draining of not less than two acres
of land, with or without tile—the approximate
cost and the improvement compared with simi-
lar adjacent undrained land to be stated.
7. In Drilling and Broad-Casting Wheat—The
best experiment, having particular reference to
superiority of product, economy of seed and legs
liability to " heave" in winter.
8. Selecting Seed Corn—For t-he test experiments
in selecting seed corn, with a view to increase
the nmnber of ears—showing' the ^Sect
of such increase on the weight of the corn, and
its capacity, if any, to increase the amount of
corn grown on a given quantity of laiidi^
- For
instance, can ordinary up-land be made to grow
a good three-eared stalk on the same area that
produced a good one-eared stalk ?
EXPERIMENTS OP THE THIRD GRADE.
9. Manuring Corn—For the best experiments
in applying manure to corn, showing the kind,
quality, and cost of manure, and the mode of its
application.
10. Level and Ridge Culture of Corn—For the
best comparative experiment, showing which is
the most economical and profitable mode of cul-
tivation.
11. Corn Culture in Drills and hi Checks—For
the best comparative experiment, showing which
is the most economical and profitable mode of
cultivation.
12. The Proportion of Shucks per Barrel of
Corn—The best experiment to ascertain the proportion
which shucks and corn reciprocally bear
TO each other.
13. On Continuous Cropping—For the best experiment
on the continuous cropping of the
same field in India'n corn.
14., For die best experiment
on the oontinuons cropping of the same
field in wheat.
15.
' For tlie best experiment
on the continuous cropping of the same
•field in oats.
16. Application of Phosphate of Lime—For the
best experiment applied to clover and peas.
17. jipplicafion of Ammonia—For the best experiment
applied to clover and peas.
18. Combined Application of Ammonia and Phosphate
of Lime—For the best experiment of the
application of these, in certain definite proportions,
to clover and peas.
19. Yield of Flour from Wheat—For the best
experiment to show what ought to be the proportion
of flour yielded by a given qiuintity of
wheat.
Remarks and Special Rules for Branch I.
The superiority of merit or value of -any two
experiment?^ claiming the sam?; or lil^e ju-emium»,
will be decided in rcferen(!e to alio nearest
approximation to the following conditions :
ist. The comparative extent and coujpleteness
of the processes of experiment, and the apparent
accuracy of the procedure.
2nd. The clearness of the report.
3rd. The utility of the information so conveyed.
Exact measurements of results alwnys will
add much value to reports of experiments, and
should not be omitted whenever the case may
require such exactness. But in many other cases,
estimates of comparative results, or prodvicts, by
the eye, may serve, if sufficient for the ease and
for reaching correct conclusions.
BRANCH n.
Premiums for Written Communicaiions.
First Grade.
30 to 40. For each of the five best essays
or written communications, whether
on the same or on difierent subjects of practical
agriculture, or on scientific agricut-
ture, strictly and usefully applicable to
practice, of high order of merit and utility
for instruction—and conforming to the requisitions
of the general rules on the subject,
a premium of , . . . -$50
Second Grade.
41 to 50. For each often other and next
best essays or written communicatio«ns as
above described, but which may fall sliort
of the requisitions for the higher oflTers, a
premium of . . . . . 20
Third Grade.
51 \(9i 70. For each of twent}^^ other
next best instructive written communications
of new facts in agriculture, a premium
of . . . . . J.0
71. For the best treatise on gardening,
suited to the climate of Virginixi, to be not
less than one hundred pages, ... $5
72. Best treatise on the cidture and
management of Broom Corn, . . . . 10
Judges.
J. Ravenscroft Jones, Brunswick.
Richard Irby, Nottoway.
Jamcf! C. Bruce. Halifax, Va.
B. Johnson Barbour, Orange.
Alex. R. Holladay, Henrico.
Remarks on. and Special Rules for, Branch II.
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.
1. Essfiys and other written articles on practical
subjects, must be founded mainly, and on
scientific sidijects, at least partly, on the writer's
practical experience and personal observation or
investigation ; though portions of each may rest
on other aiuhorities, to be stated particularly or
geuerall}'-, as required by the case.
2. The award of superiority to anyone writing
over others on the same subject, •vi'ill be
made in reference to its probable greater utility
to agricultural «mprovemei)t or profit, f^s well as
,to the al)ility with which the subject is treated.
3. In matter designed to instraet Or to guide