Liberty advocate., 1845-05-17
SCALE OLE TERMS


To induce some effort among the friends of az.
ricuRural improvement. IN obtaining subscri.
bers, | announce the following scale of terms
Single subscribers as before, 50 per annum; o..
two subscribers for SIS.
Clubs, or individuals, paying any one of the
following sums, shall receive the annexed mum.
Der Of copies for one year, provided the copies
all go to one address:
$50 l6 500 " 60 "
Postmasters, or local agents, obtaining sub
scribers and remittjng as above, shall be enti
tied to all the advantages offered.
Please to remit through the Postmasters, as
they arc authorized by law to remit to publishers,
free of postage.
A reply to this post pad) is desired as early
as possible in December, that may make my
arrangements without delay.
Where funds cannot conveniently be trans,
mittted, please to send drafts on New Orleans
Vicksburg or Natchez, payable on the FIRST jan
uary next.
pledge my word--which pledge not lightly
that, if sufficient encouragement be not atfor.
ded, by the first of January, l6I5, to sustain me
in entering upon the Improvement herein propo-
sed, then shall return every draft and every
dollar, received in consequence Of this Prospec
tus. Those who do not know me may think nv
pledge an insufficient security for them to ad
vance upon, and therefore take the liberty of
referring, as touching my integrity, to all the
gentlemen, in each county of the state. who ser
we'd in either House Of tho Legislaturc, during
the session. of lS39-I0 and '42-to the FacuI5
ties of Oakland, Mississippi and Centenary Coll
leges-and to most OF the members Of tho SYNOD
of Mississippi.
| If one thousand new subscribers can be oh.
tanned, shall adopt the proposed arranrement,I
and wish to ascertain BY the middle of Decem.
| Der.
PRIZES FOR ESSAYS.
hereby offer as Premiums, SIX SILVER
CIH' "lth appropriate inscrptions--one of
,he SiS TO be awarded, respectively, to the au-
'hofs OF the 0est essays on the following subjects
respectively Zach author to be resident of Mis-
ssslppi, viz
l. Inc Cotton Plantation. Its management,
win reference to crops of inferior importance,
ana the proper proportions of land and labor de-
voted to oeach--including field pasturagc--rota.
ton OF crops and pasture-artfcal grasses.
= What crop shall suPplant cotton on planta.
TONS OF inferior qualities, when cotton shall be-
come TOO low to be cultivated on such planta
tions--what new crops to be introduced if any.
). Sheep as adapted to Mississippi.
4. The Garden and the Orchard-comparson
of more northern states, in re erence to the pro
duction of vegetables and garden fruits-togeth-
er with the best methods of managing the vari.
Gus orchard fruits adapted to Mississippi, and OF
accmating the more difficult genera.
S. Analyses of soils and plants-and sugges.
tionsof methods of analyses within the means
of Nississppans: discussing also the propriety OF
apeolopicaI, and agricultural survey of the state
by Legislative authority.
6 Manufactures and the Mechanic Arts, es.
tablished within the bounds of the state impor.
tant to the agricultural interest.
The premiums to be awarded by a committee
of thirteen agricultural gentlemen, to whom
shall commit all the essays ior adjudication, by
such subdivisions of labor among themselves as
they may agree upon--the successful ESSAYS toll
be at the disposal of the Editors of the Farmer
The essays to be forwarded to me, free of post
age, by the first of March hnext--accompanied bv
a sealed envelope, enc losing the authors name
In connection with the foregoing, | intended
to submit an Address-settng forth reasons
why an agriculture! paper should be sustained
IN the Southwest; but leave that duty, to be
better performed by the many public.spirited
gentlemen whom this Prospectus may reach 80
entreating all, who feel the magnitude of the
cause, 10 mount their horses forthwith, and