Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-04-19
SCALE OF TERMS.

To induce some effort among the friends OF ag-I
riculthral improvement, IN obtaining subScrl'I
bers, announce the following scale of terms.
Single subscribers, as before. SO per annum; o..
two subscribers for So.
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 60 to one address
$40 onttle to copies $50 entitle to 2 2S copies
$40 l6 500 " 6O
Postmasters, or local agents, obtaining sub
scrbers and renting as above, shall be emit
tied to all the advantages offered.
/ Please to remit through the Postmastcrs, as
| they are authorized BY law 80 remit TO publishers
| free Of postage.
A reply TO this post paid) 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
iVicksburg or Natchez, payable on the first Jan
uary next
pledge my word-which | pledge not lightly
that, if sufficient encouragement be not amor
ded, by the first of January, lo45, to sustain M
v in entering upon the Improvement herein propo
r scd, then shall return every draft and every
dollar, received in consequence of this Prospec
y tus. Those who do not know me may think my
t pledge an insufficient security for them to ad
S vance upon, and therefore take the liberty o
= referring, as touching my integrity, to all tn
gentlemen, in each county of the state, who ser
: we'd in either House of the Legislature, during
5. the sessions of lo39-'40 and 42-to the FaCul
d ties of Oakland, Mississippi and Centenary Col
Ileges-and to most of the members of the Syno
- of Mississippi
If one tn lusund new subscribers can be oh
tanned, shall adopt the proposed arrangement
and wish TO ascertain By the middle Of Docem
Der
I hereby offer as Premiums, SIX SILVE
| CUPS, with appropriate inscriptions-one q
J the six to be awarded, respectively, to the au
thors of the best essays on the following subiec
le respectively, each author to be resident of Mis-
s. sssippi, VIZ;
n. l. The Cotton Plantation. Us Management,
ne with reference 20 crops OF inferior Importance
and the proper proportions of land and labor dc
voted to each--including field pasturagc--rots
ms ton of crops and paSturc-artiiclal grasses,
IN .. What crop shall supplant cotton on plantG
no tons of inferior qualities, when cotton shall b,
come too low to be cultivated on such plantg
80 tons--what new crops to be introduced If any
II 3. Sheep as adapted to Mississippi
ii H. The Garden and the Orchard-comparso
It the soil and climate Of Mississippi with thos
If more northern states, in re 'erence TO the pr,
81 Iuctinn of vegetables and garden truts-togetl
=, n with the best methods Of managing the var
- nus orchard fruits adapted to Mississippi, and {
acclmating the more difficult genera.
w. 5. Analyses of soils and plants-and sugge
- lions of methods of analyses within the near
If Mississippians: discussing also the propricty
geological, and agricultural survey of the stat
Nv ~ legislative authority.
h g. Manufactures and the Mechanic Arts, e.
ID ablished within the bounds of the state impo
ia ant to the agricultural interest
er The premiums to be awarded by a committe
,fthirtcen agricultural gentlemen. to whom
o hall commit all the essays for adjudication, b
4 UGH subdivisions oil labor among themselves Q
hey may agree upon--the successful essays I
o ne at the disposalo of the Editors of the Farme
", The essays to be forwarded to me, free of pos
rn lgc, by the first of March next--accompanied
h, ! sealed envelope, enclosing the authors nam
Is In connection with the foregoing ntende
", o submit an Address-setting forth reason
fu why an agricultural paper should be sustainc
n the South West; but leave that duty 10
letter performed by the many public.spirte
b, rentlemen whom this Prospectus may reach
8ntreating all, who feel the magnitude of II
cauee, 20 mount their horses Forthwith, an