Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-04-12
scALE OF TERMS.

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To induce some effort among the friends OF ag:
ricultural Improvement, m obtaining subscri.
beers, J announce the following scale Of terms
Single subscribers, as before. 50 per annum; o.
two subscribers fer 50,
Clubs, or individuals, paying any one Of the
following suxas, shall receive the annexed num-
Der of copies FOR one year, provided the copies
all 60 to one address,
s ss n''' to Is copies 81 az ap'e 6 6 copies
Postmasters, or local agents obtaining sub
scrbers and RENTING as above, shall be onti
fled to all the advantages offered.
Please to remit through the Postnasters, as
they are authorized by Jaw to remit 10 publishers,
free of postage.
A reply to this post paid) is desired as carly
as possible in December, that ! may MAKE NY
arrangements without delay.
Rhero funds cannot convenient be trans
vni,tted please to send drafts on New Orleans
yicksbure or Natchez, payable on the first Jan
uary next.
TpIedge nv word--which | picdga not lightly
that II sufficient encouragement DO not ahor
ded, by the first Of January, 1915, to sustain mi
ia entering upon the Improvements herein propo
scd, then shall return every draft and every
dollar, received in consequence OF this froSpec
tus. Those who do not know me may think my
yenoo upon, and therefore | take the liberty o
referring, as touching my integrity, to all til
gentlemen, in each county of the state, who ser
we'd in either House of the Legislature, durn
the sessions of 1870 and '42-to the Facul
tics of Oakland, Mississippi and Centenary Co
leges-and to most Of the members Of the Syno
of Mississippi.
II one thousand new subscribers can be oil
tanned, shall adopt the proposed arrangement
and wish to ascertain by the middle OF Decen
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PRIZES FOR ESSAYS.
thereby offer as Premiums, SIX SILVE
CUPS, with appropriate inscript4ohs-phe
the sx to be awarded, respectively TO 1he
thors of the best essays on the following AZ
respectively, each author TO be resident Oh w
Essippl, viz:
/ The Cotton Plantation. Its managemef
with reference to crops of inferior important
and the proper proportions OF lana ana laoor
voted to each--ncluding field pastufage --fo
ton of crops and pasture--artihcial grasses
o What crop shall supplant cotton on plant
tions of inferior qualities, when cotton shall
come too low to be cultivated on such plant
tions--what new crops to be introduced if an
3. Sheep as adapted to Mississippi,
A. The Garden and the Orchard-comParis
of the soil and climate Of Mississippi with the
of more northern states, in reference TO the pl
duction of vegetables and garden fruits--togei
er with the best methods of managing the va
Gus orchard fruits adapted to Mississippi, and
asclimating the more difficult genera.
5. Analyses OF soils and plants-and sugg
tions of methods of analyses within the mea
of Missssippians: discussing also the propricty
theological, and agricultural survey of tho ST.
BY legislative authority.
C Manufactures and the Mechanic Arts,
tEbhshed within the bounds Of The state imp
tant to tbs agricultural interest.
The premiums to be awarded by commit
ofthrtcen agricultural gentlemen, to whoI
shall commit all the essays Tor adjudication,
such subdivisions of labor among themselves
they may agree upoR--the successful essays
be al the disposal of the Edltorsof the Farm
xhe essays to be forwarded to me, free Of pc
sgc, by the first Of March next--accompanied
ascaled envelope enclosing the authors mar
In connection with the foregoing, Intend
10 submit an Address--selting forth rcls'
why anagricultura! paper shonld be sustain
IN the South W est; but leave that duty, to
better performed by The many public.spiri
gentlemen whom this Prospectus may reacf
oatrcating all, who feel the. magnitude Of
cause, 10 mount their horsos forthwith, .