The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-09-30

I hihinrs "a rfnnGp pUEftlDn bling IN pfOx1-
nifty for comparison animals and articles concern
ing the comparative merits of which they may feel
/ doubt.
/ animals entered for premiums, and grain will he
provided at lowest cost price for those who desire
| to purchase.
| PLouoHrNG MATCH,
| 81. The ploughing match win take Mace On
| Thursday morning, the 3D. of November. at 10
o'clock, A. NJ, ON the most eligible ground xvh,cb
can be procured near to the place of the exhihitinn
D. Al Experiments Submitted forpremums shall
be compared as TO merit, whether they relate TO
| one or to different subjects The superiority of
merit or vasue OF any experiment, or series OF
cided IN reference to the nearest approximation
the following conditions: 1st The comparative ex.
tent anu completeness OF the processes of expert
ment, and the apparent accuracy of the procedures
and "a. The clearness Of the report
%. Essdys.-The form and manner OF each is Lett
TO the discretion Of the writer The award OF gu
perority will be made in reference to the propapie
utility OF each writing to agricultural interests as
Wen as TO the ability Of the treatment Oh eaon SUI
Ject In matter designed to INSTRUCT OF 70 gulne
practical labors, cearness and fuiiness Oh aeeaIs
will be deemed o high claim to merit-and next
eonciseness. Nothing necessary for snouu
be omitted and nothing included Inat can DC OHM.
ted without injury 10 the value OF the instruction
o. Best Far,ns-Competitors tor these honors
must furnish sufficiently minute, yet concise ge
neral statement of the former and present condition
| 81 general management that the statement may
he Instructive to other farmers who avail them
| selves of the like means of improvements
25. Heariest Auerage Product of Crops.-To COM
pe,e for these premiums it is required that the field
producing the crop shall have been accurately
Measured, (by survey) and the crop also, if of
grain, by cubic contents or otherwise. Crops of
grass, &c, may be estimated by the actual weight
of small measured space not less than one twenty
fifth part of the whole field.
The general management of the crop in prepa-
ration Of the soil, manuring and tillage, should be
stated concisely in writing
90 Lire Stoek.-The judges will be expected in
all cases IN making their reports to give the reasons
Of their decision; embracing the valuable and de-
srable qualities OF the animals to which premiums
are awarded and in the case OF fat cattle. which
will be required to be weighed before they are
placed upon the show grounds they will take mea.
sures to give the superfcies of each, as it is be-
lieved that all other things being equal those are
the best cattle that have the greatest weight in the
smallest superhcies.
a. Machines and Lnplements-In iudginp of
comparative merits regard will be had not only to
the effectiveness and importance of the operation
but also the durability and the cost of the machine
or utensi
% ANY animal, machine or utensil, which shall
have premium awarded it once, as being the best
of its kind exhibited shall not thereby be debarred
from claiming and obtaining the like distinction SO
long as the particular subject shall still be deemed
the best at subsequent exhibitions of the Society
but IN Sucn cases, aler TWO premiums IN Inherent
years may have been awarded to the same subject
any subsequent honor to the same may be testi-
monia only of its continued superiority. No other
subjects except the above named shall obtain pre-
MUM more than once.
% The kind of admissible testimony in the case
of farming crops, experiments, &c. cannot be de-
scribed in advance The committees for examin-
ing claims for premiums on subjects of this class
must judge of the value of the claim in other re-
spects As no other witness is usually available in
s1,cb thn claimant testify in his
case unless he has obtained and prefers to offer the
testimony of others also.
ORDER THE EXHIBITION.
On TUESDAY MORNING, at 10 o'clock, the Judges
will enter upon the performance of their duty of
inspecting and awarding Premiums On THAT DAY
NONE BUT MEMBERS THE SOCIETY, THEIR FA-
MILES AND THE JUDGES WILL BE ADMITTED TO
THE GROUND.
On WEDNESDAY, at IL O'Clock the ANNUAL Ap-
DRESS viii be delivered by JOHN R. EDSIUNDs, Esq
of Halifax.
On THURSDAY THE TRIAL OF PLoUGHs, and the
PLoUGHuNG MATCH will take place, to commence
at 10 o'clock.
On FRIDAY, at 10 o'clock, the reports of the
Judges will be read from the stand and the preni-
distributed. After the public exhibition of the
premium animals there will be an auction for the
sale of live stock.
On the evenings of Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday, at half past seven o'clock, the Executive
Committee composed of all the officers of the So
cleLV) Will meet the CraDSdcIiOn OF business.
As the great OF the business details of the So
ciety will be transacted by this Committee it is re-
quested that the members of will be punctual in
their attendance
MEETINGS AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
On the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday, the
members of this Society, farmers generally and all
persons interested in the subject of agriculture
are invited to meet in the Socieys large room, La
FAYETTE HALL, for conversation and discussion
| upon agricultural subjects. The chair will be
taken at half past o'clock. These converse
tions will be familiar and being designed to elicit
practical information in the painest FORM it is ex-
pected that they will be among the most interesting
OF the week g proceedings.
On THURSDAY EVENING the Society will meet in
the place to elect officers for the ensuing year
and the transaction of such other business as NAV
come before it.
SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS
To be AWARDED athe First annual Fair Of the Irgi-
| mia State Agricultural Society
| PARTICULAR SUBJECTS AND PREMIUMS.
| BRANCH |.
EXPERIMENTS.
For each of the eight best experiments series of
experiments, on any of the following subjects a pre-
| MUM follows:
LIST. Effects lin profit or oss) of the usual mode
| of saving fodder, by stripping the green
| blades aud cutting OF the tops $40
I'd. Cost and effects of subsoil ploughing, under
| different circumstances of soil and subsoil 20
| Sd Action Hon-acton of lime as manure
| above the falls OF the tidewater rivers of Virgil
| nia different SOIL 80
Mn <1Ction VI nun dClion OF gypsum below the
falls of the tde-water rivers and on soils respec
| lively originally rich and originally POOR: and ON
the latter after well before their being made
calcareous, On
| 5th Cost and effects of bone-dust. for MINIS.
| phate of lime,) as manure, w. %
| 9Th. How late, in reference to the growth tbs
| last tillage (by plough or cutivator) shouId he
| given to corn for its best product ;and whether
the said last tillage should be shallow or dean %
It'll. Best series of comparative experiments in
| the cultivation of corn, On
| Sth Benefits and products of guano. comnared
to costs to be tested by not less than three differ
| ent experiments, made under different c,reum
| Stances On
| 9th. Benefits profit of preserving and apnlv. ~
Ing human eXcrements as manure whether me-
pared for sale and distant transportation or other
wise, but the whole operation to be in Virginia On
| 10th. Tide marsh mud, swamp muck or ns.
ty SOIL telther kind to be accurately described ard
characterlzed) as manure, in compost with lima
Or other materials, otherwise ~ On
Ilth alue of charcoal an aid to fertility on
especially for clover MANURE, IN
10TH Io6dcco.-Culture, cost and profit of ,,l.; ~
vation, and comparative effects on prodnc,;a
| from different distances of planting mnd ~
printing, topping, &c.-comprising at least .i-e ..
different experiments, s' iniee 90
I4th. Culture, cost and profit of .r,,;.; oo
comparative feeding value of rye aiu 10
Il Judges-Wm b. Harrison, Prince caorr. ~
Il ri havenscroft Jones, Brunswick
| mos. Meaux, Amelia