The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-16
SnIfruERN PLANTER.


article. a review Of Rufiin's essay on oa'ea'e
ous mapures, by Mr.. Willoughoy New'on'
IN 90 .,u,se. be read with attention BY the
whole farming public, both on account oil the
character of the two gentlemen, and OF the I'M
,or,..,cs of the subject TO the general interests
ofas,culture. As il will be generally read,
:, seems TO require no farther notice at our
hands. The practical farmer will be much
better able to appreciate it than we are.
In this number the schedule Of premiums to
be awarded at the first annual Fair of the Ag.
ricu!tural Society is presented at length
II embraces every subject connected with Ag-
riculture, as far as we are able TO see. We
said. on previous occasion, upon the autho.
Y;,v of member of the executive committee,
that they were on a scale of great liberality,
eouallng, in this respect any others that had
been established any where. Upon examina-
ton, we find that our informant by no means
exaggerated. The schedule is divided into
eleven different branches, each branch embra-
cling great variety of subjects. First, expert
ments on fourteen different subjects connected
Immediately with the operation OF tilling, as
saving corn-fodder, subsoil ploug Ching, action
of lime above tide-water, action of gypsum
(plaster Of Paris on tide-water, cost and eff
fects of bone.dusi, phosphate of lime,) how
late and deep the last tiilage should be given
TO corn, series of experiments in cultivating
Q orn, benefits of guano, benefits of poudrette,
Underwater marsh mud, swamp muck, or peaty
soil, as manures, charcoal, as a fertilizer, sui.
phate Of barytes, as manure, especially tor
clover, culture in general of tobacco, and cul.
tuIe and comparative value of rye. The pre-.
miums assigned for the two last are $50 and
SIC respectively, and for all the rest (excepl
the third, which is $780, $40 each.
Second. Essays or written communications
on a variety Of subjects, seven in number, as
improving poor land, draining, rotation O.
crops, preparing stable manure, screen SAND
or gypseous earth" of lower Virginia as ma.
nure, the properties and value of the cornfeld
pea, the comparative value of planting ant
farming, and of a combination of the two.-
The premium on the first of these subjects i,
$50; on all the rest $50.
DIouSu' DSSt
embracing, as far as possible, the whole State
Honorary testimonials to the twelve best farms
which have been managed TO greatest bene
fit and profit in reference to the following
great objects of cultivation improvement O
fertility, increase of farming capital, sufficien
annual profits and general arrangements an
procedure tending to best secure profitable an
enduring results. Great superiority in one O
more of these requisites may compensate fo
deficiency in others. No premium is assigns
to this branch, probably from oversight.
Fourth Branch. Twenty dollars premium
each for the best product, during the presen
year, in the following crops: Indian corr
wheat, clover, tobacco; $40 each for the bes
in the following oats, cornfeld peas, swee
potatoes, Irish potatoes, turnips, carrots, PAL
ships, pumpkins $40 for the largest yield Ct
one acre of the following crops: tobacco, corn
fnot less than 100 bushels to the acre,) wheat
(not less than thirty bushels to the acre,l hav
not less than two tons to the acre:) and fv,
dollars for the best varieties OF the folowin,
crops, TO be raised and samples exhibited b,
IL.
bacco, oats, clover and grass seeds, turnips
parsnips, carrots, pumpkins and peas.
Fifth branch includes live stock of every de
scrption imaginable. First, horses, second
mules and Jacks, third, cattle (short.hor
Durhams three years old and upward;) Here
lords do; short-h and Here fords unde
three years old, Devons and Attorneys, Ayr
shire and Holsleins, Natures or Grades, work
ing oxen, fat cattle, fine wool, middle WOO
long wool, native and mixed blood sheep, hog
and poultry. The subjects included unde
this branch are so numerous that we have on
given the above heads. The reader may b
assured that if he has horse remarkable 70
any thing, or an OK, or an ass, OK chicken
game, Shanghai, Cochin China, bantam, dung
hill, or any thing else, or goose. or a turkey
or duck, or, in fine, any thing that is the sui
Ject OF property, and goes on two or four leg:
he will have chance to immortalse it here
The premiums range from thirty to two dollars
the last being offered, without variation, for III
best specimens of chickens, geese, ducks, etc
For the greatest variety OF poultry, ten dollar
are offered,
Sixth Branch. This includes all manner n
agricultural implements: ploughs, cultvators
rollers, drills, broadcasting machines, whea
and grass'rakes by horsepower, cradles
carts, wagons, wagon-gear, cart gear, OK
Jokes, sweep horsepower, ox.carts, Wagon
body for hauling wheat in the sheaf, railwa
horsepower, threshing machines, separation
horsepower suaw-cutters, horsepower corr
shelters, horse power grist-mill and hand DOW
er ditto, saw-mili-horse-power and col
crusher, tanning churn, hay.fork hav ,
straw-knife, dung-fork and hoe, brier.hlad
s,ump-machine, waterman, draining tile sooo
or scraper, hay.press, portable steam sna;u
&c. Our friends in the country-snd n -
city, too-may rest assured Tho, ,ho-o
scarcely any engine, or machine or ;n,a,"
scarcely, in one word, any,hnr ,oaap"" l'e'
connected with farming-whicb has na. a
foreseen, and had premium apnex.a V 81 Oe' &
best Of its kind; SO let them come ~ ~ u u
heir improvements, no matter wbs, ~, vi WI
abe. They will find that they have ~, no
overlooked. The premiums under hi; s y &c