The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-22

came fair unlete when one 81 Inc premiums was
altered expressly as oddliouai.
! =. An written communication (unlem reports Of
experiments not then completed must be sent 10
to The Secretary Of the Executive Committee 1t
least one month before the annual meeting and
Fair ofthe Society
s. Ali articles offered for premiums, other than
communications In writing, II not on the ground on
the day preceding the day for tic first action OF the
judges, may be passed over. All reports OF the
awards Of judges to be Valid must be delivered TO
the Executive Committee, for examination, by the
afternoon preceding tho day for announcing the
awards Of premiums
g. When two subjects of the same kind, present.
ed for premiums are deemed by the judges ofequai
merit and also of such high degree that 70 citne,
If alone the premium would be awarded, IN such
case, the award must be TO divide the premium De-
tween the two competitors.
10. In all cases the parties entitled to premiums
may receive them, according to Their own eiec,ion,
either Ia money Its equivalent In SILVER piate,
bearing an inscription representing the particular
subject for which the same shall have been award
ed Provided that no such inscribed plate snaii DC
given in lieu of money, if the premium Is OF less
value than ten dollars.
SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS
Offered by the Yirginia State agricultural Society,"
for the Annual Meeting and Exhibition Of Nore'n-
Der, 1854.
EXPERIMENTS RRpoRTED IN WRITING.
For the best series of experiments, each series to
include not less than eight different particular mat
tiers of trial. observation, measurement or accurate
estimate or comparison of results and in ALL t. cover
not less than four acres of landon any one OF the
Il Effects n profit or loss) of the usual mode Of sa.
wing corn fodder, by stripping the green blades snd
cutting of the tops premium OF the vai9e OF soo
2 Cost and effects of subsoil ploug bin under diner
ent ciJcu instances of soil and subso o. D. Actloh,
non-acton, of lime as manure above Inc 1aiis OF
the tide water rivers of Virginia, different soils,
4 Arfin of me
the falls of the tide water rivers OF virginia. on dt
ferent soils, 10 s. The use and enects as manure, on
yarous non calcareous soils in the mountain or wes
tern gon of Virginia of either true tor cfayI mari
or of the cacareous tufa Tor travertn) there called
mari the ancient recent deposit OF limestone water
80 g. Action or uonaction OF gypsum below the Iais
of the tide water rivers and different sos respec
lively originally rich and originally poor ana on the
latter after well before being made caIcareous,
80 Action, or noHaction, of gypsum above the
falls of the tide water rivers Virginia Tor all west
ward on various soils OF different textures eonsI
tuition and degrees of original fertility 80 Action
nonaction of the tertiary gypseous earn or green
sand earth, of Virginia, various soils and crops ~
g. Action non-acton of olive earfh or other ter
tilizng earth, everything or accompanying mari In
large quantity, and over extensive spaces, 80 H.
S0s5 anu n so. and for en
30 IL. Benefits and pr oducts OF guano compared to
costs to be tested by not less than ten different
perments made under different circumstances of SOIL
crop, season. &C., so. II. Benefits or profit of pre-
serving and applying human excrements as manure
whether recent or pared or prepared 10y direc
the whole operation TO be in Virginia, TO- H. Tide
marsh mud, or swamp muck, or peat earth, 1.-THE kind
to BIS accurately described and characterzed as ma
nure, in compost with lime or other rails, or
otherwise so. "a Value of charcoal as an aid to fer
tility, 80. 15 Action and benefits of straw, leaves
or other unprepared vegetable matters, as top
dressing ON arabic grass lands, 40 10 to 40. For
each of the last named twelve series OF expert
ments of effects of manures to WHICH may have been
awarded premium the best of its particular CUB
ject, if the Tor sufficient space and number of
observations of the same be continued to be accu-
rately observed and the continued results are there
after ported for the next year on succeeding CROP
additional premium of 500 and continued Tor yet
anotlisr year and for third crop or growth, still
another additional premium Of tsn dollars Ia each
such case of continued and sufficiently useful re-
cults. Al. The influence Of salt is destroying in
sects as question of practical agriculture, 90
a. How late in references to the growth OF corn the
lest tlage (5y plough or cutivatofl should De gwen
to obtain the best product-and whether such last
tage should be deep shallow, 80. 49, Best series
of Comparative experiments in the cultivation of
corn, So Al. Effects of suckering corn, compared
with the partial or total omission OF that epsrstion
80. Is. On the preparation for, and seeding wheat
other parts OF wheat culture and general manage
ment, So 46. Effects beneficial or injurious of the
grazing and traupug of wheat by sheep or calves
at any time nom the seeding to the spring, 40. a.
Culture of tobscco, cost and profits of cultivation
and comparative effects On production of different
distances of planting, modes of priming topping &c
So 49, Culture, cost and profit of cultivation, and
comparative feeding value of rye 20. 49. 60. 81 For
the best and most extensive several series of expert
ents on the culture, production and values OF the
southern field pea, directed to determine some of
the questionable points to be stated below, pre-
MUM of G50-tor the scccnd best SERIES Sf0-and for
the third best, S50-viz:
Comparative products, adj dining and equal land
of sny good vine or staik-bearing VARIETY when
sown broadcast or when cultiyatsdein Inatured and
well dried seed grain, and also in the whole plants
above ground, weighed soon as the first pods
ripe Comparative products under like culture and
other circumstances, Of any different varieties deem
ed among the most valuable for manuTing crop, in
the grain and also Of the whole plants-as of of
speckled Tor "Shinney') pea, lady pea, Chickasaw
Tor "Oregon"l pea, or any other of the many other
kinds Manuring value of q pea crop to the succeed
land without peas-and this value under either
of the different conditions of broadcast Tor fall
crop with corn Whether the growth of peas plant
ed sown broadcast as secondary crop with corn,
operates to diminish the production of the corn
and if So under what conditions, and to what extent
The feeding value of ripe peas compared with corn
compared with clover cornfodder or other grass or
hay: To what extent the manurng value of
cover of broadcast peas is lessened by the ripe
seed-pods being gathered, OF consumed by hogs or
other live stock 50 to r. For any series of expert
nents any of the foregoing IS stated differ.
either not deemed the best offered on the particular
subject, otherwite not as many as in number,
embracing less than4 acres. premium OF half the
value red above for the best series that sub
jec'. This offer to apply to many of the foregoing
subjects may be thus treated in proper manner
rs TO s5 For each Of the bsst different series of
wellIconducted experiments each series less than
of four experiments, on any other than the above
named subjects of practical agriculture anof which
experiments the results appear to conduce to the es
tsblishmeDt of some useful and important truth
heretofore doubtful, generally misunderstood or un.
known, %. j.
Remarks and Special Rules for Branch l.
The superiority of merit or value of any two sa-
RES of experiments claiming he came or ike pre-
miums, will be decided in reference to the pearest
approximation to the following conditions LIST The
comparative extent and completeness of the pro-
cesses OF experiment and the apparent accuracy of
the procedure. ID The clearness of the report sd
The utility of the information conveyed.
Exact measurements of results ALWAYS will add
much value to reports of experimental and should
not be omitted whenever the case may require such
exsctness. But in many other cases, estimates of
comparative results, or products by the eye, may
serve IT sufficient for the case, and for reaching
rect conclusions.
BRANCH Ii.
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITTEN CONCENTRATIONS
ESSAYS and other written articles on practical SUBJ
iscts must be founded mainly the writer's practi
cal Experiences and personal observation or nyesra
tion: though smaller portions of each NAV rest on
other authoriea to be stated particularly or pene.
ralIy as required by the case
The form and manner of any written niece w;1 he
left to the discretion of the writer proney
of discussion or of treatment aud of elaborate in
yesti cation, will be required TO constitute xbat /,
understood a. essay. For other mere conc;se =,
less complete acriften Communications premiums will
be offered subsequently,. -
The award OF superiority to any one writing over
others on the same subject will he made in reference