Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-02-20

10 Best Barrel N. c. Lime, s.
20 do Set Knives and Forks manufactur-
ed in the State, s.
Fl For the best Buckskin, 81
BRANCH FOURTH-M MANUFACTURES.
FIRST CLAss-MiH Fabrics.
Best piece not less than Is yds, Cassi-
mere, Isl
2 Best piece do do do S,ttinetts, lOI
do do do do do Wooden Jeans, 10
4 do do do do do Linssy or Ker-
sy for Negro Clothing, Isl
Best piece not less than Is yds. Elan
mel plain and twilled, 10I
Best pair of Blankets, 10I
Z do piece % yards Wooden Carpet, l0I
s8 do Hearth Rug, 81
DC piece of shirting and Shseting, 10
IL do do Cotton Joans, 10
IL do Bale Cotton yarns all numbers, 10
13 do lot Cotton Twine 8
IA do lot Paper, printing, letter, cap, &C. 3
Is do Coil of Rope, Hemp or Cotton, s
l6 do Mattrass, Hair, Moss, Shuck or
Cotton, 10
SECOND CLASS Household Fabrics.
Best Counterpart, 8
do Bed quilt, (cotton,l s
3 do do do Silk, <.
do Comfort, cotton, g
do Home made Carpet, 10
6 do Hearth Rug, 6
I'd best do do.
8 Best pair Yarn Hose, Q
9 I'd best do do do. j.
10 Best pair Home made silk Hose, 8
II do Woolen Shawl 3
IL do Foot Mat, 9
Is Edo piece l8yards negro Wooden, Cloth 10
Il Best piece Is yds. Bag Carpet, s
Is Knit Counterpart, s
DISCRETIONARY PREMIUMS
Will be awarded for contributions to Flo
raj Halls:
Works Of art and taste, needlo-work, paint
ings, drawings, &C., &c.
SAYS
EXPERIMENTS
For each of the two best experiments, or
series OF experiments, on any one of the fol-
lowing subjects, a premium, as follows-
|. Effects in profit or loss) Of the usual
mode of saving corn fodder, by stripping the
green blades and cutting off the tops. $40
2. Cost and effects of sub-soil blowing
\ "
sub soil, 10
| 3. Action or non-action of lime as ma
nure, above the falls of the tide-water
rivers, 10
4. Action or non action of gypsum be-
low the falls Of the tide-water rivers. and
on soils respectively rich and originally
poor, and on the latter, after as we'll a.
before their being made calcnreous, 10
5. Cost and effect Of bone-dust. Tor
phosphate Of lime) as manure. 10
| o. e. ate N refarence 10 III. ~,a~Ak
the last tlllage by plow or cultivator,
should be given to corn for the best pro-
duct; and whether the last said tiliags
should be shallow or deep,
7. Best series of comparative expert
ments in the cultivation of corn, IL
8. Benefits and products of guano, COM
} pared to costs; to be tested by not less
than three different experiments, made
under circumstances more or less differ
ent, II
5 .. Benefits or profit of preserving or
3 applying human excrements as manure,
D whether prepared for sale and distant
transportation, or otherwise, but the
0 whole operation to be in North Carolina, II
0 lO. Tide marsh mud, or swamp muck,
0 or peaty soil, (either kind to be accurate
ly described and characterized, as ma
0 n nure, in compost with lime or otherwise, /
0 IL. Value of Charcoal as an aid to fer
0 tility,
0 u. Value of sulphate of barytes as
manure, especially for clover,
13. Tobacco-Culture, cost and profits
Q of cultivation, and comparative effects on
Z production, from different distances of
< planting, modes of prming. topping, &c.,
< comprising at least three different expert
. ments, /
&. IA. Cultivation and deomparative feeding
. . value Of rye,
= = Is. Planting, culture, pruning and sup
< porting in open Vineyards different varie-
. ties of Grape Vines for the table, or ma
. king Of Wine,
ESSAYS OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
2 For each Of the best five on any of the fc
lowing subjects, premium, as follows
2 |. On improving and enriching poor Ian
3 whether naturally rich, or good, and subs
5 quently exhausted by severe cropping,
2. On draining,
< 8. On rotation of crops,
3 4. On the accumulation, preparation
s and application of Stock, yard and stable
manure,
2 5. On the formation and constituents of
: composts and the application of them,
8. On the " green sand" or gypssous
< earth of lower North Carolina as manure
( and the facts and causes of effect or non
effect,
Z. On the properties and value of the
Southern Pea, Tor " corn-feld pea," of
any variety and the culture thereof,
3 whether for saving the pea ripened, or
ploughing underthe growth, green or dry,
for manure, and as PREPARATION for wheat
or other grain crops, and as food for swine
3 and other stock.
2 s. On the comparative profit of planting
3 and farming, and Of the two combined
improvement ofland being considered,
MINERALS, &c.
s For the best collection of useful Miner
of the Stale, including Goals, Iron c
8 Copper Ore, Limestones, Marbles, Sa
stones, Marls, Peats, Soils, &C., disc
tionary premium.
( REGULATIONS
5 /. All members of tho N c. State Agri,
:, tural Society will be furnished with ba
of membership, upon the payment of the
Is nual tax of 81, and will be required to "