The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-03
Gbe Donsc ann aaru1.
To every Farmer in Iowa.

l. he manufacturers, MesSrs. TALLCoTT,
EMERsoS d Co., of Rockford, Illinois,
have presented to the Iowa State Agri-
cultural Society, one of their Combined
Reaping and Moving Machines, to be
awarded to him who shall raise the best
FIVE ACRES OF SpTNG WHEAT, in the year
1850.
This magnificent Machine is of the
very best material and finest workman
ship, and will be awarded in honor of the
late John II Nanny, the great inventor,
and will be called the
III my RIFE.
This Machine was on exhibition at the
late State Fair--its beauty and workman
ship were admired by every person, and
is valued at two hundred and twenty
five dollars. II is now securely housed
at Oskaloosa, where it will remain, sub
ject to the order of the successful com
pctitor.
The rules governing tie award will
be strictly adhered to in every particular,
and no application will be considered
unloSs made in compliance with and ac-
companied by all the proofs required By
these rples, which are as follows, viz:
Isl. Each competitor shall make his.
entry for the Nanny Prize. aud pay
one dollar, before or during the State
Fair in 1850.
Cd. Each competitor shall make de-
tailed statement of all facts connected
with the cultivation and growth Of the
crop, which shall be sworn to before the
County Judge, aud shall embrace at least
the following particulars, viz
Character, exposure and location of
the ground;
How many, if any, and what crops
have been raised on it
The character of the sub-soil;
The quantity and kind of manure
The condition Of the ground before
blowing;
Full particulars as to the dates and
method of blowing and preparing it;
The time and method of sowing;
The kind and quantity of seed;
The time and method OF reapins ana
gathering;
The condition of the grain at reap
ing;
The time and method of threshinc and
cleaning;
The method of measuring and weigh
ing.
Sd. The land shall be in one conie-
nous piece, and shall be measured by
the County Surveyor with compass and
al. y, II, l.
be cut and if the five acres selected
constitute buta part of field, the Sur
yeyor shall not leave the ground till a
space Of at least five feet between it and
NIL other Wheat shall have been cut and
removed. After this is done, he will
CAREFULLY and particularly examine that
the space so opened comes accurately to
his lines.
lth. Each competitor shall secure the
assistance Of two of his neighbors-far-
mers, in good standing-ctizen of the
State, and men personally known to the
County Judge to be honest and upright
These witnesses shall be familiar with
the whole process of preparation and cul-
turc of the crop they shall be present
VIXEN the Surveyor measures the ground,
and shall be satisfied that it is done cor
reclly they shall be present at the cut
ting and shocking, at the hauling and
stacking, and at the threshing and clean
ing OF the crop, and shall count the
sheaycs rs they are put in shock, as they
are put in stack, and as they are thresh-
ed, and make a minute at the time of each
count. They shall superintend the meas
uring AID weighing of the crop, and
shall test the scales used BY at least two
others used in the county and recog-
nized rs correct aud in their affidavit,
they shall state the kind of scales used,
tho makers name, and by whose and
what scales they were tested. The half
bnshel measure used shall contain 1875
- cubic inches, and each measure shall
be struck with strait-edge.
5.h. The crop shall be housed or
stacked by itself, and no other Wheat
SHALL be threshed on the premises at the
same time.
9Th The competitor, Surveyor and
wi nesses sh;l. ma tah before the
County Judge, in form as provided.
IN. Al least one peck of the product
shall be forwarded, at the expense of the
competitor, to Des Moines, directed to
the Secretary, Oh or before the second
wednesday Of January, 1850.
9th. The afidayits must be made out
IN due form and forwarded to the Secro-
tary, SO that they viii reach him before
the first day of January, 1860.
9th. The award will be made by the
Directors, at their annual meeting in
January, 1860.
JESSE Bower,
z. 7. FISHER. Et. Com.