Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-08-10

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FOR 1859.
EXPERIMENTS AND ESSAYS
ExrERIxENrs.
For each Of the two best experiments, or series
of experiments, on any Of the following SUBJECTS
. premium q follows:
L. Effects Tin profit or loss) OF the usual mode
of saving corn fodder, by stripping the green
blades and cutting off the tops, $O
q. Cost and effects of subsoil plowing un-
Aer different circumstances Of soil and suI.1. 10
;, 8. Action or nonaction Of gypsum below
The falls Il the tidewater rivers, and on SOILS
respectively rich and originally poor, and on
the latter after, as we'll as before their being
made calcareous, ~
s. Costs and effects Of bone.dust Tor phos-
phate Of lime, as manure, 10
6. How late, in reference to the growth
the last tillage 10y pillow or cultivator) should
be given to corn for the hest product; and
whether the said last tillage should be shall
low or deep,
7. Best series of comparative experiments
8. Benefits and products of guano, COM
pared to costs; to be tested by not less than
three different experiments made under CIR
cumstances more or less different, III
9. Benefits or profit of rascrving or apply
ing human excrements as manure, whether
prepared for sale and distant transportation,
or otherwise but the whole operation to be
in North Carolina, III
10. Tide marsh mud, or swamp muck, o:
peaty soil, (either kind to be accurately de-
scribed and characterized,) as manure, in COM
post with lime or otherwise, 10
II. Value of charcoal as an aid to fertility, 3
IL. 766aeco-Culture, cost and profits Of
cultivating, and comparative effects on pro-
duction, from different distances of planting,
modes Of printing. topping, &c, comprising
at least three different experiments, 70
49, Cultivation and comparative feeding
value Of rye,
&. H. Planting culture, pruning and support
ing in open vineyards different varieties Of
grape vines for the table, or making of wine, 20
ESSAYS.
For each of the best five, on any of the follow
ing subjects, premium. as follows:
1. On improving and enrichins poor land
whether naturally poor, or naturally rich good,
and subsequently exhauscd by severe crop
ping, $lo
9. On draining, 10
3. On rotation Of crops, 8
4. On the accumulation, preparation and
application of stock yard and stable manure. 10
5. On the formation and constituents of
composts and the application Of them, 10
g. On the "green sand" or gypseous earth
of lower North Carolina as manure, and the
facts and causes of effect or non-cfect s
T. On the properties and value of the South
ern Pea, Tor "comfield pea !" of any variety,)
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the pea ripened or ploughing under the
preparation for wheat or other grain crops
and Is food for swine and other stock, 8
8. On the comparative profit Of planting
and farming, and Of the two combined-im-
provement Of land being considered, 10
FIELD CROPS
To be awarded by the Executive Committee, at
meeting to be held for that purpose in January,
1860:
Best crop Of Wheat Of not less than 90 acres
nor less than 30 bushels per acre, $50
Best crop of Wheat, not less than acres nor
less than 40 bushels per acre, 40
Second best crop of Wheat, not less than five
acres, %
Best crop of Indian Corn, not less than %
acres nor less than so bushels per acre, 80
Best crop of Indian Corn, not less than 5
acres Of reclaimed or improved land, to be
shelled and weighed between the 18th of
November and the 10Th of December, not
less than 100 bushels per acre, %
Best crop of Indian Corn, not less than 2
acres nor less than 100 bushels per acre, %
Best crop of Barley, not less than acre nor
less than 80 bushels per acre, 10
Best crop of Rye, not less than 10 acres nor
less than 90 bushels per acre, q
Rest cron of Oats not less than ~ acres n0r
less than 40 bushels of clean oats per acre
Two average acres to be threshed, e
Best crop of Buckwheat not less than
acres nor less than 80 bushels per acre, II
Best crop Of Rice. not less than so acres nor
less than 70 bushels per acre, Tin the
rough) 81
Best crop Of Rice. not less than acres and
not less than IS bushels per acre, lin the
Best crop of Peas not less than 5 acres, nor
less than 25 bushels per acre, q
Best crop Of Peas on one acre, not less than
30 bushels per acre, II
Best acre of Navy Beans, not less than 80
bushels, q
Best crop of Ground Peas, not less than
acre, nor less than rs bushels per acre, II
Best crop of Ground Peas, not less than 20
acres, nor less than so bushels per acre, II
Best crop of Cotton, on not less than so acres,
nor less than 1850 lbs. per acre, 81
Best crop of Cotton on not less than acres,
nor less than 1900 lbs per acre, q
Best crop Of Timothy, Orchard Grass, Blue
Grass, Feather Grass, or Herds Grass Hay,
raised on 25 acres, one bale, weighing not
less than $50 lbs, as sample Q
Best acres of Hay, of any kind not less
than q tons to the acre, 1
Best crop of Sweet Potatoes on not less than
acre, nor less than 800 bushels per acre l
Best crop of Irish Potatoes, not less than
acre, nor less than 300 bushels per acre,
Best crop Of Turnps, not less than j acre
nor less than 500 bushels per acre, 1
Best crop Of Turnips, not less than 2 acres, 1
Best crop Of Beets, not less than acre, nor
less than 400 bushels per acre, l
Best crop Of Carrots, with same conditions
as for Beets) l
Best crop Of Tobacco, combining quantity and
quality, not less than 80, 900 hills, samples
Of not less than lbs of LIST, I'd and 3rd
qualities, to be furnished the Committee BY
the LIST Monday in July, 1860, S.
Best 10000 hills Tobacco, with same condi-
tons, 9
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