For the third number Afb, Sycamore or Norway Maple. To the perfon who fhall plant the greatest number (not lefs than 5000) of Ash, Sycamore or Norway Maple, under 5 years old, between the 1st of Oct. 1766, and the 1st of April, 1767, not nearer to each other than 10 feet, and fhall engage to cut them down close to the ground within 12 months after planting; to N DRY. Beech. To the perfon who shall plant 1. the greatest Number of Beech (not less than 2000) under five years old, between the 1ft of Oct. 1766, and the 1st of April, 1767, not nearer to each other than 15 feet; to be adjudged the 23d of April, 1767. Bees, Food for. To the perfon who fhall invent the best and cheapest food for bees in the winter feason, without fugar or honey; to be adjudged the 9th of Oct. 1766. 5 Bee-hives. To the perfon who fhall make 。 the best and greatest number of o Bee-hives, not less than 80; to be adjudged the 9th of Oct. 1766. s. d. A Gold Medal 3 0 For the fecond number, not lefs than 40; - The premiums for bee-hives, are promised for each of the provinces refpectively in both years. This premium is continued for the year 1767, to be adjudged the 15th of Oc. Bog. For effectually reclaiming the be adjudged the 23d of April, A Gold greateft quantity of bog (not lefs Medal Dddd 2 than than 60 acres) fo that in the 1. s. d. year 1766, it shall be under tilJage - A Gold To the renter of land who fhall reclaim effectually the greatest quantity of bog (not lefs than 30 acres) so that in the year 1766, it shall be under tillage 50 For the fecond quantity, not less than 25 acres - lefs than 20 acres -35 For the third quantity, not -25 For the fourth quantity, not lefs than 15 acres -18 For the fifth quantity, not lefs than ro acres -12 All to be adjudged the 15th of Jan. 1767. For effectually reclaiming the greateft quantity of bog (not lefs than 30 acres) so that in the year 1767, it shall be in tillage or meadow For the fecond quantity, not lefs than 25 acres For the third quantity, not lefs than 20 acres Medal -50 -35 -25 -18 O For the fourth quantity, not less than 15 acres For the fifth quantity, not lefs than 10 acres -12 O All to be adjudged the 14th of Jan. 1768. Every claimant is to lay before the fociety the quality of the bog before reclaiming, the feveral methods he fhall have taken to reclaim the fame, and the depth and breadth of the drains he fhall have made: No perfon fhall be entitled to any of the above premiums, unless the depth of the bog before reclaiming shall have been at leaft four Feet from the furface to the bottom of the bog, nor fhall any perfon receive more than one premium for the fame ground; every thing elfe alike, renters of land fhall have the preference. The above premiums for reclaiming bog, were first published in July 1765, and it was then notified that they would be continued for 5 years from that time, fo that they will be given for reclaimed bog which fhall be in tillage or meadow in the year l. s. d. 1768, 1769, or 1770. To every renter of land, not holding above 20 acres, who fhall effectually reclaim one acre of red unprofitable bog, fo that in the year 1769, it fhall be in tillage or meadow, the fociety will give a premium of 21. 105. The fun of 501. will be appropriated in thefe premiums to each o province, and if more than twenty claimants, entitled to the faid o premium, fhould appear for any one province, then the fum of 50l. will be divided among such claimants; to be adjudged the 7th of Dec. 1769 greatest quantity of land (not l. s. d. the growth of land of his own 1. s. d. lefs than 3 acres) with burnet, giving an account of the foil, culture, produce, and its effect on cattle fed with it -12 о 110 For the fecond quantity, not lefs than 1 acre; to be adjudged the 25th of Feb. 1768. holding For the fecond quantity, not lefs than Ct. weight; to be adjudged the 29th of Jan. 1767. 5 N. B. The like premium is appointed for the year 1767, to be adjudged the 18th of February 1768; and are continued for both in the year 1768. Ditching. For making the greatest number of perches in ditching (not lefs than 200 perches) between the first day of October, 1766, and the first day of April, 1767, 6 feet wide and 5 feet deep perpendicular, to be as narrow as poffible at bottom, and well quicked with white thorn or crab quicks, with English elms planted quick-ways on the fame bed with the quicks, or a little above it, in the face of the ditch, and diftant from o each other not more than two perches, with one or two foreft trees of any kind, except afh between the elms; Medal For the fecond number of A Silver Medal For the third number of A Silver Medal See a pamphlet lately published by the fociety in London, on the culture of carrots and their use in feeding cattle. Clover Seed. To the perfon not already encouraged, who shall in the year 1766, fave the greateft quantity (not less than 12 Ct. weight) of elean and found clover feed, the growth of land of his own hold ing -15 For the fecond quantity, not lefs than 8 Ct. weight For the third quantity, not lefs than 4 Ct. weight; to be adjudged the 29th of January 1767. N. B. The like premium is Clover, White. 7 0 For the third number, not less than roo; to be adjudged the o 9th of April 1767. The above premiums for ditching, are promised for each of the provinces refpectively. Fir, Scotch. To the perfon who shall plant, between the ift of Sept. 1766, and the 1st of April, 1767, the greatest number of Scotch Firs (not less than 5000) under five years old, and not nearer to each other than ro feet, in coarfe mountain land; to be adjudged the 23d of April 1767. Hiflory, Natural. A Gold Medal time time within 5 years, produce 1. s. d. the old hives, and that to the l. s. d. a natural history (fuch as will be approved of by the fociety) of any county in this kingdom; for each of the provinces reIpectively Honey and Wax. -50 To the perfon who shall have the greatest quantity of honey and wax, not less than 6 Ct. weight, including the hive and bees -30 For the fecond quantity, not lefs than 5 Ct. weight --- bett of his knowledge, none of thofe hives were above 6 Irish miles from his dwelling-houfe when weighed and certified, or o for 6 months before. -25 For the third quantity, not lefs than 4 Ct. weight -20 For the fourth quantity, not lefs than 3 Ct. weight For the fifth quantity, not lefs than 2 Ct. weight; to be adjudged the 9th of Oct. 1766.10 The hives are to be weighed in the grofs, the bees being alive (which is known by experience not in the leaft to prejudice them) in the presence of the minister or curate of the parish, or any justice of peace in the neighbourhood, or any other perfon of a reputable character, known to a member of the fociety, and by a perfon appointed by the proprietor of the bees. A certificate of fuch weight and the number of hives muft be figned by fuch minifter, or curate, or juftice of peace, or reputable perfon. The perfon weighing the hives, is to make an affidavit of their number and grofs weight, that they are of the ufual fize and thickness, and that to the belt of his knowledge, no fraud has been practifed to increase their weight. The proprietor of the bees is alfo to make an affidavit, that the number of old hives, fo weighed, attefted and certified, have been all his property for fix months before, that all the new hives fo weighed, attefted and certified, are warms from Thele certificates and affidavits are to be produced by the claimants of the premiums, as the condition upon which alone they can receive them. This premium is also continued for the year 1767, to be adjudged the 15th of Oct. in that year. Whereas the ufual method of obtaining the honey from stocks o of bees is by deftroying the bees; and whereas it is found by experience, that the honey may be obtained and the bees preferved at the fame time, by which lar ger quantities of both honey and wax are collected: The fociety will therefore give to the perfon who fhall collect the greatest quantity of honey and wax from ftocks of bees of his own property, within the year 1767, without deftroying the bees, and fhall leave a fufficient quantity of honey for their winter fufte For the next quantity N. B. The weighing of bees It is found by experience, that bees will thrive at leaft as well in boxes as in hives, and it is recommended that they be as well made ufe of as bives *. 7 * Directions for preferving Bees alive, when their Honey and Wax are to be taken from them, &c. Mr. Thornley's directions for taking the wax and honey from bees without de Atroying Hop Poles. To the perfons poffeffed of 1. s. d. hop yards, who fhall plant out with any kind of timber-trees, any piece of enclofed ground, for the purpofe of railing hop poles, no less than a rood being allowed for each acre of hop yard, the fum of 60l. will be given in premiums, at the rate of 31. for each rood fo planted, no one perfon being to receive a higher premium than 121. to be adjudged the 16th April, 1767.60 0 To be continued for 5 years from 1767. No person can be intitled to any premium, who fhall not give fecurity for preferving his plantation for 7 years. ftroying them. For this purpofe you must be provided with the fungus maximus or fungus pulverulentus, or large mushroom, commonly known by the name of burt, puckfil, or frog-cheefe, which grows as large as a man's hand, in the open field; this you are to prefs together in paper to the bulk of one third, and when tied clofe is to be well dried in an oven, after the bread is drawn; of this take to the quantity of a hen's egg, to be put into a cleft ftick, erected in a large empty hive turned up, to be fet in a pail or bucket, to keep it upright, this to be placed near the hive you are to engage with; (which must be in the evening) then fet the fungus on fire, immediately placing over it the hive with the flock of bees, covering all with a cloth to prevent the finoke from difperfing; the bees in about a minute will fall like hail into the empty hive; when they drop but flowly, ftrike the hive with your hand, and when the cloth is removed, let the hive be pounced on a table, to bring down what may remain, thefe to be fwept into the hive, where they will remain in an infenfible state, sprinkle them over with a little ale fweetened with brown fugar, mixing them one through another; then you are to put them into the hive they are intended to inhabit, fhaking them into the comb which is left in the hive, then to be covered with the cloth, and fo to remain until next evening, by which time they will be effectually recovered from their infenfible ftate, but great caution is to be taken in removing the cloth, and that at night, for fhould the bees then come out, they would immediately return. Obferve before you remove any of the honey out of the hive, you have taken the bees from, that you are not injured by fuch as may remain, fome, for this purpofe, kill them by fetting the hive over burning brimstone. By the above method, one flock of bees, which of themselves would not ftand the winter (for this purpose they should not weigh less than 20 lb.) may be added to another. Many gentlemen have found the use of boxes for keeping bees, to answer more effectually, both in preferving the bees, and relieving their keeper of a great deal of trouble; fome have used fquare boxes of the dimensions of 16 Inches from out to out, and from 8 to 10 high, made ftout, as the weight of a colony is very confiderable; the boxes are made without bottoms, and have holes of communication at top, covered with a fliding runner, which is to be drawn out, when the boxes are placed one over another; for further particulars fee Mr. Thornley's directions in our magazine for April and May 1766, where you will find his directions for difcovering the Queen Bee, which is quite neceffary when one stock is to be added to another, as only one will be suffered to live in a colony, or hive. Husbandry, |