that in the year 1774, it fhall be in tillage or meadow, any quantity of mountain (not less than one acre) but no higher premium to be given to any one claimant than for two acres, the fociety will give a premium of forty fhillings for every fuch acre of reclaimed mountain: the fum of 200l. will be appropriated in these premiums to each of the provinces, and if more than 100 acres fhould appear to have been reclaimed by fuch claimants from any one province, then the fum of 2001. fhall be divided among them in premiums to each, according as he shall appear to have reclaimed two acres, or one. No perfon will be intitled to receive any of these premiums offered to poor renters, who holds above 20 acres of arable land.

The fum of 200l. wil be appropriated in these premiums to each of the pro800l.

vinces

The claims must be fent in on or be fore the 15th day of December 1774, to be adjudged on the 2d day of February

1775.

The improvement must have been begun fince the 4th of August 1768, at which time these premiums were firft offered.*

The affidavit of the claimant, that he never received any premium from the Dublin society, for the faid reclaimed mountain; and alfo his affidavit, and that of fome other perfon, together with a certificate from a neighbouring juftice of the peace, concerning the improvement made, will be required at the time of adjudging these premiums.

To entitle a claimant to any of the foregoing premiums, for poor renters to reclaim mountain, so as that it may be in tillage or meadow, it must be made to appear to the fociety, that the reclaimed mountain has produced a crop of corn, or hay, or potatoes; and that the mountain before reclaiming, was not worth more, nor would fet to a folvent tenant for more than three fhillings yearly, per acre.

Printed forms of the affidavits and certificates to be sent in by the claimants of the foregoing premiums for reclaiming unprofitable mountain, may be had at an eafy price of Mr. William Sleater, Printer and Bookfeller, in Castle-street, 'Dublin.

The fociety have engaged themselves to continue premiums to the fame amount, for the encouragement of poor renters

For effectually reclaiming the greateft quantity (not lefs than 20 acres) of unprofitable, wet, moory ground, not properly coming under the denomination of bog or mountain, and which never have been in tillage or meadow, fo that in the year 1774, it fhall be in tillage or meadow 301.

For the next quantity, not less than 15 acres 221, 105. For the next quantity, not lefs than 10 acres 151. For the next quantity, not lefs than 5 acres 71. 105. The fum of 751. will be appropriated in these premiums to each of the provin 3001.

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To be adjudged the 9th of Feb, 1775. Every claimant is to lay before the fociety, the nature of the moore before reclaiming, and the feveral methods he fhall have taken to reclaim it.

The improvement must have been begun fince the 4th of Auguft, 1768, at which time these premiums were first offered.

To entitle a claimant to any of the foregoing premiums for the reclaiming of moore, fo as it may be in tillage or meadow, it must be made to appear to the fociety, that the reclaimed moore has produced a crop of corn, or hay, or potatoes; and that the moore before reclaiming was not worth more, nor would fet to a folvent tenant for more than three fhillings yearly per acre.

The fociety have engaged themselves to continue premiums to the fame amount for the encouragement of reclaiming unprofitable, moory ground, for every year, to the year 1775, inclufive; and the premiums for reclaimed moore which shall be in tillage or meadow, in the year 1775, will be adjudged the 8th of February, 1776.

Moore reclaimed by Poor Renters.

To the poor renter or renters of wet, moory ground, not properly coming under the denomination of bog or mountain, having a leafe thereof for one or more lives, or for no less than 20 years from the commencement of the same, who fhall have effectually reclaimed, fo the

in the year 1774, it fhall be in tillage or meadow, any quantity of fuch moory ground, nor less than one acre, but no higher premium to be given than for two acres, the fociety will give a premium of forty fhillings for every fuch acre of reclaimed moore: The fum of 80l. will be appropriated in these premiums to each of the provinces, and if more than 40 acres fhould appear to have been reclaimed by fuch claimants from any one province, then the fum of 801. fhall be divided among them in premiums of 41. or 21, to each, according as he fhall appear to have reclaimed, two acres or

one.

No perfon fhall be entitled to receive any of these premiums offered to poor renters, who holds above 20 acres of arable land.

The fum of 80l. will be appropriated in these premiums to each of the provinces 3201.

The claims must be fent in on or before the 15th day of December, 1774, to be adjudged on the 2d day of February

1775.

The affidavit of the claimant that he never received any premium from the Dublin Society, for the faid reclaimed moore; and also, his affidavit, with that of fome other perfon, together with a certificate from a neighbouring justice of the peace concerning the improvement made, will be required at the time of adjudging these premiums.

To entitle a claimant to any of the foregoing premiums for moore reclaimed by poor renters, fo as it may be in tilJage or meadow, it must be made to appear to the fociety, that the reclaimed moore has produced a crop of corn, or hay, or potatoes; and that the moore, before reclaiming, was not worth more, nor would set to a folvent tenant for more, than three fhillings yearly, per

acre.

Printed forms for the affidavits and certificates to be fent in by the claimants of the foregoing premiums for reclaiming moory grounds, may be had at an eafy price of Mr. William Sleater, Printer and Bookfeller, in Caftle-ftreet, Dublin. The fociety engage themselves to continue premiums to the fame amount for the encouragement of poor renters of land to reclaim unprofitable moore, for every year, to the year 1775, inclufive, and the premiums for reclaiming moore which shall be in tillage or meadow in

the year 1775, will be adjudged the ift of February, 1776. Wheat.

It has been found that beans or pease planted in rows or drills by children, as in a garden, or by a dibber, or fown with a drill plough, will answer all the advantages of fummer fallowing in preparing land for wheat, provided the intervals be kept clean by ploughing them at least three times or more, if the growth of weeds fhould require it.

The fociety will therefore give to the perfon who fhall in the year 1774, fow with wheat the greatest quantity of land (not less than 2 acres) on which there had been a crop of beans or pease in rows or drills the fame year, a premium of 21. and alfo, a premium of 10 fhillings for every acre above five, the whole number not exceeding twenty.

This premium will be given proportionably to each of the five claimants whe fhall appear to have fown with wheat, in the manner above-mentioned, the greatest quantity of land; but no claimant who fhall have fown lefs than 2 acres, will be entitled to any premium.

The fum of 551. will be appropriated in these premiums to each of the provinces.

2201.

To be adjudged the 24th of Nov. 1774. The fowing of beans or peafe, as preparative to wheat, may fucceed to any crop except wheat, or it may be done on lay ground; the rows or drills fhould be kept clean of grafs or weeds by a garden-hoe, or by hand: They who have no inftrument but the common fwing plough, fhould have the rows three feet afunder: they who make use of the horfe-hoe or break, may have the rows but two feet asunder, or at any other diftance, fo as to give room for a horse to draw the inftrument between the rows without damaging the crop. The fowing of one acre with beans or pease by hand, in the manner mentioned, is equal to fix days labour; half a barrel of beans or peafe is fufficient feed for one acre.

To the person who fhall in the year 1774, reap the greatest quantity of wheat by the acre, and from no less than 10 acres of ground, to have been fown before the fit of November, 1773, with no more than 12 ftone of feed to the acre, half of the feed fown and covered with the plough, and then the other half to have been fown on the fame ground and covered with the harrow.

151.

1775.

The foregoing premiums for the encouragement of the culture of wheat, were first offered in the year 1766, and will be continued for every year, to the year 1775, inclufive.

No perfon fhall be entitled to any of the above premiums for wheat reaped from land cultivated as aforesaid, who shall not every year on or before the 31ft of December, by letter to the fociety's affiftant fecretary, inform him of his intention of being a claimant the next year of one or more of the premiums offered, and also of the manner in which he shall have prepared his ground,

For the 3d quantity, not less than

acre

81.

41.

1 The fum of 241 will be appropriated in thefe premiums, to each of the four provinces 961.

To be adjudged the 4th of May 1775. The fum of sol. will also be appropriated to each of the four provinces, to be given in premiums at the rate of 10 fhillings for every acre, to perfons who, in the year 1774, fhall fow land with turnips for the feeding of cattle, and shall give the fame three hand-hoeings; and if more than one hundred acres fhould appear to have been fown with turnips and hoed as aforefaid, by the claimants from any one province, then the fum of 501. thall be divided among fuch claimants proportionably to the quantity of land which each fhall have fown and hoed as aforefaid 2001.

To be adjudged the 4th of May 1775. N. B. It is recommended as the best means of obtaining valuable crops, to leave the turnips after the laft hoeing, at a distance of at least one foot afunder from each other,

The like premiums for the encourage ment of the culture of turnips, will be continued for every year, to the year 1775, inclufive.

As these premiums are defigned to encourage the growing of turnips, only as food for cattle: no kitchen gardener will be admitted as a claimant.

Every claimant is to lay before the fo ciety an account of the foil, culture, and produce of the land, for which he may claim any of the above premiums for the growi

31. The fum of 631. will be appropriated in these premiums to each of the provin2521. To be adjudged the 11th of May 1775.

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It is recommended to put down the cabbages at the diftance of about 18 inches from each other in the rows, and that the rows fhould be about 2 and a half feet distant from each other, and if the foil be poor, to put a small quantity of dung or rich mould to the root of each plant.

Premiums for the encouragement of the culture of cabbages as food for cattle, were first offered by the fociety in the year 1768, but not to the fame amount as at prefent, for the fociety being now further convinced of the great advantage of this husbandry to the farmer, have increased thefe premiums to their prefent amount, which will be continued for every year, to the year 1775, inclufive.

For planting out in coarse mountain land, the greatest number of Scotch firs, not less than 5000, under 5 years old, between the ft of September 1774, and the ift of May 1775, not nearer to each other than 8 feet A Gold Medal. For the next number, not lefs than 2500 A Silver Medal. Weymouth Pines.

For planting out the greatest number of Weymouth pines, not lefs than 500, between the ift of September 1774, and the 1ft of May 1775, not nearer to each other than 8 feet A Gold Medal. For the next number, not lefs than 250 A Silver Medal. All the above premiums for the encouragement of planting foreft trees, are offered for each of the provinces refpectively.

The premiums for plantations which are to be finished against the 1st of April 1775, will be adjudged the 13th of that

month,