RULES AND CONDITIONS

of the

Manchester

^Agricultural ^ocietj?

TO WHICH IS ADDED

A LIST OF PREMIUMS,

OFFERED

BY THE SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR

1802,

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Together with the

OFFICERS FOR THE PRESENT YEAR,

and

THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS.

Printed by G.- Bancks, Corner of Exchange-street.

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B^ules anti Cotttiition0

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THIS SOCIETY.

jAl Candidate for a premium, or a person applying for a bounty, being
detefted in any attempt to impose upon the Society, shall forfeit such pre-
mium or bounty, and be incapable of obtaining any for the future; and,
if a member, be expelled the Society,

The Society referve to themfelves a power to, with-hold the premiums
entirely, if there appear not to be merit sufficient in the claims; or to
give, in all cases, such part only of any premium, as the candidate shall
appear to deserve,

The Society will givt their premiums where there appears great-merit,
although there may be only one claimant for fuch premium.

No Subscriber shall offer for more than two premiums in one year.

By an acre is meant, not the common mensuration, including hedges,
pits, &c. but a statute acre, aflually improved or bearing crop,

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Ordered, August 4 , 1783, That thofe who have any new premiums to
propofe, or any alterations in the old ones, are to fend them in writing to
the Secretary, one month before the Oftober Meeting.

Resolved, that all subscribers to this Society be confidered as members,
until they give notice in writing to the Secretary, of their intention to with-
draw their names. ,

*** All letters, claims, certificates, &c. must be fent to the Secretary,
John AJhxxiorth, o/Turton, near Bolton.

N. B. This Society extends to 2^ circuit oUhirty measured miles round.
Manchester-, and all persons within that distance are permitted to claim any
of the premiums offered by this Society, And all subscribing members
and their tenants, occupying lands in the counties palatine of Lancaster and
Chester, may claim them also, although their Farms be farther distant.

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premiums.

CLASS I.

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- 1 - REMIUM I. To the persons who shall plant, in the best
manner, the greatest quantity of land, not less than two statute
acres, with oak plants, not exceeding six feet in height, to be
properly fenced, between the first day of May 1801, and the first
day of May 1802, a silver medal.

Premium 11 , To the person, being the owner, who fliall
plant on his lands the greateft number of Ash Trees, not fewer
than five hundred, and effectually fence and fecure them, between
the first day of May 1801, and the first day of May 1802, a
silver medal.

It is recommended to those who intend to plant Ash Trees,
not to set them in hedge-rows, adjoining to tillage ground, rich pastures,
or meadows; to all which they are extremely prejudicial. Claims to be
sent on or before the 24th of June 1802,

Premium III, To the person, being the owner, who shall
plant on his lands (as in Premium IV.) the greatest number of
Poplar Irees, not being fewer than five hundred, a silver medal.

Premium IV, To the person who shall plant the greatest
quantity of land (not being less than two acres) between the first

day of May i8oij and the first day of May 1802, with Larchy
Willow, Alder, Birch, and Fir Trees, Including the several
varieties of each, and the plants not to be more than four feet
asunder, a filver medal.

Certificates of the planting, and that the whole is properly fenced
and secured, to be sent to the Secretary, on or before the 24th of
June 180a.

CLASS II.

Premium I. To the owner and occupier, who shall sow not
less than five acres of land with wheat, in rows, the rows at the
distance of not less than nine Inches, and who shall keep the intervals
cleanest from weeds, a silver medal.

Premium II. To the tenant and occupier, who shall sow not
less than five acres of land with wheat (as in Premium I.) and
who shall keep the Intervals cleanest from weeds, a silver cup
value seven guineas.

Premium III. To the person who shall raise the best crop of
zoheat from the smallest quantity of seed, on not less than two
acres, a premium of a cup, value Jive guineas.

N. B. Potatoe Ground is excluded.

Claims for these three premiums must be sent to the Secretary, on or
before the first of January 1802, and the crops will be viewed at proper
times by the Society’s inspectors. Certificates of the weight of grain raised,
aro required from thc-owner, or his agent or servants.

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Premium IV. To the owner or occupier of any farm, who
proportion to the quantity of his arable land, shall plough the
greatest number of distinct acres, not less than twenty, with any
plough that goes with a pair of horses only and without a driver,
a silver medal. The Norfolk, Suffolk, and Rotherham ploughs
are recommended.

Premium V. To the owner and occupier of any farm, who
shall plough (as in Premium IV.) the next greatest quantity of
land, not being less than ten distinct acres, a silver medal.

Premium VI. To the tenant and occupier of any farm, who
shall plough (as in Premium IV.) the greatest number of distinct
acres, not being less than twenty, a silver cup, value seven
guineas.

Premium VII. To the tenant and occupier of any farm, who
shall plough, (as in Premium IV.) the next greatest number of
distinct acres, not being less than ten, a silver cup, value Jivc
guineas.

This ploughing Is to be performed between the firft of December
1801, and the firft of December 1802, and claims and attested certificates
arc to be delivered in to the Secretary, on or before the fifth of Decern*
ber 1802.

Ploughing Match.

Premium VIII. To the owner of the plough and team, which
shall plough a lot of ley land in the least time, and in the best and
completest manner, and to the approbation of the judges appointed,
cash, or a cup value seven guineas, and to the ploughman, a pair of
buck-akin breeches,

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Premium IX. To the owner of the second best, cash, or a
cup value jivt guineas, and to the ploughman one guinea.

Premium X. To the owner of the third best, a&^Jour guineas.

Premium XI. To the owner of the fourth best, cash two
guineas.

The ploughing match to be held on Thursday the iith of
March 1802, in a field situate at IFithington Old-hall, near
Manchester, about twenty acres, where equal lots will be marked
out for each candidate, and all persons intending to be candidates
must give notice thereof to the Secretary, on or before the \ith
of February 1802. The ploughing to start at ten o’clock in
the forenoon, and each candidate to take his own method s and no
candidate to enter more than one plough upon the same construc-
tion, and that there shall not be more than twenty ploughs in
the field, and if more than twenty offer, that all the candidates
shall be taken by lot, and those candidates who are excluded shall
be informed by the Secretary.

CLASS III.

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Premium I. To the owner and occupier of any farm or parcel
of land, (not less than forty statute acres) who shall have the
pasture lands of his form laid down, drained, fenced, and im-f
proved, in the completest manner, a silver medal.

Premium II, To the tenant and occupier of any farm, &c.
(not less than twenty statute acres) who shall have the pasture

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lands of his farm laid down, drained, fenced, and improved in
the completest manner, a silver cup, value ten guineas, or cash at
his option.

Premium III. For the next heft (as in Premium II.) a silver
cup, value jcuen guineas, or cash at his option.

These will be continued Jor the next year.

Premium IV. To the person, being the owner and occupier,
who shall Improve the greatest quantity of meadozo and pasture
land (not usually over-flowed in times of flood) by throwing water
over it in the most equal and judicious manner, the quantity of land
’ improved, not being less than jive acres, a silver medal.

Premium V. To the tenant and occupier of any farm, &c,
who shall improve the greatest quantity of land (not being less
than three statute acres) by floating, (as in Premium IV .) a silver
cup, value seven guineas.

Premium VI. To the tenant and occupier of any farm, &c.
who shall improve the greatest quantity of land (not being less
than two statute acres) by floating, (as in Premium IV.) a sliver
cup, value jve guineas.

To those who intend to improve their land by floating, Mr.
Boswell’s Treatise on Watering Land is recommended. — Price 2S. 6d.

Claims for these premiums must be delivered to the Secretary, on or
before the first of May 1802.

Premium VII. To the persons who have received any of the
premiums for floating land, and who have since, for five years,
kept the drains and water-courses made by them for that purpa'c,

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in the best and neatest manner, and whose lands have been most
effectually improved thereby, a silver medal.

A certificate will be required of the work d*nc, and the lands
will be viewed by the Inspectors.

Premium VIII. To the owner and occupier of any farm or
parcel of land (not being less in quantity than sixty statute acres)
who shall have the same in the neatest and most exact order, as to
fences, water-courses, water-banks, roads, gates, stiles, farm-yards,
&c. and also the land laid down, and drained in the best manner,
and cleanest from weeds, a silver medal.

Premium IX. To the tenant and occupier of any farm or
parcel of land (not being less in quantity than forty statute acres)
who shall have the same in the neatest and most exact order (as
in Premium VIII.) a silver cup, value ten guineas, or the cash at
his option.

Premium X. To the tenant and occupier of any farm or parcel
of land (not being less in quantity than thirty statute acres) who
shall have the same in the neatest and most exact order (as in Pre-
mium VIII.) a silver cup, value seven guineas, or cash at his
option.

Premium XI. To the person who shall discover the cheapest
and most productive sort of compost for grass land, a silver cup,
value seven guineas.

N. B. No persons will be allowed to claim any of the premiums in
this class, from the same lands, who have obtained them ia former years,
except in Premium VII, The claims must be sent to the Secretary, on or
before the first of June 1802, and the land will be viewed by the Society’s
Inspectors, before the general Meeting in August.

Premium XII. To the tenant and occupier of any farm

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who shall raise the greatest quantity of good compost, and shall
therewith cover the greatest number of acres, in proportion to his
farm, a silver cup, value f.ve guineas.

No one to be entitled to it, who shall not improve at leaft four statute
acres of pasture land, which he shall engage not to break up the succeeding
year.

Premium XIII. To the person who shall lay on a quantity of
peat earth with a sufficient mixture of lime, pot-ash, soaper’s
waste, dung, dung-water, &c. on not less than jive statute acres
of pasture land, nor less than thirty tons to each acre, a silver cup,
value seven guineas. — And to the person who shall in like man-
ner cover the next greatest number of acres, a silver cup, value
Jive guineas.

It is recommended to persons desirous of trying the experiment,
to consult a book lately published by T. B. Bayley, Esq. intitled “ Thoughts
on Manures,” and which may be had from the Secretary, and of the Book-
sellers in Manchester.

CLASS IV.

Premium I. To the person who shall discover the cheapest and
most effectual method of preserving cabbages and turnips through
the winter, for spring food for cattle, in the months of March or
April, a silver cup, value Jive guineas.

Premium II. To the person who shall sow or set the greatest
quantity of potatoes in the cheapest and best manner, so as to de*

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crease the usual quantity of labour, &c. the experiment to be made
upon not lefs than one acre, a silver cup value seven guineas, or the
money at his option.

Premium III. To the tenant or occupier of any farm, &c.
who shall, from Martinmas 1801, to May-day 1802, maintain
in the best order, the greatest number of cattle, with turnips,
potatoes, or cabbages, with straw only, a silver cup, value seven
guineas.

Premium IV. To the tenant or occupier of any farm, &c. who
shall maintain in the best order (as In Premium II.) the next greatest
number of cattle, a silver cup, value five guineas.

Premium V. To the perfon who shall employ the greatest
number of oxen in proportion to the size of his farm, a silver cup,
value ten guineas ; and to the second greatest number, a cup value
seven guineas, or the money at their option.

Premium VI. To the person who shall keep the greatest
number of horses upon green food In the stall, during the summer
season, not fewer than three, a silver cup value seven guineas
pr the money at his option.

Premium VII. To the perfon who shall keep the greatest
quantity of horned cattle upon green food in the stall, during the
summer season, not fewer than five, a silver cup value five guineas,
or the money at his option.

Premium VIII. To the person who shall unroof the greatest
quantity of thatched buildings, and shall cover the same with slate
the quantity not being less than three roods, a silver cup value
seven guineas.

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N. B. Claims for these premiums to be sent to the Surdary^ on oc
before the jirst of May, 1802.

CLASS V.

Premium I. To the ploughman, who shall, betwixt the first of
May 1801, and the first of May 1802, plough in the best and
neatest manner, with any plough that goes with a pair of horses
only, and without a driver, the number of distinfl acres not
being less than twenty, (as in Premium IV. Class II.) Jive
guineas and a pair of buck-skin breeches.

Premium II. For the next best, the number of distintl acres
not being less than twenty, (as in Premium I.) Jour guineas and
a pair of buck-skin breeches.

Premium III. To the ploughman, who shall (as in Premium
I.) plough in the best and neatest manner, the greatest number of
distinft acres, not being less than ten, two guineas and a pair of
buck-skin breeches.

Premium IV. For the next best, the number of distinfl acres
not being less than ten, (as in Premium I.) one guinea and a pair
of buck-skin breeches.

N. B. Attested claims for these premiums to be delivered to the
Secretary, on or before the Jrst of September 1802.

Premium V. To the ploughman, carter, or other farmer’s
man-servant, who has the longest served in one place (not less
than ten years) cash, five guineas.

Premium VI. To any farmer’s woman servant, who has the
longest served in one place, (not less titan, seven years) cash, five
guineas.

Premium VII. To the dairy woman, who shall make for sale,
the greatest quantity of cheese in one year, in proportion to the
number of cows, (being not less than twenty') a premium of Jive
guineas, or a cup of that value.

N. B. Certificates from tlieir masters and mistresses to be sent,
together with the claims for the V. and VI. premiums, to the Secretary^
on or before the first oi July 1802. Servants to be twelve years old
Tvhen tliey enter the service.

A certificate together with the claim from the buyer or buyers of
the quantity sold, to be sent to the Secretary, on or before the first of
June 1802. >

Premium VIII. To the farmer’s apprentice, (who has been
for the greatest part of his apprenticeship employed in the different
branches of agriculture) who shall produce the best charaQer from
his master, of his diligence, general good behaviour, and improve-
ment in the farming business, in the last three years of his appren-
ticeship, ending in the year 1802, together with a certificate at
the foot of the charaftcr by the minister, church-wardens, and
overseer, or two of them, of the parish or townfliip where fuch
appientice resides, that they believe such charaaer to be true, three
gi'ineas.

Premium IX. To a female apprentice to a farmer, serving
as above, and producing a similar good character and certificate,
three guineas.

Premium X. To the labourer in husbandry renting not more
than Jour pounds a year, by whom the greatest number of legiti-

mate children has been brought up, without relief from any parish
br township, seven guineas ; for the second greatest number, Jlv^
guineas; for the third greatest number. Jour guineas.

N. B. The case of each claimant to be certified to the Secretary, by
the minister, church-warden, or overseer of the poor, or /ai<? of them, where
*uch labourer resides, on or before the first day oi July 1802.

Premium XI. To the person who shall shew to the Society,
at their Oftober Meeting, the best long horned bull, two years
old, a silver cup, value ten guineas.

* Premium XII. To the person who shall shew to the Society,
at their Oclober Meeting, the best short-horned bull, a silver cup,
value ten guineas.

N. B. The claimants must be resident within the limits of this Society,
and bring certificates from the breeders of the bulls ; likewise that the
same have been their property twelve months.

* Premium XIII. To the person who shall shew to the
Society, at their Oaober Meeting, the best stallion for the
general purposes of husbandry, a silver cup value tie?? guineas.

Premium XIV. To the person who shall shew to the Society
at their October Meeting, the best Suffolk stallion, a silver cup
value twelve guineas, or the money at his option,

* Premium XV. To the person who shall shew to the
Society, at their Oaober Meeting, the best ram, (not more than
three years old) cash or a silver cup, value seven guineas.

Premium XVI. To the person who shall shew to the Society,
at their next Oaober Meeting, the best boar, not more than three
years old, a silver cup, value jeve guineas.

Fineness of bone, a small head, short legs, thickness of carcase, and
a thin hide, will be deemed points of c.xcellcncc in a boar.

N. B. Certificates from the breeders, together with their claims, must
be delivered to the Secretary, that the bulls, stallions, rams, or boars, have
Been used the preceding season, within the limits of this Society only.

* Piemlum XVII. To the person who shall shew to the
Society, at their Oflober Meeting, the best long-horned heifer,
rot more than three years old, a silver cup value ten guineas

* Premlttm XVIII. To the person who shall shew to the
Society, at their O8ober Meeting, the best short-horned heifer,
not more than three years old, a silver cup value ten guineas.

N. B. Certificates from the breeders, together with their claims, must
be delivered to the Secretary, that the heifers are not more than three years
old, and that they have been the claimant’s property twelve months.

CLASS VI.

Premium I. To the owner of the land who shall efFeflually
drain and reclaim the greatest quantity of wet, spongy, clay or
morass ground, not being less than acres, in the most approved
manner, a silver medal.

Premium 11. I'o the owner who shall drain the next greatest
quantity of ground, (as in Premium I.) not being less than twenty
acres, a silver medal.

Premium III, To the tenant and occupier, who shall drain
the greatest quaniiiy of land, (as in Premium I.) not being less
than thirty acres, a silver cup, value seven guineas.

Premium IV. To the tenant and occupier, who shall drain the

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greatast quantity of land (as in Premium I.) not being less than
fifteen acres, a silver cup, value five guineas.

Premium V. To the person, being^ the owner of the land,
who shall drain the greatest quantity of wet, spongy, clay, or
morass ground, not being less than twenty acres, a silver medal.

Premium VI. To the tenant and occupier, who shall dram
with stone or brick, the greatest quantity of land, not being less
than ten acres, a silver cup, value seven guineas.

Premium VII. To the tenant and occupier, who shall dram
the second greatest quantity of land, (as in Premium VI.) not being
less than five acres, a silver cup, value five guineas.

(fT The manner praaised by Mr. Elkington, and suggested by Dr.
Andersan, inhis Essays on Agriculture, (Vol. I Essay II.) is recommended .

Premium VIII. To the tenant and occupier, who shall drain
the greatest quantity of land with sods in the best manner, not less
than twenty acres, a silver cup, value fve guineas.

Premium IX. To the person who shall drain the greatest
quantity of land, not less than fve acres, with the new draining
brick, recommended by the Society, a silver cup, value seven
guineas.

Persons wishing to become claimants for this premium, may
have models of the brick, by applying to the Secretary ; and the Society
recommend this brick on account of the very great saving there is, between
tire common walling brick and this in draining.

* Premium X. To the person, being the owner, who shall
inclose and improve, in the best and most effeftual manner, the

greatest quantity of waste and uninclosed land, not being less thaa
ten statute acres, a silver medal.

* Premium XI; To the tenant and occupier, who shall Inclose
and improve the greatest quantity of waste and uninclosed land,
not less than two acres, a silver cup, value seven guineas.

N. B. Claims for the above premiums are to be sent to the 5«rirt<ir^, on

or before the^r,tr of OEiobtr 1802, and the works for which those claims
shall be made, shall be commenced after the fust of November 1801, and to
be viewed in December 1802, by the Society’s Inspefiors.

CLASS VII.

Premium I. To the tenant and occupier of any farm or parcel
of land, (not being less in quantity than statute acres) who
shall make the completcst farm yard, in every respeft, with all
proper conveniences for cattle, pigs, &c. and so contrived as to
raise the best quantity of tnanure, and to preserve in proper reser-
voirs, the greatest quantity of dung-water, either for floating mea-
dows or pastures, or carrying off in water-carts, to be finished
the first oi jfuly 1802, (when the claims must be entered)
a silver cup, value seven guineas.

N. B. The Society recommend it to those who intend to become claim
ants for this premium to read Mr. Young's Six Months Northern Tour, and
Mr. Young's Farmer's Guide, upon this subjefl:.

Premium II. To the person who shall invent or improve any
implement of husbandry, that shall, on trial, be found most useful
4 n saving labour or cxpence, (simplicity and cheapness of construe-

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lion will be deemed essential parts of its merits) to be produced to
the Society at their General Meeting in August 1802, a silver
cup, value seven guineas.

This claim is open to all.

Premium III. To the tenant and occupier of any farm, <S:c.
(not being less than sixty acres) who shall make, in a substantial,
durable manner, the best reservoirs in his farm, for the reception
of dung-water, either for floating meadows, or carrying off in
water-carts, (betwixt June 1, 1801, and June 1, 1802) a silver
cup, value seven guineas.

Premium IV. For the second best, the farm not being less
i^canjorty statute acres, a silver cup, value Jive guineas.

Premium V. For the third best, the farm not being less
than twenty statute acres, a silver cup, value four guineas.

Claims for these premiums, with certificates, must be delivered
to the Secretary, on or before the 1st of June 1802.

Premium VI. To the owner or occupier of any farm, dec,
who shall, in either of the years 1801 or 1802, lay down the
greatest quantity of land, (not being less than tight acres) for pas-
ture, in the best manner, and cleanest from weeds, and sown
with white clover and grass seeds, a silver medal.

Premium VII. To the tenant and occupier of any farm, &c.
who shall lay down the greatest quantity of land (not being less
jour acres) for pasture, as in the last premium, a silver cup,
value seven guineas.

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Claimi for these two last premiums must be sent to the Secretary,
on or before th* 25th of March, in the year following the laying down the
land and sowing the white clover and grass seeds.

‘ 2 n almost all the reports of Counties sent to “ The Board of
Agriculture,” in London, the using of single horse-carts is
strongly recommended, not only to the farmers, hut to the
public carriers also.

By full experience their utility has betn proved; they save a
very great annual expence of money, which is necessary to repair
the great damages done to the roads by long teams, and carriages
with heavy weights ; and they will also diminish nearly one-
half of the charge of buying and maintaining the number of
horses now used in long teams. The Society^ therefore^ offer
the following premiums.

CLASS VIII. ^

Premium I. To the person who shall produce to the Society,
at their Annual Meeting at Altrincham, 1802, ‘a one horse cart,
which shall then be most approved for the strength, lightness,
and cheapness, of its construction, and for its general fitness to be
used both in the fields and on the roads, and the best geering for
the horse, the sura of ten guineas.

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Premium II. To the public carrier who shall employ the
greatest number of ont-horsc carts, not less than three., nor car-
rying more than one ton each, (and proportioned to the amount
of goods conveyed by such carrier) betwixt the first of November
1800, and the 2^i[\ o£ September 1802, a silver cup, value
guineas.

Premium III. To the public carrier, who shall employ the next
greatest number of single-horse carts, (as in Premium II.) a silver
cup, value five guineas.

Premium IV . To the owner and occupier of any farm, &c.
who, in proportion to the size of his farm, and the usual number
draught horses worked in it, not being less than three, shall employ
the greatest number of single-horse carts in his husbandry business
(as in Premium II.) a silver cup, value seven guineas.

Premium V. To the tenant and occupier of any farm, &c.
who, in proportion to the size of his farm, and the usual number
of draught horses worked in it, shall employ the greatest number
of single horse-carts in his husbandry business, (as in Premium
11.) a sliver cup, value seven guineas.

Premium VI. To the tenant and occupier of any farm,
who shall employ the next greatest number of single-horse carts, (as
in Premium IV.) a silver cup, value five guineas.

Attested claims and certificates for these premiums, to be sent to the
Secretary, on or before the ist of September 1802.

, ' Premium VII. To the owner and occupier of any farm or
parcel of land, adjoining to a river, who shall, in the most effectual
manner, secure the greatest length of the bank of such river, (pro-
portioned to the force of the stream and the depth of the bank) so

as to prevent the earth from being washed away, by the violence of
tlie stream, a silver medal.

Premium VIII. To the tenant and occupier, who shall secure
(as. in Premium VII.) a silver cup, value seven guineas.

Premium IX. To the owner and occupier of any farm, &c.
adjoining to a river, who shall confine the water within proper
bounds, and prevent the damage that might be done by its overflow-
ing the fields upon its banks, in the time of Inundation, a silver
medal.

Premium X. To the tenant and occupier who shall confine
the water, as in the last premium, a silver cup, value seven
guineas.

Certificates of such works, and that they have been undertaken and
completed between July i, 1801, and September 1, 1802, must be de-
livered with the claims to the Secretary, on or before the 10th of Sep-
tember 1802.

It is recommended to those who intend to undertake any work
ef this kind, and who can conveniently do it, to view the improvements
made upon the banks of the river Tame, at Shepley, near Ashton-under-lyne,
and also to read Dr. Anderson’s Essays relating to Agriculture, in 2
vols. 8vo.

Premium XI. To any person who shall search for and discover,
in any of the lands within the circuit of this Society, the best and
largest bed or vein of hard stone or gravel, for making and repairing
roads, a silver cup, value seven guineas, or the money at his
option. — ^For the second best, a silver cup, value Jive guineas, or the
money. — For the third best, three guineas.

(pS" Claims for these three premiums must be delivered to the Secre-
tary, sealed, on or before the 1st of September 1802, with an exact dcscrip'
tion where the beds arc situated, for which the alaims are made.

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Premium XII. To the owner who shall plant the greatest
length of white thorn hedge, betwixt the sixth day of October
1801, and the first of May 1802, in old fences, (and not being
less than two hundred perches) after the most approved methods,
a silver medal.

Premium XIII. To the tenant and occupier who shall plant
the greatest length of white thorn hedge, as in the above premium
(not being less than one hundred perches) after the most approved
methods, a silver cup, value seven guineas.

(;: 3 " Claims for these two last premiums to be sent to the Secretary, oa
or before the ist of June, in the third year after planting.

Premium XIV. To the owner and occupier of any farm or
parcel of land, who shall plash the greatest length of fence, in the
neatest and best manner, (the quantity not being less than one
hundred perches) a silver medal.

Premium XV. To the tenant and occupier of any farm, who
shall plash the greatest length of fence, in the best manner (the
quantity not being less than one hundred perches) Jive guineas, or
a CUD of that value.

Premium XVI. To the cottager who shall, before the first of
September 1802, raise the greatest number of stocks or hives of
(not being fewer than ten ) jive guineas.

^ Claims for this premium, with certificates, to be sent to the Secre-
tary, on or before the 20th of September 1802.

The Premiums marked thus * arc new ones.

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Premiums adjudged for the Year 1801:

AUGUST MEETING.

To James Gregory, of Longworth-hall, for Coating 14 acres of
land, a silver cup, value Jive guineas.

To George Heinekey, of Wmsianley, for covering 22 acres of
land with compost, a silver cup, value five guineas.

To John Horridge, of Raikes, for covering 34 acres of land
with a compost of peat earth, lime, &c. a silver cup, value seven
guineas.

To William Baskervllle, of Chorley, for 36 years servitude as
farm-servant, cash Jive guineas.

To Nancy Taylor, of Hattcrsley, for 25 years servitude as
farm-servant, cash Jve guineas.

To John Arnold, of Ormsklrk, for bringing-up 15 children by
husbandry labour, without any parochial assistance, cash seven
guineas.

To James Kershaw, of Spotland, for brInging-up 12 children,
six guineas.

To John RIdgway, of Newton, for brlnging-up 10 children,
Jve guineas.

To Ralph Longworth, ofTurton, for draining 20 acres of land
with stone, a silver cup, value Jive guineas.

To Anne Priestnall'of Oughtrington-hall, for making 3 ton
4 cwt. of cheese for sale, a silver cup, value Jve guineas.

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To Richard Broadbent, of Bucklow-hill, for improving 4 acres
of waste land, a silver cup, value seven guineas.

To Samuel Frith, Esq. of Bank-hall, for laying down the great-
est quantity of land for grass, a silver cup, value seven guineas.

OCTOBER MEETING.

To Daniel Garner, servant to Croxton Johnson, of Wllmslow,
for ploughing 23 distinct acres of land, with a pair of horses and
without a driver, cash Jive guineas, and a pair of buck skin
breeches.

To William Flarpur, Esq. of Everton, for confining the river
Dane, by banking, a silver medal.

To R. A. Farrington, Esq. of Parrs-wood, for finding the best
bed of gravel, a silver cup, value seven guineas.

To John Becket, of Sutton, for his long horned bull, a silver
cup, value seven guineas.

To Robert Jackson, of Stretford, for his short horned bull, cash
three guineas.

To Samuel Frith, Esq. of Bank-hall, for the best ram, a silver
cup, value seven guineas.

To W. H. Worthington, of Hailwood, for the best boar, a
silver cup, value Jive gnlneas.

To Richard Crowther, of Bolton, for a one horse cart, cash
one guinea.

D

Mr. PETER HEWITT,
Mr. W. GREGORY.

^ccretarp*

JOHN ASHWORTH.

Names of the present Subscribers,

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED,

The Most Noble the DUKE of HAMILTON and BRANDON
The Right Hon the EARL of DERBY, KnowsUy
The Right Hon the EARL of STAMFORD and WARRINGTON,
Dunham Massey

The Right Hon the EARL CHOLMONDELEY, Cholmondeky hall
The Right Hon the EARL of HARRINGTON, Gawsxuorth
The Right Hon. the EARL of WILTON, Heaton House
The Right Hon. LORD VISCOUNT BULKELEY
♦ The Right Hon. LORD PENRHYN, WinningUn

* The Rev. Sir Thomas Broughton, Bart. Dodiington Hall

* The Rev. Sir William Henry Clerke, Bart. Bury
Sir Frank Standish, Bart. Duxbury

* Sir Watts Horton, Bart. Chaderton

* Sir Robert Peel, Bart. M. P. Bury

Sir John Edensor Hcathcote, Longton, Staffordshire

A

Ainsworth, Mr Richard, Moss hank
Allen, Mr. Kay, Bury

* Arden, John, Esq Ashley

* Atherton, John, Esq. Walton

- Ashworth, Mr John, Turton, near Bolton
Ainsley, Mr George, Stardisk
Ackers, James, Esq. Lark hill

B

■* Bamford, William, Esq. Bamford

* Bayley, Thomas, B. Esq F. R S. Hope

■* Blackburne, John, Esq. M P. and F. R. S. Q/fgrd •

* Brooke, Thomas Langford, Esq. Mere

* Brockholes, William Fitzheibcrt,’’Esq. Claughton
Bridge, Thomas, Esq. Davenham

Baldwen, John, Esq. Manchester
Beard, Thomas, Esq. Stockport
Backhouse, John, Esq. Liverpool
Barton, Henry, jun Mellor
Bateman, Thomas, Manchester
Bowness, William, Clerk, Stockport
Baron, Peter, Esq Walshaw house
Bardsley, S, A. M. D. Manchester

C

Chadwick, Thomas Esq.

Clarke, George Hyde, Esq. Hyde
Clifton, John, Esq Lytham
Coke, Thomas William, Esq M P Holkham
Crompton, Abraham, Esq Chorley hall
Cardwell, Richard, Esq Blackburn
Crooke, Samuel, jun. Esq. of Crooke

Craddock, John, Little Bolton
Clegg, William, Esq. Oldham

D

* Davenport, Davies, Esq. Capetthorne
Duckworth, Mr. George, Manchester
Downes, Edward, Esq Shrigley

E

^ Eccleston, Thomas, Esq Scarisbrick

* Egerton, William, Esq M. P. Tatton park

* Entwisle, John, Esq foxholes

F

Fletcher, Matthew, Esq. Clifton

* Ford, John, Esq Abbey Field
Ficlden, Robert, Esq. Prestbnry

* Frith, Samuel, Esq Bank hall
Fletcher, Ralph, Esq. Bolton
France, Thomas, Esq Bos took house
Fogg, Thomas, Bolton
Farrington, R. A, Esq. Parrs Wood

G

Gregory, Mr. William, Pendleton

* Glegg, John, Esq. Withington
Green, James, Esq M. P.

Gregory, Mr James, Longvjorth
Greenhall, Mr. William, Eccleston mills

H

Hesketh, Bold, Esq Rossall

* Hibbert, Robert, Esq. Birtles

* Hibbert, William, Esq Stockfeld
Holme, Rev Thomas, Holland
Holt, Mr. Robert, Lower place

■* Hornby, Rev. Geoffrey, Rector oj Winwick

Howard, John, Esq Liverpool

Howoi th, Mr. Adam, Lostock park

Hewitt, Mr. Peter, Pell hall

Harpur, Mr. Henry, Bank hall, near Liverpool

Haworth, Mr Edmund, Turton^ near Bolton

Hope, Mr. John, Manchester

Harpur, William, Esq. Everton
Horrocks, John, Esq. Penwortham Lodge
Horrocks, Samuel, Esq. Preston
Horridge, John, Pa?kes
Hobson, Edward, Pendleton
Hilton, James, Withington
Hardy, Samuel, Altringham

J

■* Johnson, Thomas, Esq. Manchester

* Johnson, Rev Cro.xton, Wilmslou)

Jones, Mr. Richard, Peel chapel
joddrell, Francis, Esq Henhury
Jones, Thomas, Esq. Manchester
Ishcrwood, Bradshaw John, Esq. Marple hall

K

Kearsley, James, Esq. Hulton
Knowles, Mr. Robert, Little Bolton
Kinder, Mr. Samuel, Hayfieid

L

Leaf, John, Esq. Pendleton
Lees, Mr. John, Fairfield

* Legh, John George, Esq High Legk

* Leigh, John, Esq Oughtrington
Leycester, George, Esq Tofit

* Lloyd, George, Esq Manchester
Lowien, Thomas, Esq. Temple, London
Lucas, Thomas, Esq Mabfield, near Manchester
Lomax, Mr. Robert, Harwood, near Bolton
Longworth, Mr. John, Heaton, near Bolton
Leigh, Edmund, Esq. Charley

Locke, Mr. David, Manchester

M

MbViven, Mr Charles, Manchester
Mordaunt, Charles Lewis, Esq. Halsall
Mallilieu, James, Manchester
Marsland, Samuel, Esq Manchester

N

* XoiTis, Henry, Esq. Davy Hulme

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Norton, Michael, Pendleton

Nuttal, John, Esq. Bury

Newton, James Antrobus, Esq. Stockpor t

O

Oldknow, Mr. Samuel, Mellor

P

Paterson, Mr. Ale.xander, Mancheiler
Philips, Mr. Samuel, the Daks

* Pilkington, John, Esq. Bolton
Philips, John, Esq. the Dales
Phillips, George, Esq. Manchester
Phillips, Shakespear, Esq. Manchester
Philips, Robert, Esq Park
Pickering, Joseph, Halliwell
Picki'ord, Thomas, Esq Pointon

R

Richardson, Thomas, Esq Manchester
Ridings, John, Esq Stockst near Manchester
Ridgway, Mr. John, jun Manchester

* Rigby, William, Esq Oldfield
Richardson, Mr. William, Pilkington
Ridgway, Thomas, Hortokk

S

Simpson, John, Esq. Hart hill

* Standish, Edward, Esq Standish
Stanley, J T. Esq Alderleypark
Slater, Thomas, Turton
Sudern, John, Turton

T

Tomkinson, Edward, Esq
Trafford, John, Esq Trafford
Taylor, Mr. William, Stand
Topping, James, Esq Whatcrofit hall

V

Varley, Mr. John, Manchester

* Wliite, Charles. Esq F. R. S. Manchester

* Wilbraham, G. Esq Delamere Lodge, near NanU

vjich

Wilkinson, John, Esq Castlehead

* Willis, Richard, Esq Hahnead hall
Worthington, Isaac, Esq Altringhain

* Worsley, Thomas Carnll, Esq. Flatt house
Wright, Mr Peter, Manchester

Wakefield, Thomas, Esq. Wavertree, near Liverpool
Wilde, James, Esq. Dane Bank
Worthington, George, Esq. Allringham
Wright, Lawrence, Esq Mottram St. Andreio
Wright, Nathaniel, Bointon
Wilbraham, Randle, Esq. Rode hall

Y

* Yates, Joseph, Esq Peel.

Astericks prefxed to the Names, denote that such Subscribers
have ojjiciated tzr V i c e Presidents.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

Right Hon. Lord Adam Gordon, Edinburgh

Right Hon Lord Sheffield, M P. of Shejfeld place, Susseu

Arthur Young, Esq F. R S of Bradfetd, Suffolk

Alexander Hunter, M. D. F. R. S. York

James Anderson, L. L. D.

Mr. Josiah Potts, of OUerton, near Knvtsjord

Monscigneur de Cully, Comte de Lyon, President; Mens L’Abbe de
Vitry, perpetual Secretary ; and M. Frossard, L L D Secretary for
Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Society of Agriculture at Lyons
The Members of the Agricultural Society for the County of Nottingham,
the West Riding ot the County of York, and the Odiam Society
Mr Charles Taylor, Secretary to the Society of Arts, London
Rev. Dr. Maunscl, Liineikk