The Quebec gazette = La gazette de Québec, 21 mai 1818, Cahier 2

[" ssheti lige Fo E kegs, Puncheon Board in Mue, groen add WHO HA à BALE A PE tar baies, Sheut Tron, a À cabs apmorted.\u201c+ Quebec Agricultural Society.PREMIUMS FOR 1818.ry HE Quebec Agricultural Society established under the Sanction and Patronage of His Excellency the Governor ix Crane, availing itself of the hberal pros visions of the Act passed at the last Session of the Provincial Parliament, and of the Fund raised by the Annual Subscriptions of the Members, offers the following Premiums, 1o be adjudged to Persons residing within the District of Quebec, al, and subsequently to, a Cattle Shew, Exhibition, and Ploughing Match, to be held at a place to be hereafter publicly notified, on Tuesday and Wednesday the 20th and 21st of Oclober next, viz: LIVE STOCK.Dolls.1.For the best Stallion of the genuine Canadian breed, of any age EY +4 40 2.Forthe second best do.do.= A ; 20 3: For the best Mare, do.doe, Cr 40 4.For the second best du, do.= 20 5.Forthehest Bull of the genuine Canadian breed © not less than tice years old - 40 6.For the second hest do.- 30 A.For the third best do.= - 20 8.For the best Cow of the genuine Canadian breed of any uge - - - 40 9.For the second best do.do.- 80 10.For the third best do.du.- 20 11.For the best Bull of any breed and age 30 12.For the second best do.do.- 20 13.For the best Cow of any breed and age 30 14.For the second best do.do.- 20 15.For the best Ram of any age - 20 16.For the uext hest do.do.- 10 17.For the best Ewes, notless than five in number 20 18.For the next best do.do.- 10 19, For thebest Weathers, not jess than fives aum- ber, & not less than 2 or more than 4 years old LO 20.For the next hest do.21.Yor the best Boar not jess than two years old 20 92.For the second best du.- - id 23.For the third best do.- - 5 24.For the best Sows, 2 in number, nol more than four nor less than one year old - 20 23.For the second best do.do.- 10 26.For the liest Pigs, not less than two in number, not less than four months old, nor more than eight months - à 27.For the next best do.- - 4 Ter per Cent in atdition will be allowed upon any of the above Live Stock raised and stil owned by the person shewing them for the Premium.For AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE & EXPERIMENTS.23.To the personwho shall raise the greatest weight of Wheat per arpent, not foi than two arpents so £0, To the Person who shall raise the greatest wéteht of Barley do.do.- 60 30.To the Person who shall raise the greatest weight of Oals do.do.- 40 81.To the Person who shall raise thy greatest weight of Pease do.do.2/7 - 40 32.To the Person who shall fati9\u201dthe greatest quantity of Potatoes dof o£ - 20 33.To the Person who sail raise the greatest quantity of Turmips du.de.- - 40 31.To the Person wha shall have produced and saved in good order the greatest weight of clean Timothy and Clover Hay per arpeut, not less than two arpents, fron land that hare a Crop of Grain and was seeded for Goass the preceding vear, without the addition of manure for the Hay Crop - - - 40 The foregoing Seven Premivms, each reduced to one half the amount, will also be adjudged to the best ef each Couuty, & the Premiums publicly distributed or paid hy the Officers of such Agricultural Societies as nay be established in any of the said Counties respectively, in connexion with this Society, or by such Persons as may here- afler be appointed in each County hy this Society 5 and the claiming or obtaming a Premium io a County competition, will not prevent any person from also being a Competitor for the same and every other Premivm in this List for the District Competition: provided that thesame person du not in any case receive asa Premium for the same article more than Tyyanég Pounds.85.To the Person who shad) raispr the greatest quantitÿ per arpent, totTess Haff one arpent, of any other Veretables pt aldefor the winter food of Cattle.and wheefrwhall-eltial in quantity the greatest Premium product of either of the two preceding vegetables - 30 $6.To the Person who shall introduce and bring into cultivation in this District any other Grain or Grass, and prove by actual experiment its superiority to any now in cultivation 37.To the Person who shall make the experiment of turning in Green Crops as a Manure, & prove its utility and cheapness over any other manure, giving a particular and certified account of the process and its resuits - - 20 88.To the Person who ba actual experiment, shall prove the best Season for laying down Lands to Grass in this District, whether Spring, Summer or Fall Sowing be preferable, and with or without Grain on different Soils, detailing the experi-