■iVj6 Scientific Netes, Accounts of Books^ (3e. 



SCIENTIFIC NEWS, ACCOUNTS OF BOOKS, ((c. 



Premiums offered by the Board of Agriculture. 



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X. HIS Board having been required by a committee of the Houfe of Lords, " to examine 

 '' into, and report to their lordfliips, the beft means of converting certain portions of grafs 

 " lands into tillage, without exhaufting the foil, and of returning the fame to grafs, after 

 " a certain period, in an improved ftate, or at leaft without injury," and being defirous 

 ^hat their information, on a fubjed of fo great importance, fhould be compleat — adapted 

 to every fort of foil, and founded on the moft ample experience — ^have come to the re- 

 folution of offering the following premiums for that purpofe, viz. 



To the perfon who (hall produce, on or before the firft day of February, i8oi, the beft 

 and mod fatisfadory efiay on the fubjed before mentioned, diftinguiftiing refpeftively, 

 what part of the plan recommended, or of the details given, is the refult of a£tual 

 experiment, accurate obfervation, or well-authenticated information — Two Hutidred 

 Pounds. 



For the fecond befl — One Hundred Pounds. 

 For the third beft; — Sixty Pounds. 

 For the fourth beft — Forty Pounds. 

 And to fuch perfons who may communicate information, which, though ufeful, may be 

 confidered of lefs importance, fmaller rewards, proportioned to the opinion of the Board. 



It is required that each cffay fliall fully detail the courfe of crops, regard being had 

 to the varieties of foil, and the time propofed for continuing the land under tillage. 

 Alfo, to explain the cafes in which it may be eligible to drain land, previous to tillage. 

 In what cafes paring and burning are advantageous, with diredtions thereon, regard 

 being had to the fubfequent cropping. 

 The depth to which grafs lands fhould, at firft breaking up, be ploughed. 

 Whether the crops, intended for cattle and fheep, are to be fed on the land, and by 

 which kind of ftock, or carted off. 

 To ftate— 



The crop with which the grafs feedsi in each cafe, ought to be fown, when the land 



fliall be again laid down : 

 The forts and quantities of grafs feeds for each kind of foil, and whether to be pro- 

 vided by landlord or tenant : 

 Whether it be beft to mow or feed the grafs in the firft year after laying down— to 



detail the management in each cafe : 

 The manuring which may be thought neceflary : 



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