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Section 3.— LAND IMPROVEMENTS. 



1. GENERAL IMPROVEMENT OF ESTATES. 



To the Proprietor who shall report the most judicious, suc- 

 cessful, and extensive improvement — The Gold Medal, or Ten 

 Sovereigns. 



The merits of the Report will not be determined so much by the 

 mere extent of the improvements, as by their character and re- 

 lation to the size of the property. The improvements may com- 

 prise reclaiming, draining-, enclosing, planting, road-making, 

 building, and all other operations proper to landed estates. 

 The period within which the operations may have been con- 

 ducted is not limited, except that it must not exceed the term 

 of the reporter's proprietorship. 



Reports to be lodged by 1st May in any year. 



2. RECLAMATION OF WASTE LAND BY TILLAGE. 



1. For an approved Report by a Proprietor or Tenant of 

 having reclaimed within the six preceding years not less than 

 fifty acres of waste land — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. 



2. For an approved Report by a Tenant of having reclaimed 

 within the four preceding years not less than twenty acres of 

 waste land — The Medium Gold Medal, or Five Sovereigns. 



3. For a similar Report by a Tenant of having reclaimed not 

 less than ten acres — The Silver Medal. 



The Reports may comprehend such general observations on the 

 improvement of waste lands as the writer's experience may lead 

 him to make, but must refer especially to the lands reclaimed — 

 to the nature of the soil — the previous state and probable value 

 of the subject — the obstacles opposed to its improvement — the 

 details of the various operations — 'the mode of cultivation 

 adopted — and the produce and value of the crops produced. 

 As the required extent cannot be made up of different patches 

 of land, the improvement must have relation to one subject; it 

 must be of a profitable character, and a rotation of crops must 

 have been concluded before the date of the report. A detailed 

 statement of the expenditure and return, and a certified measure- 

 ment of the ground, are requisite. 



Reports to be lodged by 1st May in any year. 

 3. IMPROVEMENT OF NATURAL PASTURE WITHOUT TILLAGE. 



1. For an approved Report of an improvement of the pastur- 

 age of not less than thirty acres, by means of top-dressing, 

 draining, or otherwise without tillage, in situations where tillage 

 may be inexpedient — The Gold Medal or Ten Sovereigns. 



