18 PREMIUMS OFFEEED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1868. 



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 measurement of the ground, are requisite. 

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



3. IMPEOVEMENT OF NATURAL PASTURE WITHOUT TILLAGE. 



1. For an approved Report of an improvement of the pasturage 

 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. 



2. For an approved Report of a similar improvement of not 

 less than ten acres — The Silver Medal. 



Reports must state the particular mode of management adopted, the 

 substances applied, the elevation and nature of the soil, its previous 

 natural products, and the changes produced. 



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



Section 3.— AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. 



INVENTION OR IMPROVEMENT OF IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY. 



For approved Reports of such inventions or improvements, by 

 the reporters, of any agricultural implement or machine as shall 

 be deemed by the Society of public utility — Medals, or sums of 

 money not exceeding Fifty Sovereigns. 



Reports may be lodged -with the Secretary at any time, and shoidd 

 be accompanied by drawings and descriptions of the implement or 

 machine, and, if necessary, by a model. 



Section 4.— WOODS AND PLANTATIONS. 



1. EXTENSIVE PLANTING. 



For an approved Report by a Proprietor who shall, within the 

 live preceding years, have planted not less than 150 acres. The 

 whole planting operations that may have been conducted by the 

 reporter within the five years, whether completed or not, must 

 be embraced, and he must state the expense — description of soil 

 — age, kind, and number of trees planted per acre — mode of 

 planting, draining, and fencing — general state of the plantation 

 — and any other observations of interest — The Gold Medal. 



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

 2. FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG PLANTATIONS. 



For an approved Report of Plantations formed within a period 

 of not more than ten, nor less than five years preceding the date 

 of the Report — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. 



