26 PEEMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1880. 



20. On experiments for ascertaining the actual addition of 

 weight to growing or fattening Stock, by the nse of dirferent 

 lands of food — Twenty Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st 

 November in any year. 



The attention of the Experimenter is directed to turnips, carrots, beet, 

 inaugold-wnrzel, potatoes, cabbage, as well as to beans, oats, barley, 

 Indian corn, Hnseed, oil-cake or rape-cake, and to the eft'ect of warmth 

 and proper ventilation, and the difference between food cooked and 

 raw. The above roots and other kinds of food are merely suggested ; 

 competitors are neither restricted to them nor obliged to experiment 

 on all of them. 



When experiments are made with linseed and cake, attention should l^e 

 paid to the comparative advantages, economically and otherwise, of 

 the substance in these two states. 



Before commencing the comparative experiments, the animals must be 

 fed alike for some time pre\aously. 



The progress of different breeds may be compared. This Avill form an 

 interestmg experiment of itself, lor Rejjorts of which encouragement 

 will be Lfiven. 



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N.B. — The experiments specified in the two previous subjects must be 

 conducted over a period of not less than three months. No lot shall 

 consist of fewer than four Cattle or ten Sheep. The animals selected 

 should be of tiie same age, sex, and breed, and, as nearly as possible, 

 of the same weight, condition, and maturity. The live weight before 

 and after the exjseriment must be stated, and, if killed, their dead 

 weiglit and (juantity of tallow. 



21. On the results of different modes of feeding on the quan- 

 •f- tity and quality of Butter and Cheese produced — Ten Sovereigns. 



To be lodged by 1st i^ovember 1880. 



22. On the Border Leicester Breed of Sheep, and the means 

 J* that have been or might be used for its improvement — The Gold 



Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 

 1880. 



23. On the breeding of Horses for the farm, road, or field, their 

 treatment when young, and the adaptability of the various soils 

 to the breeding and rearing of Horses — Twenty Sovereigns. To 

 be lodged by 1st November 1880. 



Tliis Eeport is confined to breeders of horses, who are requested to state 

 their own exjjeriments and results. 



The Eeport must state the diseases arising from pastming on the vari- 

 ous soils, and how to prevent them. 



24. On the value of Inoculation as a prevention of Pleuro- 

 pneumonia Contagiosa ; the best method of performing the opera- 

 tion ; the favourable and unfavourable results, and statistics — 

 Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1880. 



