PREmu:kIS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1877. 25 



Twenty Sovereigns. To be lodged bv 1st iSTovember in any 



year. 



The Report must detail the comparative result of actual experunents. 

 The same quantities and kinds of food must be used. Information 

 is required as to the comparative expense of attendance, the cost of 

 erecting the buildings, and any other circumstance deserving of 

 attention. The state of the weather during the experiment, in point 

 of temperature and wetness, must be particulariy noted and reported.* 



15. On experiments for ascertaining the actual addition of 

 weight to growing or fattening Stock, by the use of different 

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

 November in any year. 



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

 mangold wurzel, potatoes, cabbage, as well as to beans, oats, barley, 

 Indian corn, linseed, oil-cake or rape-cake, and to the effect of warmth 

 and proper ventilation, and the dilference 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 be 

 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\'iously. 



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

 interesting experiment of itself, for reports of which encouragement 

 will be given.* 



* The experiments specified in Nos, 14 and 15 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 the 

 same age, sex, and breed, and, as nearly as possible, of the same weight, 

 condition, and maturity. The live weight before and after the experi- 

 ment must be stated, and, if killed, their dead weight and quiuitity of 

 tallow. 



1<). On the Galloway Breed of Cattle, and tlie means that 

 have been or might be used for its improvement — The CtoUI 

 Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1877. 



17. On the breeding of Horses for the road or held, and their 

 treatment wlien young — Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st 

 November 1877. 



This Report is confined to breeders of horses, who are requested to state 

 their own experiments and results. 



18. On the adaptability of the various soils to the breeding 

 and riiaring of Horses — Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by Ist 

 November 1S77. 



The Report must state the diseases arising from pasturing on the various 

 soils, and how to prevent them. 



