50 PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1888. 



locality and nature of the soil in which they are cultivated, or which 

 they naturally inhabit, with their qualities or uses ; and it is further 

 requested that the descriptions be accomjianied, in so far as possible, 

 with specimens of the plants, and their fruit, seed, and other products. 



4. On the comparative advantages of fattening Cattle in 

 stalls, courts, or covered yards — Twenty Sovereigns. To be 

 lodged by 1st November in any year. 



The Report must detail the comparative result of actual experiments. 

 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 circumstances deserving of 

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

 of tempei'ature and wetness, and the advantages or disadvantages of 

 clipping cattle put up to feed, must be particularly noted and re- 

 ported. 



5. 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 com]:>arative 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 previously. 



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

 interesting experiment of itself, for Reports of which encouragement 

 will be given. 



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 foixr 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 experiment must be stated, and, if killed, their dead 

 weight and quantity of tallow. 



6. On Dairy Management, giving the most approved systems 



of Butter and Cheese Making, the use of the Thermometer, and 



the best Dairy Utensils — Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st 



November 1888. 



The Eeport must be thoroughly practical, and embrace the writer's own 

 experience of butter and cheese making. 



7. On the Comparative Feeding Value of Ensilage alone or 



with other ordinary Farm produce — Fifteen Sovereigns. To be 



lodged by 1st February 1889. 



The Report must detail the comparative result of actual experiments ; and 

 the same quantities and kinds of food must be used. 



