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Efc'X' ^/ar/vr/y Report. 



Since laft report, the weather has been exceedingly fickle, till within 

 this laft three weeks, in whicli period it 'was excefiivvly hot, and afford- 

 ed a fine time for the hay harvelh GrafTes, though tiiin aiid light, have 

 been got up in excellent order. The clover, however, promifes a great- 

 er abundance ; and fliould the weather Hill remain fettled, wlrich iherL- is 

 every appearance of, a iiner leafon will not bo recollected'. Tare'', ow^ 

 ^npj to the fhowers at the latter end of April, have revived beyond ex- 

 peftation. The grain crops look well throughout the county. ^ Wheats^ 

 which were mucli injured in tiie winter, are conliderably improved Peas,' 

 beans, barley, and oats, are ver)' ftrong and healthy. Hops, which 

 fliooted at firll very unkindly, are now in a flourifhing ftate, aid quite 

 free from the infe£i. Harvell will generally commence in three weeks. 

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The following Rewards for Agricultural Improvements, were beflowcd 

 by the Society of Arts, at their Meeting on the 3 ill May lail. 



To the Right Hon. the Earl of Fife, for his extenfive plantations of 

 foreft trees, and other agricultural improvements in North Britain, the 

 gold medal. 



To Lord VifcoURt Newark, for encouraging the growth of oak tim- 

 ber, by fowing acorns and planting oaks, in Nottinghamfhirey the gold 

 medal. 



To John Shirreff Efq. of Captain Head, North Britain, for his plan- 

 tation of ofiers, clafs 9, the gold medal. 



To the Rev. T. C. Mannings, of Eaa Dereham, in Norfolk, for 

 his experiments on the culture and prefervatiou of turnips, the gold me- 

 dal. 



To Mr John Knapping, of South Sh.oebury, in the county of EfTex, 

 for gaining 230 acres of land from the fea, the gold medal. 



To Mr John Wright of Pickworth, in Rutlandihire, for comparative 

 experiments in agriculture, the gold medah 



To John Chrillian Curwen Efq. M. P. of Workington liall, in Cum- 

 berland, for his experiments on feeding cattle with potatoes, the fdver 

 medal. 



To the Rev. Edmund Cartwright, of Woburn, in Bedfordlhire, for 

 a three-furrow plough, the filver medal. 



To Dr H. Ainllie, of Dover Street, London, for his j)lantations of 

 timber trees, near the lakes of Windermere and Coniflon, the filver me- 

 dal. 



To Benjamin Waddington Efq. of Lanover Houfe, near Abergaven- 

 ny, for improvements of boggy land, in South Wales, the filver medal. 



To Mr David Charles, of Weftmead Langhorne, Carmaerthenfliire, 

 for a machine for laying land level, the filver medal. 



To Mr Robert Green, of Wefturrating, in Cambridgefhire, for a drill 

 machine (or fowing peas, beane, dec. the filver medal, and ten guineas. 



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