Prizes for Essays and Reports, xiii 



Competitors will be required to point out — 



1. The connection between certain recognised signs of early maturity, 



as smallness of bone, shape of the ears, mellowness of skin, &c., 

 with the determination of the animal frame to produce fat or 

 muscle. 



2. The tendency of certain articles of food to fatten stock, and the 



adaptation of others to maintain the general frame in a growing 

 state. 



3. The disposition of certain breeds to secrete fat externally, and of 



others internally. 



4. The mode in which beans and acorns occasion hardness of flesh in 



the animals fed on them. 



These Essays, except N'o. 9, must he sent to the Secretary, at 12, Hanover 

 Square, on or before March \st, 1843. 



RULES OF COMPETITION FOR PRIZE ESSAYS. 



1. That all information contained in Prize Essays shall be founded on 

 experience or observation, and not on simple reference to books, or other 

 sources. 



2. That drawings, specimens, or models, shall accompany writings re- 

 quiring them. 



3. That all competitors shall transmit a sealed note, containing their 

 names and addresses, with a motto on it to correspond with the one inscribed 

 on the Essay. 



4. That the Society shall have the power to publish the whole or any part 

 of the Essays which gain the prizes: and the other Essays will be returned 

 on the application of the writers. 



5. That the Society is not bound to give an award, unless they consider 

 one of the Essays worthy of a prize. 



6. That, in all reports of experiments, the expenses shall be accurately 

 detailed : that only the Imperial weights and measures are those by which 

 calculations are to be made : that prizes may be taken either in money or 

 plate, at the option of the successful candidates; and that no prize be given 

 tor any Essay which has already appeared in print. 



