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 ESSAYS AND REPORTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. 



prue^ for 1843. 



PRIZE ESSAYS. 



1. Artificial Food for Cattle or Sheep. 



Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 

 for the best trial of the relative value of different sorts of Artificial Food 

 for Cattle or Sheep. 



Competitors will be required to attend to the following conditions in 

 their prosecution of experiments on this subject : — 



1. One or more head of cattle or sheep to be put to each of the sorts of 



artificial food selected for trial. 



2. To ascertain by measurement or weighing the state of the animals 



when first put to feed, and at given intervals afterwards. 



3. When the increase has been ascertained at the end of one or two 



months, the experiment to be reversed, and the animals put to the 

 sort of food which in the first month was consumed by their com- 

 petitors, and the increase ascertained in a manner similar to that 

 applied in the first month. 



4. In all cases, the quantity of food consumed by each class of cattle 



or sheep to be accurately stated. 



2. Natural Food for Cattle or Sheep. 



Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 

 for the best trial of the relative value of different sorts of Natural Food 

 for Cattle or Sheep. 



Competitors will be required to attend to the same conditions in 

 reference to this prize as in the preceding. 



3 Horse and Ox Teams. 



Ten Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for 

 the best Essay on the Comparative Advantages in the Employment of 

 Horses and Oxen in Farming Work. 



Competitors will be required to attend to the following conditions : — 



1. The age and breed of both horses and oxen, with the time at which 



they were first put to work, must be accurately stated. 



2. Both horses and oxen to be in good working condition, and regularly 



employed on the same farm (stating the nature of the soil) during 

 a whole year. 



3. The amount of work, whether on road or field, of each pair of horses 



and oxen ; together with remarks upon the manner in which that 

 work has been performed ; and its separate value. 



4. The cost of maintenance and farriery of each pair of horses and 



oxen ; including the separate charge for management. 



