xl Prizes for Essays and Reports. 



lY. DRILLING COEN AT DIFFERENT WIDTHS. 



Ten Sovereigns will be given for the best Report on the result of 



drilling wheat at different widths with the same quantities of 



seed, and also with different quantities of seed per acre. 



The following set of experiments is recommeudcd, but competitors will 

 be at liberty to adopt any other which will furnish the information 

 reqiured. The trial plots must not contain less than half an acre 

 each : — 



Plots 1, 2, 3, drilled at 12 inches from row to row with 4, 6, and 

 8 pecks of seed per acre, respectively. 



Plots 4 and 5, at 10 inches from row to row, with 6 and 8 pecks 

 respectively. 



Plots 6 and 7, at 8 inches from row to row, with 6 and 8 pedis 

 respectively. 



V. MANAGEMENT OF BREEDING CATTLE. 

 Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the 

 Management of a Herd of Breeding Cattle, with especial 

 reference to the kind of diet, tlie treatment, and the condition 

 best calculated to ensure regular fecundity and successful 

 gestation ; and on the causes which operate adversely in par- 

 ticular seasons. 



VI. MANURING GRASS LAND. 

 Twenty Soveukigns will be given for the best Keport on the Im- 

 provement of Grass Land by the use of different manures or 

 manurial substances. Quantities and cost must be stated, as 

 well as the time and mode of application. 



VII. LARGE AND SMALL FARMS. 

 Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the Com- 

 parative Advantages of Large and Small Farms, whether 

 adapted for Dairy, Arable, or Grazing purposes. 



VIIL Al^JY OTHER AGRICULTURAL SUBJECT. 

 Ten Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on any other 

 agricidtural subject. 



Beports or Essays competing for the Prizes must be sent to the Secre- 

 tary of the Society, at 12, Hanover Square, London, on or before 

 March 1, 1858. Contribvtois of Papers are requested to retain Copies 

 of their Communication!', as tlie Society cannot be responsible for their 

 return. 



Pules, &c. 



