xl Prizes for Essays and Reports. 



IV. DRILLING CORN AT DIFFERENT WIDTHS. 



Ten SovEUEiGJiS will be given for tlie 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 recommended, luit competitors will 

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

 required. 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 jjer acre, respectively. 



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

 respectively. 



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

 respectively. 



V. MANAGEMENT OF BREEDING CATTLE. 

 TwENTV SovEUEiGXS will be given for the best Essay on the 

 Management of a Herd of Breeding Cattle, with especial 

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

 best calculated to ensure regular fecundity and successful 

 gestation ; and on the causes m hicli operate adversely in par- 

 ticular seasons. 



VI. MANURING GRASS LAND. 

 Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Report on the Im- 

 provement of Grass Land by tlie 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 Earms, whether 

 adapted for Dairy, Arable, or Grazing purposes. 



VIII. ANY OTHER AGRICULTURAL SUBJECT. 

 Ten Sovkijeigns will be given for the best Essay on any otlier 

 agricultural subject. 



Reports or Essays competing for the Prizes must he sent to the Secre- 

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

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

 of their Comynunications, as tlie Society cannot he responsible for their 

 return, 



PiULES, etc. 



