xii Prizes for Essays and Reports. 



sures and hedge-row timber, and the extent to which they 

 ought to be removed, unless in high situations, where they 

 may be required for shelter. 



5. The causes and remedies for the foulness of arable land, whether 



with couch or rootweeds. 



6. The defective cultivation of the turnip crops, and the best 



mode of management, keeping in view the peculiar moisture 

 of the climate. 



7. The advisability or otherwise of abandoning the alternate system 



of arable and grass cultivation in the western parts of the 

 county. 



8. The quality of the soil on the moor-lands, and the advisability 



of bringing them into cultivation, with any instances of 

 success in such improvements. 



9. The formation of catch-meadows in valleys or on mountain 



sides, according to the cheapest methods, with an account of 

 the improved value thus given to the land so employed. 



10. The state of the labourers as to employment, with the means 



of increasing it, and as to their habitations. 



III. Abortion in Cows. 



Thirty Sovereigns will be given for the best Report on Prevention 

 of Abortion in Cows. 



1. The extent of its prevalence. 



2. The causes thereof. 



3. The means of prevention. 



IV. Diseases of Cattle and Sheep occasioned by Mis- 

 management. 



Thirty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the Diseases 

 of Cattle and Sheep occasioned by Mismanagement. 



1. Insufficient food in different stages of growth. 



2. Insufficient sheUer and exposure to rain and cold. 



3. Insufficient drainage of soil. 



4. Carelessness of shepherds and feeders. 



5. Inattention to contagiousness of disorders. 



6. Inattention to first symptoms of disorders. 



