Prizes for Essays and Reports. xiii 



V. Management of Oats. 



Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the 

 Management of Oats. 



1. Soil best adapted to oats. 



2. Whether the effect of the cooler climate of Scotland in pro- 



ducing superior oats can be compensated in the southern 

 parts of the island by any improvement of cultivation. 



3. Different varieties as suited to different situations and different 



purposes. 



4. General management. 



VI. Rearing and Management of Poultry. 



Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the Rearing 

 and Management of Poultry. 



1. Construction of poultry-house. 



2. Rearing young broods of fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys, and 



Guinea-fowls. 



3. Limit, if any, of numbers, in proportion to size of farm. 



4. Diff'erent kinds of food. 



5. Diff'erent varieties or breeds. 



6. Best mode of fattening according to the received practice of 



districts which aff'ord the chief supply of each kind of poultry 

 to the London market. 



VII. Climate of British Islands in its effect on Cultivation. 



Fifty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the Climate of 

 the British Islands in its efi'ect on Cultivation. 



1. Increase of winter cold in passing from south to north, and from 



west to east. 



2. Diff'erent distribution of heat in the various seasons of the year, 



3. Diff'erent amount of insensible vapour in the atmosphere on the 



western and eastern sides of England and Ireland. 



4. Different amount oi sensible moisture or fogs. 



5. Diff'erent degree of general cloudiness of the sky. 



6. Different annual quantity of rain, and diff'erence in the distri- 



bution of rain, with the signs of its approach. 



