Aioard of Frizes for Essays and Reports. xli 



John Coleman, of Deene, near Wansford : the Prize of Thirty Sovereigns, 

 for the best Account of Under-Drainage. 



James Buckman, Professor of Botany in the Royal Agricultural College, 

 Cirencester : the Prize of Twenty Sovereigns, for the best Essay on 

 Agricultural Weeds. 



Isaac Seaman (Veterinary Surgeon), Saffron Walden : the Prize of Ten 

 Sovereigns, for the best Essay on Giddiness in Ewes at Lambing. 



AViLLiAM Wallace Fyfe, of Nottingham : the Prize of Ten Sovereigns, for 

 his Report on the Management and Economical Values of Timber. 



<'lare Sewell Read, of Plumstead, near Norwicli : tlic Prize of Fifty 

 Sovereigns, for the best Report on the Farming of Buckinghamshire. 



Henry Evershed, of Albury, near Guildford : the I'rize of Fifty Sovereigns, 

 for the best Report on the Farming of Warwickshire. 



John Coleman, of Deene, near Waustbrd : the Prize of Forty Sovereigns, 

 for the best Essay on the Causes of Fertility and Barrenness in Soils, so 

 far as observation and science have hitherto enabled them to be 

 ascertained. 



Isaac Seaman (Veterinary Surgeon), of Saffron Walden : the Prize of Twenty 

 Sovereigns, for the best account of the Nature and Treatment of Lame- 

 ness in Sheep and Lambs. 



Rev. W. R. Bowditch, of St. Andrew's, Wakefield : the Prize of Thirty 

 Sovereigns, for the l)est Essay on the Chemical Changes which occur in 

 the Decomposition of Dung. 



Robert Vallektine (Land-Surveyor), of Burcott Farm, Leighton-Buzzard : 

 the Prize of Ten Sovereigns, for the best Essay on the Retention of 

 Moisture in Turnip-Soils. 



James Buckman, Professor of Geology in the Royal Agricultural College, 

 Cirencester : the Prize of Twenty Sovereigns, for tlie best Essay on the 

 Roots of the Wheat Plant, including a description of their Cirowth and 

 Development. 



Robert Smith, of Emmett's Grange, Southmolton : the Prize of Twenty 

 Sovereigns, for the best account of the different modes of bringing Moor- 

 land into Cultivation. 



Thomas F. Jamieson, of P'^llon, Aberdeenshire : the Prize of Forty Sove- 

 reigns, for the best Essay on the Chemical Results superinduced in 

 Newly-deepened Soil by Atmospheric Action. 



Peter Love, of Naseby Manor Farm, Northamptonshire : tlie Prize of 

 Twenty Soveueigns, for the best Essay on the different Mechanical 

 Modes of Deei)ening the Staple-Soil, in order to give it the full benefit of 

 Atmospheric Influence. 



Thomas William Player Isaac (Land-Surveyor), of Terrace Walks, Bath : 

 the Prize of Twenty Sovereigns, for the best Essay and Plans for the 

 Construction of Labourers' Cottages, with special reference to Domestic 

 Convenience. 



