xliv Prizes for Essays and Reports. 



Vn. EARLY AND LATE SOWING OF ROOT CROPS. 



Ten Sovereigns will be g-iven for the best Essay on the results^ 

 of early and late sowing of turnips and other root crops. 



To avoid mildew, it is found advisable in many parts of the coimtry to 

 sow late, even at some sacrifice in weight of crop. State, 



1. The practice of different districts in this respect, with any exceptional 



cases which may be well established. 



2. The comparative weight of early and late sown turnips or other root 



crop. The crops to be compared must have been sown in the same 

 season, on the same description of laud, and treated alike in every 

 respect but the time of sowing. 



3. The causes of mildew in early sown turnips. 



Vni. ANY OTHER AGRICULTURAL SUBJECT. 



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

 agricultural subject. 



For 1858 :— 

 ix. drilling corn 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 recommended, but competitors will 

 be at liberty to adopt any other winch 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, G, 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 pecks 



respectively. 



Hie Reports or Essays competing for the first eight of these Prizes must be 

 sent to the Secretary of the Society, at 12, Hanovei' Square, London, on 

 or before March 1, 1857, and in the case of No. 9, on or before March 1, 

 1858. Contributors of Papers are requested to retain Copies of their 

 Communications, as the Society ca?inot be responsible for their return. 



EULES, &C. 



