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Premiums offered by the Board of Agrieutture. 



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complish the saving of food, and the 

 ascertaining the comparative expence. 

 — A Piece of Plate of the value of 

 Thirty Guineas. 



No. VI. — Mangel jrurzel. 



To the person who shall, in the year 

 1821, cultivate the greatest niiinher of 

 acres (not less than ten,) under Mangel 

 AViirzel, applying the same to the sup- 

 port of live stock — The Gold Medal, or 

 Twetity Guineas. 

 No. VII. — Rust or Mildew in Jf^heaf. 



To the person who shall communi- 

 cate to the Board the most important 

 information, founded on actual experi- 

 ment, of the causes of the rust in wheat, 

 and the means of preventing it — One 

 Hundred Guineas. 



No VIII. — Salt as Manure. 



To the person who shall make, and 

 report to the Board, the most satisfac- 

 tory experiments to ascertain the ad- 

 vantages or disadvantages wliich have 

 attended the use of salt as a manure, 

 either simple or mixed with other sub- 

 stances — The Gold Medal, or Fifty 

 Pounds. 



No. IX.— Burnt Clay. 



To the person who shall communi- 

 cate to the Board, the best account of 

 the effects of manuring land by burnt 

 clay, or soil ashes, supported by direct 

 experiments — The Gold Medal. 



To the person who shall communi- 

 cate to the Board, under the preceding 

 conditions of trial, an account, the se- 

 i'ond in, merit — The Silver Medal, or 

 Twenty-five Guineas. 



No. X.— Boys. 



To the person who shall make, and 

 report (o theBoard, the most satisfactory 

 experiments on the improvement of 

 deep peat-bogs, and bringing them into 

 a state of profitable cultivation— 7%e 

 Gold Medal, or Fifty Guineas. 



No. XI. — Best Cultioated Farms. 



Tlie Board of Agriculture propose to 

 give their Gold Medal, or a Piece of 

 Plate, to each of such County, or large 

 District Agricultural Societies (as shall 

 make application to the Board, through 

 their President or Vice-President, for 

 it,) to be offered by them for the best 

 cultivated farm within their respective 

 county or district ; such Societies en- 

 gaging to make the proposal public, 

 and to appoint an inspector or inspec- 

 t<irs to view the farms of the claimants ; 

 the report and adjudication, together 

 with a statement of the system pursued 

 by tlie successful candidate. 



In cases where the Premium shall be 

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adjudged to a tcnanf, he may have the 

 option of Twenfy-five Pounds, or a 

 Piece of Plate of tliat value. 



No. y:.U.— Exhibition of Stock. 



The Board, impressed with the im- 

 portance of improving the several and 

 various breeds of Cattle and*Sheep in 

 the United Kingdom, and convinced 

 that most of the varieties of cattle and 

 sheep now in being, are severally 

 adapted to various soils, situations and 

 uses- — that all are susceptible of im- 

 provement in tlieir respective walks, 

 by care and attention, and that it is 

 impossible to select any one breed of 

 cattle or sheep, possessing and uniting 

 within itself, all those useful properties 

 which are found at present so wisely 

 distributed among the many, and which 

 the ingenuity of man will best display 

 itself by applying and adapting to the 

 several soils,' situations and uses, for 

 which tiiey- appear to be best fitted— do 

 hereby offer, 



To the several Breeders of the six 

 best bulls of any sort or kind kept in 

 the United Kingdom, the merits where- 

 of are to be considered on a comparison 

 with other bulls of the same breed — A 

 Piece of Plate of the value of Thirty 

 Pounds, each. 



To the several Breeders of the six 

 best cows, or heifers in calf, or with 

 calves by their sides — A Piece of Plate 

 of the value of Twenty Pounds, each. 



To the several Breedei-s of the six 

 best rams of any sort or kind kept in 

 the United Kingdom, the merits where- 

 of are to be considered on a comparison 

 with rams of the same breed — A Piece 

 of Plate of the value of Fifteen Pounds, 

 each. 



To the several Breeders of the six 

 best pen of breeding ewes, either with, 

 or without Lambs by their sides ; each 

 Pen to contain three ewes — A Piece of 

 Plate of the value of Ten Pounds, each. 



To the several Breeders of the six 

 best boars, the merits whereof are to be 

 considered on a comparison with boars 

 of the same breed — A Piece of Plate 

 of the value of Ten Pounds, each. 



To the several Breeders of the six 

 best breeding sows, the merits whereof 

 are to be considered on a comparison 

 with sows of the same breed — A Piece 

 of Plate of the value of Ten Pounds, 

 each. 



To the Breeder of the best draught 

 stallion — symmetry, action, and power 

 duly considered — A Piece of Plate of 

 the value of Thirty Pounds. 



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