186 ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 



various communications that have been received from all quarters botli m 

 England and Scotland, but among the rest the Council feel bound to men- 

 tion the letters of Mr. Edward Carroll, Agricultural Superintendent on the 

 estates of Sir William Wrexon Beecher, Bart., near Mallow, which are full of 

 the most practical and useful suggestions. Among the rest Mr. Carroll has 

 sent up no less than twenty names of tenants on the above estates who had 

 subscribed £2 iSi". in small contributions in order to form a connection with 

 the Central Society — an example which it is hoped will be generally 

 followed." 



Arrangements were made for the Agricultural Show to be held in 1842. 

 It was decided to give medals and money prizes in the classes for breeding 

 animals, and medals only in the classes for fat stock. In the former classes 

 money to the amount of £a^%a^ was to be awarded, together with ig Silver 

 and 2 Gold Medals. In the classes for fat stock there were to be awarded, 

 13 Silver Medals ; 2 Gold Medals. 



The classes provided for were : — 

 CATTLE. 



Shorthorned swine. 



Hereford 



Longhorned No particular variety. 



Ayrshires named 



Devons horses. 



West Highlands ^ 4. tlt 



T^ *=" Cart Horses 



^„ __ Thoroughbred 



SHEEP. ^ 



Leicester Cotswold and other 



Longwoolled. 

 Southdowns Spanish 



DONKEYS. 



The interesting peculiarity of the provisions of the schedule is the high 

 value of the first prizes — 25 and 20 Sovereigns ; the providing prizes for 

 Longhorned, Ayrshire, Devon, and West Highland cattle ; the giving of 

 prizes for plough oxen that had been fattened, and in the sheep classes the 

 offering of prizes for fat sheep of two and three years only. For pigs, prizes 

 were offered for fat pigs two years old, and the lowest age for competing 

 fat swine was thirteen months. 



Ten Silver Medals were provided as prizes for essays and works as 

 follows : — 



1. An essay on Manures, showing methods of use. 



2. Essay on Neat cattle. Kinds most adapted to Ireland. 



3. Essay on the general diseases of cattle and their remedies. 



4. Essay on the draining of land and its effects. 



5. Essay on the improvement of waste and bogland in Ireland. 



6. Essay on the building of cottages suited to small farmers and the 

 labouring classes. 



7. To the proprietor who in 1841-42 has erected on his property 

 the greatest number of the best cottages. 



8. The proprietor or tenant who shall, in 1841-42, plant trees on the 

 greatest number of acres, not less than 50. 



9. The proprietor or tenant who shall have successfully executed the 



