5.—1846.] THE 
AGRICULTURAL Crepe baa 79 
ovat AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 7 
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OF ENGLAN 
PRIZES m Poo 2 AR 1816, 
PRIZES FOR IMPROVING "THE BREED OF 
ATTLE: 1846. 
No HORNS 
40l- To the owner of the best Bull calyód ‘prev! iously to the Ist 
Bu 
150 To of tie second-best ditt 
201 To o S f the best Bull salve Wes the Istof January, 
844, and anh than one year 
150 To the owner of the best Cow in nine or in calf. 
(In the case of the Cow being in calf, and notin milk, the 
prize will not be given until she is certified to have pro- 
duced a calf, 
15) To p d ner of the best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding three 
yea 
107 T5 a ME of the best Yearling Heifer, 
10% To the owner of the best Bull-calf, not exceeding one year 
HEREFORDS. 
401 To the NN of the best Bull calved previously to the Ist 
y 1844. 
150 To on uds of the second-best dit 
201 To the oe ner of the best Boil ealed E the Istof January, 
nd not more than one year 
150 To tis o owner of the best Cow in. SE or in calf, 
(In the ease of the cow being in calf, and not in milk, the 
yee or ek be given until she is ‘certified to have pro- 
150 g^ ae owner p the best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding three 
10} Ti tho ge of the best Yearling Heifer, 
101 To the owner of the best Bull- calf, not exceeding one year 
old. 
ONS. 
401 E us d B the m zu calved previously to the Ist of 
150 To pane RS ^ the second-best ditto 
201 To the owen ok the best Bull caved since the 1st of January, 
, ani 'e than one year old. 
15l To the nes NE the hoo Cow i A milk or in calf, 
(In the case of the cow being in calf, and not in milk, the 
prize m Hoe bé ek GL SIG is tasted to Hava pro- 
due 
150 To the em of the best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding three 
years oli 
100 To the owner of the best Yea arling Heifer. 
101 To the owner of the best Bull-calf, not exceeding one year 
3 TLE OF ANY BREED: 
Not quali; fed to sone in the foregoing classes. 
Grose. red Animals will id xcluded.) 
250 To the owner of the best Bun calved previously to the Ist of 
Jan 
uar; 
10% To the or of the second-Best dit 
15U To the owner of the best Bull ealved SUN thelstofJanuary, 
, and more gea one year ol 
451 To the owner o est Cow in milke or in calf, 
(In the case of the ew w being in calf, and not in milk, the 
rize will not be given. until she is certified to have pro- 
duced a calf.) 
LOL e ae a of the best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding three 
101 T the OASE of the best Yearling Heifer. 
401 1» pes A of the best. nin for agricultural purposes, 
15[ To the owner of the second-best 
151 To the owner of the best three es is ditto. 
ISl To the owner of the best two years old ditto, 
201 To iu owner of the best Mare and Foal for agricultural pur- 
101 To the the owner of the second-best ditto. 
107 To the owner of the best two years old Filly. 
300 To the dus e the best Thorough- Hrad Stallion, MEOS 
e served mares at a e not excei eding t 
guineas (and with a pools s fee not more than five iib 
lings), in He neck. of 1816. 
SHEEP. 
~ PRIZES FOR IMPROVING THE BREED OF 
SHEEP. 1846. 
LEICESTERS, 
401 To the owner of the best iun. "ra 
157 To the owner of the second-best 
301 To the owner of the best Ram of uy ‘other age. 
150 To the owner of the Gevond best 
107 To the owner of the best pen of ie Shearling Ewes, 
SL To the owner of the NOS best 
8 OWN SHEEP, 
401 To the owner of the state Shearling Ram, 
ASL To the owner of the oS best ditto. 
301 To the owner of the bes: m of E other age. 
157 To the owner of the qu best d 
107 To the owner of the best pen of Ae Shearling Ewes, 
5I To the owner of the second-best ditto. 
Rel G-WOOLLED SHEEP. 
qualified to compéte' as Leicesters. 
401 To the owner "aru the best a ende SS 
157 To the owner of the second-best 
307 To the owner of the best Ram of p "other age. 
5L To the owner of the second-best di 
107 To the owner of the best pen of Dd Shearling Ewes. 
5t To the owner of the second-best dit 
SHEEP Erb ADAPTED TO A ES Dieta 
qualified to compete as South- Dow: 
201 To the ones ES: the best Ram of any rage. 
102 To the owner of the second-best dit 
107 To the owner of the best pen of five "Shearling wed 
l To the owner of the best pen of Ewes of any age. 
157 To the owner of thé best Boar of pige Dredd. 
51 To the owner of the second-best 
150 To the owner of the best Boar of a small breed. 
51 To the owner of the second-best ditto. 
107 To the owner of the best breeding Sow of a large breed, 
107 To the owner of the best breeding Sow of a small breed. 
107 To the owner of the pest pen of three breeding Sow-Pigs, of 
the same litter, EE four and under ten months old. 
TR 
301—For "ints Stock of um kind, not qualified to compete in 
above classes, Prizes m. may be apportioned and 
EUR By the Yard eae and Judges, to an amount 
not exceeding i in the whole 30 si 
ool. 
T To the owner of the best sample of ten fleeces of Long Wool. 
10i po ws owner of the best sample of ten fleeces of Short R 
10} To the owner of the best'Sample''of ten fleeces of Wool o 
die breed. 
III. Iniplements, 
10 For the Proven best adapted to heavy land. 
100 For the Provan best dips to light land, 
péeially considered, N.B.— 
Preference will be given to the Drill which p be best 
adapted to cover the manure with ‘soil before the seed is 
P DRILL on the flat which shall possess 
the most approv: eal enim of Distributing Compost or QUSE 
manures in a moist or dry state, quantity being Hoe 
considered. .—Other qualities being equal, the prefer- 
ence will be given to the Drillavhieh may be pate adapted 
to cover the manure with soil'before the seed is deposited. 
101 For the best Turse DRILL on the ridge, which shall possess 
the most improved method of Distributing Compost or 
other manures, in a moist or dry state, quantity being 
Other qualities being SED 
the Up ed will be given to Drill which may be 
ipted tó covey the manure idi soil before the seed 
pies ed. 
10 For the best SCARIFTER. 
10) For the best ee Curren. 
200 For the best Ma 
E P for making Draining Tiles or Pipes 
Specimens of the Tiles or 
Pipes o be shown in the Yard; the price at which they 
have as sold to be taken into cons sideration, and proof 
ofthe working of the Machine to be given to the satis- 
faction of the page os 
5L For the best Harr 
101 For the best Dir Paws depositing Manure and Seéd; 
51 For the best CHURN. 
100 or um best WzicnixG MAcnins, for live Cattle and Farm 
uce generally. 
5L for ‘tme best STEAMING SEES g NE 
5l For the best SKIM or PARING Pr 
102 For the best Sunsorn PRU 
15] For the best Honss.SEED-DIDBLER. 
5L For the best HAND-SEED-DIBBLEN. 
5l For the best LINSEED-CRUSHER. 
5L For the best ONE-HORSE Carr. 
25l For the best paneer ate MACHINE. 
107 For the best a Frogs SzT of Toons and Ix- 
STRUMENTS for DIRADE pu 
25l For the best STEAM POWER, dibplioable to Thrashing or other 
topi al du ‘poses, 
250 Bes sab bes! SE esi applicable to BERN or 
EALA purposes. 
sora Misco eis Awar PA amounting to 40 sovs. 
For the Invention of any New Agricultural rein He such 
sum as the Council may think proper to award. 
. Essays and Repor 
FARMING OF NORTH MALE 
501, or a Piesa of Plate of that value, will be given for the best 
eport on the Farming of North Wales 
Competitors will expected to describe the different 
varieties of soil which prevail in North Wales, and the quality 
and extent of the wastelands ; also the ordinary modes 6: 
farming and courses of cropping esu veiba to its 
various districts ; and to state how r practices 
in its husbandry are or are mót jubtiftel by yaaa of soil 
or climate. They will also be expected to state what i improve- 
ments have been m uns in the farming of North Wales since the 
pie of the Rey. 
cially to point out nike further pr uses ought 
ae either by better farming on land already ableti aces 
r by E land now waste into arable, pasture, 
ear mea 
N.B. The SERES 's of Qo Reports are OEE AON, if possible; 
Mes 0 or at most 50 printed pages. 
RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 
50L, or a Piece of Plate of that value will be given for the best 
Report on the Farming of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 
Competitors will be expected to deseribe the different varieties 
of soil which prevail in is West Riding of orkehin Ad sd the 
quality and extent of the waste lands ; also the 
of farming and courses of croppi 
yarious aaa ts ; and to state hog far any pe 
not to exceed the lengt! 
They will ee. be [s to state wl 
it IL, “FARMING OF CAMBRIDGE SHIR 
501, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be rd de Um best 
ort on the Farming of the County of C 
Competitors will be expected to describe the ER ene iriodes 
of soil which prevail in the'county, the ordinary modes of farm- 
ing, and courses of croppiug adopted accordingly in its various 
districts ; to describe the great works of drainage ; and to state 
how far any peculiar practices in its husbandry are or are not 
justified by pecularities of soilor climate. They will also be 
expected to state what t improvements have Deen De in the 
farming of Cambridgeshire since the Report of t ey. W. 
Gooch in the year 1813; and espe to pointout PUN further 
improvements ought to be effected, either by better farming on 
E. Er cultivated, by improvement of the general drain- 
r by taking new. land into cultivation, 
in B THE STA GES OR Dea eo OF 
EAKING UP GRASS.LAN 
50%, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be ES for the best 
Report on the Advantages or Disadvantages of Breaking up 
Grass-land. 
Competitors will be expécted to state the advantages so aris- 
ing to the labourer, the farmer, the Leon d, and "the Scuiio, 
from increase of employment, of profit, of rent, and of 
Grass-lands must be divided under at least three ped 
of iste di cold de and good meadow or grazing 
TOU 
E mode proposed for RIP up and tilling each kind of 
GPs land must be described. 
V. ON THE IMPROV EMENT OF THE cers OF 
HE AGRICULTURAL LABO 
307, or a Piece of Plate of that ns will be es ‘for the best 
Essay on the Improvement [o e Condition of the Agricul- 
tural Labourer, so far as it ate be promoted by private ex- 
ertion, without legislative enactment. 
VI, ON THE BEST acu is SEBEPING FARMING 
TS. 
10!, or a Piece of Plate P iir. vate will be given for the best 
Essay on the iue of Farming Accounts. 
N ME Agent. WORK. 
Yu and the sum usually pg in a given mum B and 
tetknating i mtag 
for carrying it out. 
VIII. PEAT SE AS A MAU FOR TURNIPS 
200, or a Piece of Plate of i value, ON ‘be given for the best 
Ess say on Peat Charcoal as a Manure for Turnips and other 
Crops. 
THE ST, JOHN’S-DAY RYE 
102, or a Piece Y Plate ce rhe ee will be given for the best 
account of the St. John’s- 
Competitors will be required ie Ed to the following points :— 
spri 
2 XOU dA of this variety with the common Rye. 
X Ru amount of feed. 
N.B. m ays. for this prize need not be sent in before the 
F 1st of October, 
[?1 ed a mei yp» requir ed to attend to the followi ing points;— 
2 Proportion of ‘sulphuric or muriatic acid to a given weight 
o 
^ 
nes 
3 Proportion of water, if any, mixed with the acid. 
4 Mode of mixing the ‘bones with the acid, and of preparing 
the compost. 
5 Effect of various quantities applied in combination or coni- 
parison d common bones and other known manures, 
SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME. 
OL, or a Pies ‘of Plate of a value, will be giv en for the best 
account of the use of Super- " phosphate of Lime produced 
with Acid and Bones, for Mai 
M will be required to attend to the following points:— 
1 Quality of peat 
2 Mode of making the heaps and burning the Ean 
3 RENE produce iven measure of p: 
antity applied per acre, and effect, in conn Danis with 
peat-: pum and with some other manure. 
N.B. e Essays for this prize need not be sent in before the 
Ast of December, 18 s 
WHITE MUSTARD. 
107, or a Piece of m 7 of that value, will be given for the best 
account of the cultivation of White Mustar 
Competitors will be requi ed to attend to the following points:— 
F AERE st land on w) 
time of sowing, and quanti 
; Ed of maturity, S ding to ti n of the year. 
4 Application of crop, whether a Re green manure or m be fed off. 
XII. DRAINAGE OF RUNNING SAND: 
100 ora Piece of Plate of thatvalue, will be given Ee a descrip- 
tion òf the best method of draining Running Sands. 
II. POTATO DISEASE. 
501, or a Piece of Plate of bn à alue, will pr given by x Grace 
uke of Northumberland, for the best Essay on the 
remedy for the Potato Disease, sad on “its treatment $ in the 
various stages of planting, growth, and preservation. 
Competitors for this prize will be sae to furnish infor- 
mation under the following heads 
n account of the growth of "the Potato during the last 
year, with reference to the nature of the season, 
2 ature and cause of the disease. 
medies for the ris ; explaining the principles on 
which me remedy is founded. 
reautment of the Potato in planting, both from the 
tubers ate Eod the seed, and in various stages of its growth. 
5 The mode of pittin; and preserving potatoes in ordinary 
seasons, with the principles upon which any improved plan may 
be founded. 
201, oh e Piece of PN of that yalue, ob p^ E oy Hi 
e the Duke 
EE on the Es gem ject. 
301, pus z SERES of Plate of that value, will be given by His 
e the Duke of Northumberland ‘for the best History of 
tho ‘Disease at the present time affecting the Potato; in- 
yoinlnuweandented. detail of facts, developed by experi 
Competitors for this prize will be required to furnish infor- 
mation on the following points : 
The yearin which the disease | first appeared in this or other 
countri 
2 The History of the disease in the potato in the United 
Kingdom, and in other parts of the world, with particular re- 
ference to Cu returnsregarding any peculi ürity of season, 
or seasonal va 
3 On the methods for spen the disease. 
On the methods prop pos Log extracting the nutritive in- 
gredients of d diseased potat 
Na 
(with the exception of ueg in Sest P is 
I 
square, London, on or before Mar ch” Ist, 18: 
papers are requested to retain copies of their epe v as 
the Society cannot be responsible for their return. 
RULES OF COMPETITION FOR PRIZE ESSAYS. 
1 Allinformation contained in Prize Essays shall be founded 
on experience or observation, and not on simple reference to 
Poaka or other sources. 
2 Drawin, ES, Specimens, or models, drawn or WR us to 
a stated scale, shall accompany writings requiring th: 
competitors shall nis their names and addresses in 
a sealed cover, on which only their motto, and the subject of 
their Essay, and the number of that subject i in the prize-list of 
the Society, shall be written. 
e President or Ghama of the Council for the time 
being, Shall open the cover on which the motto designating the 
Essay to which the prize has been awarded is written, and shall 
declare the name of the aut] 
PASE of the Journal Committee shall alone be 
mpowered to motto paper of such = eus E 
posu oe the een o gaat à; 
copyright of all Essays gaining prizes shall belong to 
ne Society, who shall accordingly have the power to publish 
r any part of sueh ‘Essays ; and the other Essays 
win be mee on the appliedéion of the writers ; pur the So- 
ciety do not make me] responsible for their 1 
7 The Society are not bound to award a prize xd uw they 
c one of the Essays deserving o: 
n all UM of experiments the expenses shall be accu- 
dataly detaile 
The NE weights and aon only are those by 
which calculations are to be ma: 
iod gear be given ap any Essay which has been 
already i 
1l phe may be Visus in money or plate at the option of the 
successful caa 
12 All y pom be addressed to the Secretary, at th 
house of the Society, à 
4% AU Prizes of the ten Agricultural Society of England are 
open to general Competition. 
THE ANNUAL COUNTRY MEETING for the 
Year 1846 will be held in the Northern District (comprised of 
the Counties of EAE Cumberland, Durham, and 
EE including the town of Berwick-on-Tweed) at 
NEWCASTLEON-TYNE, at such daten the autumn of 1846 
as the Counc at their first, RUE of the Session, on the 4th 
of February next, may finally 
Parties intending to tE eibi ors at the Newcastle 
Meeting are requested to apply to the Secretary (12, E. 
eme London) for copies of the Rules, Fete inte and Con 
tions of the Show as well as for the proper p forms z 
certificate for entry. The KATA dm for receiving entries or 
certificates for Implements is t! T or MAY; and the latest 
for Stock, &c., the FIRST or ie ge order to prevent disap- 
ointment, the greatest attention must be paid to fins stand- 
ouncil have decided that 
