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Esmys and KeporU on Various Subjects. 



II.— ^PremmmsJ for 1842. 



PRIZE ESSAYS. 



1. Drill Husbandry of Turnips. 



Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for 

 the best Report of Experiments on the Drill Husbandry of Turnips. 

 Competitors will be required to state — 



1. The time of sowing the different varieties, on different soils, and at 



diffei-ent elevations and latitudes. 



2. The mode of preparing the land, and of drilling the seed ; with a 



description of the implements used, 



3. The kind and quantity of manure employed. 



4. The distance between the rows. 



5. The manner of performing the hoeing. 



N.B. — It will be desirable that the mode of cultivation employed by prac- 

 tical farmers in some considerable district should be described, as well 

 as any variations in the practice, arising from difference in the quality 

 of the soil. 



2. WiREWORM. 



Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 

 for the best Account of the Natural History, Anatomy, Habits, and 

 Economy of the Wireworm, and the best means of protection against 

 its ravages. 



Competitors will be required to attend to the following points — 



1. The length of time during which the wireworm exists in that 



state. 



2. The vegetable productions on which its depredations are chiefly 



committed, and the mode by which it effects their injury or de- 

 struction. 



3. The places in which the perfect insect deposits its eggs ; and what 



seasons aid or retard the development of the gnat or mark its 

 changes. 



4. Whether peculiar soils or aspects are more particularly infested 



by the insect ; and whether preceding crops influence it in its 

 selection. 



3. Mechanical Properties of the Plough. 



Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for 

 the best Essay on the Mechanical Properties of the Plough. 

 Competitors will be required to define — 



1. The form of the cutting and moving parts of the plough, as affect- 

 ing the work to be performed on various soils. 



