Ixxiv 



General Regulations for ExhibUion. 



XV. All exhibitors for sweepstakes or extra prizes to be subject to 

 the regulations of the Council. 



Further information respecting regulations of detail may be ob- 

 tained from the Secretary in due time previously to the show. The 

 conditions for the trial of implements will be published before the 

 Meeting. 



No certificate will be allowed unless the printed forms (to be obtained 

 of the Secretary) be employed, and filled in by the exhibitor, or by his 

 agent in his name. 



INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JUDGES. 



As the object of the Society in giving the prizes for neat cattle, sheep, 

 and pigs, is to promote improvement in breeding stock, the judges, in 

 making their award, are requested not to take into their consideration 

 the present value to the butcher of animals exhibited, but to decide 

 according to their relative merits for the purpose of breeding. 



In Class v., the prizes being offered for horses adapted to farming 

 purposes, the judges are therefore requested, in addition to symmetry, 

 to take activity and strength into their consideration, in awarding those 

 prizes. 



ESSAYS AND REPORTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. 



f rnesi 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 



different elevations and latitudes. 



2. The mode of preparino^ 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. 



