Prizes for the Bristol Meeting. 



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Seed-Wheat. 



I. Thirty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will he given to 

 the Exhibitor at the Bristol Meeting of the best 14 bushels of White 

 Wheat, of the harvest of 1841, and grown by himself. 



II. Thirty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 

 to the Exhibitor at the Bristol Meeting of the best 14 bushels of Red 

 Wheat, of the harvest of 1841, and grown by himself. 



[12 bushels of the wheat will be sealed up by the judges, and one of 

 the remaining bushels of each variety will be exhibited as a sample 

 to the public. At the General Meeting in December, 1843, the 

 prizes will be aw^arded.] 



The three best samples of both red and white wheat, without distinguish- 

 ing at that time between the three, will be selected by judges appointed at 

 the Bristol ]\Ieeting, and will be sown, under the direction of the Society, 

 in the autumn of 1842, by three farmers, who will make their report, upon 

 which the prizes will be awarded. Ten Sovereigns will be given at the 

 Bristol Meeting to the Exhibitor of each of these three samples, on account 

 of his Wheat thus selected for trial. 



No variety of Wheat which has been selected for trial at any previous 

 show shall be qualified to compete. 



ESSAYS AND REPORTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. 



^Vm^ 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 



ditfei'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 districts should be described, as well 

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

 of the soil. 



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