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COUNTRY MEETING AT YORK IN THE YEAR 1848. 



PRIZES AND REGULATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL 

 IMPLEMENTS : 



Subject to such Conditions as may hereafter be decided upon by the 



Council. 



The Prizes are open to general competition ; Members having the privilege of a free 

 entry ; and Non-subscribers allowed to compete on the payment of a fee of 5^. on 

 each certificate. There will be no sale by a,uction in the Show Yard. 



Forms of Certificate to he procured on application to the Secretary^ 

 12, Hanover Square, London. All Certificates for the entry of 

 Implements, ^c, and the space required for their exhibition, must he 

 returned, filled up, to the Secretary, 07i or before the First of May, 

 1848; the Council having decided, that in no case whatever shall 

 any such Certificate for Implements be received after that date. 



Prizes. 



For the Plough best adapted to heavy land . . Ten Sovereigns. 



For the Plough best adapted to light land . Ten Sovereigns. 



For the best Drill for general purposes, which" 

 shall possess the most approved method of 

 distributing Compost or other Manures in a 

 moist or dry state, quantity being especially 

 considered 



N.B. — Other qualities being equal, the preference will be given to 

 the Drill which may be best adapted to cover the manure with soil 

 before the seed is deposited. 



For the best Turnip Drill on the flat, which shall] 

 possess the most approved method of Distri-| 

 buting Compost or other manures in a moist or 

 dry state, quantity being especially consi- 

 dered ' 'J 



N.B. — Other qualities being equal, the preference will be given to 



the Drill which may be best adapted to cover the manure with soil. 



before the seed is deposited. 



Fifteen Sovereigns. 



Ten Sovereigns. 



