Frizes for Es,<^a7/s and Reports. 



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X. Farm-Horses. 



Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the Ma- 

 nagement of Farm-Horses. 



Competitors will be required to attend to the following points : — 



1. The various breeds. 



2. Breeding and rearing. 



3. Keeping, whether in stables or in the open air. 



4. Feeding, in different seasons. 



XI. Hemp. 



Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the Culti- 

 vation of Hemp. 



Competitors will be required to state — 



1. The soils suited to hemp. 



2. Mode of culture. 



3. Mode of obtaining the fibre. 



4. Average amount and value of crop per acre. 



Xn. Pleuro-Pneumonia. 



Fifty Sovereigns will be given for the best Report on the Pleuro- 

 pneumonia amongst Cattle. 



Competitors will be required to state — 



1. Mode of infection. 



2. Precautions against infection. 



3. Premonitory symptoms. 



4. Treatment of the disease. 



Tiiese Essays must he sent to the Secretary ^at 12, Hanover Square, London^ 

 on or before March 1st, 1848. 



Contributors of Papers rtre requested to retain Copies of their Communications^ 

 as the Society cannot be responsible for tlieir return. 



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