English Agricultural Society. 



XV 



ESSAYS FOR THE MEETING IN 1840. 



1. STORING TURNIPS. 



Ten Sovereigns will be given for an account, founded on experience, 

 of the best mode of Storing Turnips, by which they may be preserved 

 in their natural state till the April or May succeeding the time of their 

 being taken up. 



Competitors are required to state — 



1. Their experience of the methods now in practice for Storing Turnips, 



viz., on the surface of the soil, in pits, in sheds, or in houses. 



2. The different sorts of covering, and their thickness. 



3. The depth of pits. 



4. The relative keeping virtues of different species, whether of Swedes 



or of common turnips. 



5. The best modes of taking up and cleaning, with reference to their 



preservation. 



6. Any new methods recommended. 



2. ADMIXTURE OP SOILS. 



Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best account of the Trans- 

 position and Admixture of Soils, as in the application of a clay dressing 

 to a light sand. 



Competitors must state the results of actual experiments. 



3. EARLY SPRING FEED. 



Twenty Pounds will be given for the best Essay on the Grasses and 

 Leguminous Plants best adapted to arable cultivation for early feed in 

 the spring. 



The points of comparison to which the Society would wish the 

 attention of competitors for this prize to be mainly directed are the 

 following — 



1. Earliness of vegetation. 



2. Power of resisting severe frost. 



3. Abundance of produce. 



4. Nutritive quality. 



5. Effect on the soil and on the succeeding crop. 



6. The method of cultivation. 



The species or variety of the plants sown should be accurately desig- 

 nated, and also the quality of the soil on which they have been 

 grown. 



4. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CEREAL CROPS. 



Twenty Pounds will be given for the best account of the Insects pre- 

 judicial to the Cereal Crops : — viz., wheat, barley, oats, and rye, in their 

 different stages of growth. The descriptions of the insects must be 

 entomological, and any remedies proposed must be the result of actual 

 experiment. 



5. PLANTATIONS. 



The Gold Medal will be given for the best account of the forest trees, 

 best fitted for plantations in England. 



