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English Agricultural Society. 



Competitors must state — 



1. The trees best suited to various soils of inferior description, distin- 



guishing each sort as clay, peat, chalk, sand. 



2. Whether the trees should be mixed together or in separate masses. 



3. The best mode of planting, and expense. 



6. UNDERWOOD. 



The Gold Medal will be given for the best account of the Cultivation 

 and Management of Underwood founded upon actual experiment. 



Competitors are required to state — 



1. The nature of the soil, and when it has been recently planted, the 



mode of preparing it. 



2. The average number of plants per acre. 



3. The description of underwood growing. 



4. The best sorts to be planted. 



5. The cost of fencing and draining. 



6. The comparative produce of not less than five acres under the 



common, and under an improved system of management. 



7. ROTATION AND CROPS. 



Ten Sovereigns will be given for an account of the Rotation of Crops 

 est suited to heavy lands. 



The object of this inquiry will be, the combination, within a given period, 

 of the greatest number of crops, including winter and half-crops consumed 

 before they arrive at maturity, with profitable return, and with improvement 

 of the condition of the soil. 



8. WEEDS IN MEADOWS. 



Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best account of the Weeds in 

 Meadows and Pastures. 



Competitors must state — 



1. What weeds are found in old pastures and in newly laid down 



grasses respectively. 



2. The effect of these weeds on the animals who feed on them. 



3. More particularly the effect on the milk of cows, and on the butter 



and cheese produced from that milk. 



4. The comparative value of the butter and cheese from pastures and 

 . artificial grasses infested with weeds, and from those which are 



clear of them. 



5. The best mode of eradicating such weeds from pastures, from mea- 



dows and from artificial grasses. 



9. GYPSUM AS A MANURE. 



Ten Sovereigns will be given for the best account of the application 

 of Gypsum as a Manure to artificial Grasses; stating — 



1. The period and mode of application. 



2. The state of the crop and nature of the grass. 



3. The comparative produce of crops to which gypsum has, and has 



not, been apphed. 



