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10. DISEASES OF WHEAT. 



Fifteen Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on Smut, Mildew, 

 and Diseases affecting the Crop in its more advanced stages. 



1. How far derivable from internal or external causes. 



2. First intimation of their presence, under what circumstances, and in 



what soils they are most prevalent. 



3. How far prevented by preparation of soil or seed. 



4. What treatment is recommended to arrest their progress. 



These Essays must be sent in to the Secretary on or be/ore March 1, 1840. 



AGRICULTURAL LMPLEMENTS. 



1. DRAINING PLOUGH. 



Fifty Sovereigns will be given for a Plough which shall have been 

 proved, to the satisfaction of the Society, to be adapted for the cheap 

 and effectual cutting of Drains intended to be constructed with tiles, 

 stones, or other materials with the least injury to the neighbouring 

 surface of the field. This prize will be awarded in 1839. 



2. GORSE CRUSHING MACHINE. 



Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the cheapest and most effective 

 Gorse Crushing Machine. 



1. The machine produced must he on a working scale, and at a cost 



that will be attainable by the occupiers of the smallest farms. 



2. It must be capal)le of reducino^ the material to a pulpy state for the 



mastication of ruminating animals, as cows and sheep : this prize 

 will be awarded in 1840. 



3, ANY IMPLEMENT. 



For the invention of any new^ Agricultural Implement, such sum as 

 the Society may think proper to award. 



AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. 



SUBSOIL PLOUGH. 



Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the most satisfactory application 

 of the Subsoil Plough to the improvement of land, whether for the pur- 

 pose of correcting excessive moisture or dryness of soil. 



The Society will require from competitors — 



1. An accurate description of the plough used. 



2. Of the quality and state of soil and subsoil, with an estimate of its 



annual value before tlie commencement of the operation. 



3. An account of the drains cut (if any) their depth and distance from 



each other. 



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