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4. A detailed statement of the subsoil and other ploughings to which 



the grounds have been subjected. 



5. An account of any manure expended. 



6. Of the bulk of produce of each crop. 



7. Of the total expense of the operation so far as it has proceeded, and 



8. An authentic estimate of the improved value of the land resulting 



therefrom : this prize will be awarded in 1840. 



2. SUBSOIL AND TRENCH PLOUGHING. 



Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the most satisfactory experiment 

 on the comparative merits of Subsoil and Trench Ploughing. 



The same conditions apply to this prize as to that which immediately 

 precedes it. It is only necessary further to state that as the object 

 of the Society is to ascertain, as far as possible, the advantages of 

 the two processes, namely, subsoil ploughing, in which the subsoil 

 is divided by the plough but left in its original situation, and 

 trench ploughing, in which the subsoil is not only divided, but is 

 also brought to the surface ; they strongly recommend to com- 

 petitors that the two processes should be conducted on a piece of 

 ground fairly divided into two lots, of equal quality, and that the 

 drains cut in each lot, as well as any assistance afforded by manure, 

 should be similar on each of the lots : this prize will be awarded 

 in 1841. 



CATTLE. 



Prizes for Improving the Breed of Cattle. 

 Class I. — Short-Horns. 



1. To the owner of the best Bull . . . Thirty Sovereigns. 



2. To the owner of the best Cow in milk . . Fifteen Sovereigns, 



3. To the owner of the best in-calf Heifer, not ex- 



ceeding three years old .... Fifteen Sovereigns, 



4. To the owner of the best Yearling Heifer . Ten Sovereigns. 



5. To the owner of the best Bull Calf . . . Ten Sovereigns. 



Class II. — Herefords. 



1 . To the owner of the best Bull . . . Thirty Sovereigns. 



2. To the owner of the best Cow in milk . . Fifteen Sovereigns. 



3. To the owner of the best in-calf Heifer, not ex- 



ceeding three years old .... Fifteen Sovereigns. 



4. To the owuer of the best Yearling Heifer . Ten Sovereigns. 



5. To the owner of the best Bull Calf . . Ten Sovereigns. 



Class III. — Devons. 



1. To the owner of the best Bull . . . Thirty Sovereigns. 



2. To the owner of the best Cow in milk . . Fifteen Sovereigns. 



3. To the owner of the best in-calf Heifer, not ex- 



ceeding three years old .... Fifteen Sovereigns. 



4. To the owner of the best Yearling Heifer . Ten Sovereigns. 



5. To the owner of the best Bull Calf . . Ten Sovereigns. 



