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9. Gypsum as a Manure. 



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

 of Gypsura 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. 



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 before March 1, 1840. 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



L Gorse-Crushing Machine. 



Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the cheapest and most effective 

 Gorse-Crushing Machine. 



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



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



2. It must be capable of reducing the material to a pulpy state for the 



mastication of ruminating animals, as cows and sheep. 



2. Any Implement. 



For the invention of any new Agriculiural 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 ; and 



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



annual value before the commencement of the operation. 



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



each other. 



