English Agricultural Society. 



Ixxix 



GENERAL REGULATIONS. 



No Stock can be admitted for exhibition unless the necessary Certifi- 

 cates, in the form prescribed, and signed by the Exhibitor in the manner 

 directed, be delivered to the Secretary, or sent post paid, so as to reach the 

 Society's Rooms, 5, Cavendish-square, on or before the 1st July next. 



The name and residence of the Breeders of all animals exhibited, when 

 known, should be stated, 



Non-Subscribers to pay five shillings for every head or lot of live 

 stock before obtaining a ticket of permission to bring their cattle into 

 the Show-yard. 



The same animal cannot be entered for tvv^o classes. 



The age of animals, in all cases, to be computed from the day of birth. 



The sheep exhibited for any of the prizes must not be shorn before 

 the 1st May, nor after the 1st July, 1840. 



Persons intending to exhibit Extra Stock must give notice to the 

 Secretary, on or before the 1st July next. 



Stock of every description m.ust be in the Show-yard before Eight 

 o'clock on the morning of exhibition, and will remain in the charge of 

 the Society until four o'clock on the afternoon of the following day. 



No animal can be removed during the Show without leave. 



Whenever reference is made to weights or measures, it is to be con- 

 sidered that the Imperial weights and measures are alone referred to. 



Persons intending to exhibit Implements, Roots, Seeds, &c., must 

 give notice of their intention to the Secretary, and furnish him with a 

 description, at least one w-eek before the show ; and all such Imple- 

 ments, Roots, Seeds, &c., must be brought to the Show-yard on the 

 day previous to exhibition. 



Persons wishing to enter into any Sweepstakes should apprize the 

 Secretary of their intention. 



II — ^Sremuimig for 1841, 



REPORTS OF EXPERIMENTS. 



1. Varieties of Wheat. 



Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for 

 the best Report on the Comparative Merits of different Varieties of 

 W^heat. 



Competitors will be required to state — 



1. Preparation and quantity of the seed; time and method of sowing; 



relation to preceding and following crops ; nature of the soil. 



2. Power to withstand severe winters. 



3. Time of flowering and of maturity. 



4. Tendency to degenerate, and liability to disease. 



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