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5. The suitableness or otherwise of the farm buiklings to improved 



husbandry. 



6. The extent of under-draining effected in the county. 



7. Improvements made since the Report of William Stevenson 



in 1813, and to what extent still required. 



III. Farming of Derbyshire. 



FTY Sovereigns will be given for the best Report on the Farming 

 of Derbyshire. 



1. The character of the soils and subsoils of the county. 



2. The use of lime as manure, to what soils (if any) it is confined, 



and whether its employment is at all diminished by high 

 farming. 



3. Breed of cattle. 



4. Effect of soil on the growth of timber-trees. 



0. The suitableness or otherwise of the farm buildings to improved 



husbandry. 



6. The extent of under-draining effected in the county. 



7. Improvements made since the Report of John Farey, sen., in 



ISloj and to what extent still required. 



ly. Heavy Land Farming. 



Thirty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the 

 Management of Heavy Lands, containing little or no cal- 

 careous matter, and in which clay is the principal ingredient, 

 such as those on the London Clay, Weald Clay, Oxford Clay, 

 and the Clay of the Coal Measures, &c. 



1 . General management. 



2. Mode of drainage on arable and grass land respectively. 



3. Manner in which greatest amount of stock can be profitably 



kept, where it is impossible to feed off turnips upon the land. 



4. Necessity for or power of dispensing with naked fallows. 



Y. Light Land Farming. 



Thirty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the 

 Management of Light Lands, consisting principally of very 

 friable, dry, and loose sand, with some aluminous (or clayey), 

 but no calcareous matter, such as those on Sand of the 

 Plastic Clay, Iron-sand, Millstone Grit, Old Red Sandstone, 

 and Granite. 



