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the stipulated sums, and also possessed sufficient merit to justify 
them in awarding a prize ; but the ground plans of one pair of 
cottages (exhibited bj Mr. Hine, of the Patent Brick Works, 
Worcester) were commended, and will be published in the next 
number of the ' Journal.' 
The Implement Prize-Sheet for the ensuing Country Meeting, 
to be held at Hull, has been carefully arranged after consul- 
tation with some of the leading manufacturers. Prizes are 
offered for sixteen classes of Ploughs, six classes of Harrows, 
four of Rollers and Clodcrushers, four of Cultivators and Scari- 
fiers, besides Digging Machines, Potato-ploughs, and Miscella- 
neous articles. The date of the meeting has been fixed for 
Monday, July 14th, and the four following days, and the Trials- 
of Implements have been ordered to commence on Monday 
morning, July 7th, 
The Council have decided to offer two prizes, of 100/. each^ 
for the best managed farms in the Holderness and Wold districts 
of the East Riding of Yorkshire respectively. The last day of 
entry has been fixed for January 31st, and the conditions 
of competition will remain as on previous occasions. 
The extensive damage to this year's Potato-crop, caused by 
the too familiar potato-disease, has prompted the President 
of the Society to offer a prize of lOOZ. for the best Essay ovt 
the potato-disease and its prevention. The Council have thank- 
fully accepted Earl Cathcart's generous offer, and have decided 
that the competing essays shall be sent in on or before No- 
vember 1st, 1873, subject to the usual conditions of the Society,, 
as follows : — 
All information contained in Prize Essays shall be founded 
on experience or observation, and not on simple reference to 
books or other writings. 
Drawings, specimens, or models, drawn or constructed to a 
stated scale, shall accompany writings requiring them. 
All competitors shall enclose their names and addresses in a 
cover, on which only their motto, and the subject of their Essay, 
shall be written. 
The President or Chairman of the Council, for the time beings 
shall open the cover on which the motto designating the Essay 
to which the prize has been awarded is written, and shall declare 
the name of the author. 
