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Prizes for Essays and Reports. 
VI. Agriculture of Essex. 
FiFT-i' Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for the best Report on the present State of the Agriculture of the 
County of Essex : — 
stating the ordinary course of cropping adopted in the different soils 
of the county ; the breeds of cattle, sheep, and pigs most generally bred 
or fed within it ; the state of its drainage ; the implements used ; the 
number of horses or other cattle employed in the different operations of 
husbandry ; the tenure on Avhich the farms are generally held ; the 
wages of labour ; the average amount of the poor's rate ; and whether 
any and what alterations and improvements have been made in the 
system of agriculture pursued within it since the Report made to the 
Board of Agriculture by Arthur Young, the Secretary to the Board, which 
was published in the years ISO! and 1813. 
VII. Agriculture of Wiltshire. 
Fifty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for the best Report on the present State of the Agriculture of the 
County of Wilts : — 
stating the ordinary course of cropping adopted in the different soils of 
tlie county ; the breeds of cattle, sheep, and pigs most generally bred 
or fed within it; the state of its drainage; the implements used; the 
number of horses or other cattle emi)loyed in the different operations of 
liusbandry ; the tenure on which the farms are generally held; the 
wages of labour ; the average amount of the poor's rate ; and whether 
any and what alterations and imiirovements have been made in the 
sy.stcm of agriculture pursued within it since the Report made to the 
Board of Agriculture by Thomas Davis, which was published in the 
year 1811. 
VIII. Improvements by Wareing, &c. 
Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for the best account of Improvements made by Artificial Deposits of 
Soil from the Sea or Tide-Rivers, and the subsequent Cultivation of the 
land. 
IX. Keeping Farm-Horses. 
Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for the best account of the way of keeping Farm-Horses in good Con- 
dition, both in AVinter and Summer. 
Competitors must state, — 
1. The quantity of food given, and the average cost of such f.)od. 
2. The work performed by the horses. 
3. The length of time they have been kept on the food described. 
4. Whether kept in yards, stables, or pastures. 
X. Any Agricultural Sub.tect. 
Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for the best Essay on any Agricultural Subject. 
These Essays must be sent to the Secretary, at 12, Hanover Square, 
London, on or before March '[st, 1844. 
