Prizes for Essays and Reports. 
RULES OF COMPETITION FOR PRIZE ESSAYS. 
1. That all information contained in Prize Essays shall be founded on 
experience or observation, and not on siinple reference to books, or other 
sources. 
2. That drawings, specimens, or models, shall accompany writings re- 
quirin;^ them. 
3. That all competitors shall transmit a sealed note, containing their 
names and addresses, with a motto on it to correspond with the one inscribed 
on the Ess;\y. 
4. That the Society shall have the power to publish the whole or any part 
of the Essays which gain the prizes; and the other Essays will be returned 
on the application of the wrilers. 
5. That the Society is not bound to give an award, unless they consider 
one of the Essays wortliy of a prize. 
6. That, in all reports of experiments, the expenses shall be accurately 
detailed : that only the imperial weights and measures are those by which 
calculations are to be made: that prizes may be taken either in money or 
plate, at tlic option of the successful candidates; and that no prize be given 
for any Essay which has already appeared in print. 
NOTICE. 
It is requested that all communications, addressed to the Society, of 
experiments on land — whether of draining, liming, manuring, or other 
operation — be accompanied with the cost of such operation, with the 
value of the land to rent previous and subsequent tliereto, and an 
analysis of tlie soil ujion which such cx]icrimcnts have t:il<en place ; or 
a specimen of the soil, to be analysed liy ]'ersons employed bv the 
Society: it is also further requested that, in communications relative to 
experiments on land in foreign countries, the measures be slated in 
English values. 
Tiiose members who have tried subsoil-])lougliiug, whether success- 
fully or otherwise, are requested to communicate the result to the 
Secretary, in the hope tliat, by comparison of the statements, some 
judi;ment may be arrived at as to the soils and situations which are, or 
are not, suited for tliis operation. 
