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Prizes for Eaxoijs and Reports. 
V. Agriculture of Cheshire. 
Fifty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for the best Report on the present State of the Agricultiire of the County 
of Chester: — 
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 (Jifferent operations of 
husbandry ; 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 improvements have been made in the 
system of agriculture pursued within it since the Report made to the 
Board of Agriculture by Henry Holland, which was published in the 
year 1808. 
VI. Agriculture of Essex. 
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 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 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 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 1807 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 
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 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 improvements have been made in the 
system of agriculture pursued within it since the Report made to the 
Board of Agriculture by Thomas Davis, which was published in the 
year 1811. 
Vlll. Improvements by Warping, &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. 
