Prizes for Essays and Reports. 
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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- 
(.lition, both in Winter and Summer. 
Competitors must state, — 
1. The quantity of food given, and the average cost of such food. 
2. The work performed by the horses. 
3. Tl)e length of time they have been kept on the food described. 
4. Whether kept in yards, stables, or pastures. 
X. Any Agricultural Subject. 
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 Secretarxj, at 12, Hanover Square, 
London, on or before March 1st, 1844. 
RULES OF COMPETITION FOR PRIZE ESSAYS. 
1. That all information contained in Prize Essays shall be founded on 
experience or observation, and not on simple reference to books, or other 
sources. 
2. That drawings, specimens, or models, shall accompany writings re- 
quiring 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 Essay. 
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 writers. 
5. That the Society is not bound to give an award, unless they consider 
one of the Essays worthy 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 the option of the successful candidates ; and that no prize be given 
for any Essay which has already appeared in print. 
