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Prizes for Essays and Reports. 
Some points of Inquiry. 
1. How far uitrogenous or pliosphatic manures are singly applicable to 
particular crops. 
2. The advanta;j;es of special forms of nitrogenous or phosphatic manures. 
3. Positive evidence, if any, as to tlie advantage of alkaline applications. 
4. Positive evidence, if any, as to the advantages of carbonaceous appli- 
cations, involving the question whether the place of farmjard dung 
can be supplied by nitrogenous, phosphatic, and alkaline manures 
exclusively of vegetable matter. 
5. Whether nitrogenous manures are absorbed by plants in the form either 
of nitric acid or ammonia exclusively, or in both forms indifferently. 
6. In what manner the application of such manures is modified by difference 
of soil, climates, or seasons. 
7. In what cases manures should be drilled with the seed, and in what cases be 
broadcast, either at the time of sowing or snbsetpiently, as a top-dressing. 
V. MILDEW IN CORN-CROPS. 
Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the 
Prevention of Mildew in Corn-crops. 
VI. FERMENTATION OF DUNG. 
Thirty Sovereigns will be given for the best Account of the 
Chemical Changes wiiich take place in the Fermentation of 
Dung as determined by analysis ; and the loss, if any, which 
arises from its being exposed to the atmosphere in different 
stages of fermentation, and of tiie state in which the nitrogen- 
ous matters exist so far as they still remain in fermented Dung. 
VTI. ARTIFICIAL FOOD. 
Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Account of 
Artificial Food. 
1. Different kinds of artificial food. 
2. Different stages of growth in the stock fed thereon. 
3. Profitable ajiplication, with reference to ])rice of meat, of artificial food, 
and in compiirison with the use of artificial manure. 
VIII. MOISTURE IN TURNIP-LAND. 
Ten Sovereigns will be given for an account of the mode of ma- 
nagement which will best retain moisture in dry Turnip-land. 
IX. LAMENESS IN SHEEP AND LAMBS. 
Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Account of the 
Nature and Treatment of Lameness in Sheep and Lambs. 
X. ANY OTHER AGRICULTURAL SUBJECT. 
Ten Sovereigns « ill be given for the best Report or Essay on any 
otiier Agricultural subject. 
The Rejjorts or Essays competing for these Prizes mmt be sent to the Secretary 
of the Society, at 12, Hanover Square, London, on or before March 1, 
1855. Contritniloi s of Papers are requested to retain Copies of their 
Communications, as the Society cannot be responsible for their return. The 
Mules 01'' ( ^o.m petition w/// be found in the Appendix of the preceding 
volume of the Journal, p. xviii. 
