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^rt?ES for lEssags nnb Reports for 1855. 
OPEN TO GENERAL COMPETITION. 
77(6 Conditions of these Essays and Reports were given in the Apjoendix of 
No. XXXIII. of the Joimiul, pp. viii* and ix*; the Hides of (Jo^npetition 
ivill he found in the Appendix of Xo. XXXI., at p. xviii. 
Fifty Sovereigns will be given for the best Report on the Farming 
of Buckinghamshire. 
Fifty Sovereigns will be given for the best Report on the Farming 
of Warwickshire. 
Forty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the causes 
of Fertility and Barrenness in Soils so far as observation and 
science have hitherto enabled them to be ascertained. 
Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on Arti- 
ficial Manures and the principles of their application. 
Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the 
Prevention of Mildew in Corn-crops. 
Thibty Sovereigns will be given for tlie best Account of the 
Chemical Changes which take place in the Fermentation of 
Dung as determined by analysis ; and the lo«s, if any. which 
arises from its being exposed to the atmosphere in different 
stages of fermentation, and of the state in which the nitrogen- 
ous matters exist so far as they still remain in fermented Dung. 
Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Account of 
Artificial Food. 
Ten Sovereigns will be given for an account of tiie mode of ma- 
nagement which will best retain moisture in dry Turnip-land. 
Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Account of the 
Nature and Treatment of Lameness in Sheep and Lambs. 
Ten Sovereigns will be given for the best Report or Essay on any 
other Agricultural subject. 
The Reports or Essays competing for these Prizes must be sent to the Secretary 
of the Society, at 12, Hanover Square, London, on or before jtlarch 1, 
1855. Contributors of Papers are requested to retain Copies of their 
Communications, as the Society cannot be responsible for their return. 
