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Report to the General Meetiny. 
rV. Haymaking. 
Ten Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on Recent 
Improvements in Haymaking. 
V. 
Ten Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on any other 
Agricultural Subject ; 
And an additional list has been approved, papers for which 
competition are to be sent in by the 1st of May. 
1. Thirty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the 
Parasites, including Entozoa, which infest cattle and 
sheep. 
2. Twenty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on 
Land Valuing. 
The estimates which ought to form the basis of calculation in fixing the 
rental of land ; the seasons most favourable for inspection ; the 
practicability of reducing lands under different sj'stems of culture 
to the same standard of calculation, should be discussed. 
3. Ten Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the 
Management of a Home Farm, or Farm attached to the 
residence of a Landed Proprietor. The arrangements in 
the dairy and stalile, the proper rates of charge for farm 
produce or services supplied, and the advantages and 
drawbacks of such a connection are to be discussed. 
4. Ten Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the 
Ravages of Grub and Slug on the Wheat-plant. 
The predisposing causes from weather, or situation, or cropping, and the 
best modes of prevention or cure are to be stated. 
Contributors of Papers are requested to retain copies of their 
communications, as the Society cannot be responsible for their 
return. 
The successful competitor for the Prize of 50/., offered by the 
Right Hon. the Earl of Powis, for the best Essay on the Im- 
provement in the Farming of Yorkshire, since the date of last 
Reports in the Journal, was Mr. W. Wright, of Sigglesthorne 
Hall, Holderness. 
