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I. AWARDS. 
To William C. Spooner, Veterinary-Surgeon, Southampton, the prize 
of Twenty Sovereigns for the best Essay on the Management of 
Farm-Horses. 
To Matthew Marmaduke Milburn, of Sowerby, near Thirsk, 
Yorkshire, the prize of Fifty Sovereigns, for the best Report on the 
Farming of the North Riding of Yorkshire. 
ffns. 
it Essav on the Construction of La-lm , o 
Cottages f^^''"'y Sovereigns. 
II. PRIZES OFFERED. 
Report on the Farming of Lancashire .... Fifty Sovereigns. 
Report on the Farming of Sussex Fifty Sovereigns. 
Report on the Farming of South Wales . . . Fifty Sovereigns. 
Essay (and Model, if required) on the Constructionlp.^^ Soverei 
of Labourers' Cottages J ^ 
Second-best Essay on the Construction of La-^ 
bourers' 
Method of Increasiap: the Existing Supply ofj^.^, c 
. . , J o ff J >Fifty Sovereigns. 
Animal Food J •' •=> 
Report on the Management of Barley .... Fifteen Sovereigns. 
Account of the Breeding and Management of Pigs Twenty Sovereigns. 
Essay on the Top-dressing of Soil with Mineral) ^^^^^^^ g^^.^^_ 
Substances ) ° 
Breeds of Sheep for different Localities . . . Twenty Sovereigns. 
Construction of Farm-buildings Fifty Sovereigns. 
Essay on the Destruction of the Wire-worm . . Fifty Sovereigns. 
*,* All Essays competing for these Prizes are to be sent to the Secretary, 12, 
Hanover-Square, Loudon, on or before the 1st of March, 1849, with the exception of 
the Essay on the Destruction of tlie Wire-worm, which may be sent in on or before the 
1st of March, 1850. The conditious of competition were given at length in the 
Appendix to the last part of the Journal (pages xii.-xv.). 
