( 1^ ) 
lESSagS anb iJieportS.— PRIZES FOR 1864.— AU Prizes of the 
Royal Agi'icultural Society of England are open to general com- 
petition. Competitors will be expected to consider and discuss the 
heads enumerated. 
I. AGRICULTURE OF HERTFORDSHIRE. 
Fifty Sovereigns will be given for the best Report on the 
Agriculture of Hertfordshire. 
The principal geological and physical features of the county should be 
described ; the nature of the Soil and character of the Farming in its 
different districts ; recent changes of Farm Management ; Improve- 
ments lately introduced and still required ; remarkable and charac- 
teristic Farms. The virions influences exerted by the proximity 
of London call for sjpecial consideration. 
n. A SUBURBAN FARM. 
A Special Prize offered by Sir C. Domville, Bart. 
Twenty-five Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the 
Special Description of Farming most suitable for the 
vicinity of Large Towns, with reference to the require- 
ments of such towns. 
Elevations of the buildings best suited for the peculiarities of such 
management should accompany the Paper. 
III. BREAKING-UP PASTURES. 
Twenty Sovereigns will be given for an approved Essay on the 
best mode of breaking-up Grass, and its subsequent treat- 
ment as Arable Land. 
IV. CONSTRUCTION OF CHEESE-ROOMS. 
Ten Sovereigns will bo given for an approved Essay on the 
Construction of Cheese-rooms. 
