Prizes for Essays and Reports. 
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the Report of Mr. John Boys in 1805 ; and especially to point out what 
further improvements ought to be effected, either by better farming on 
land already cultivated, or by taking new land into cultivation. 
IV. Heath-Land. 
Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for an account of the best method of Reclaiming Heath-land. 
Competitors will be required to describe methods which have been 
successfully adopted in the reclaiming of heath-land, reference being 
had especially to the following points : — 
1. The mode of breaking up, whether by paring and burning, or by 
simple ploughing. 
2. The application of lime. 
3. The course of cropping. 
4. The conversion of heath-land into pasture, where either the steep- 
ness of the land, or its elevation above the sea, does not allow the 
culture of corn. 
V. One-horse Carts. 
Ten Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for 
the best Essay on the advantages of One-horse Carts. 
Competitors will be required to point out the saving in horse-labour, 
and other advantages which undoubtedly arise from the substitution of 
one-horse carts for waggons. 
VI. Catch-Meadows. 
Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for the best Essay on Catch-Meadows. 
Competitors will be required to describe the best and cheapest method 
of forming water-meadows on the sides of natural slopes, as practised in 
Somersetshire and Devonsliite ; the mode of managing them, and of 
applying their produce ; the increase of value thereby given to unpro- 
ductive hill-sides; and to state how far this mode of improvement might 
be applied to the mountainous districts of Wales and of the North of 
England. 
VII. Fences. 
Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for the best Essay on Fences. 
Competitors will be required to describe the best and neatest methods 
of maintaining hedges, whether for arable or for grazing ground ; and 
to point out how far the present fences in various parts of England are 
injurious to the farmer, whether by their size, their excess in number, 
or the over-abundance of timber wliich they contain. 
VIII. Fattening Cattle. 
Ten Sovi-reigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for 
an account of the best method of fattening cattle; as to the places in 
which they are kept, large or small yards or stalls; as well as the food, 
roots, hay, &c., on which they are fed during the time of fatting. 
