Prizes for Essai/s and Reports. 
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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 which they contain. 
VIII. Fattening Cattle. 
Ten Sovereigns, 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. 
IX. Tile-Yards. 
Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for the cheapest and best method of establishing a Tile-yard. 
Competitors will be required to attend to the following points : — 
1. Mode of working the clay, according to its quality. 
2. Machine for making the tiles. 
3. Sheds for drying the tiles. 
4. Construction of the kiln. 
5. Cost of forming the establishment. 
6. Cost of the tiles when ready for sale. 
X. Curing Butter. 
Fifty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for the best description of the Dutch method of salting butter ; pointing 
out the causes of its superiority to other salted butters. 
XI. Experiment in Agriculture. 
Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for an account of the best Experiment in Agriculture. 
These Essays must be sent to the Secretary, at 12, Hanover Squay-e, 
London^ on or before March 1st, 1845. 
