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lESSagS aniK UlepottS. — PRIZES FOR 1865.— All Prizes of the 
Royal Agricultural Society of England are open to general com- 
petition. Competitors will be expected to consider and discuss the 
. heads enumerated. 
I. MIDDLE CLASS EDUCATION. 
Fifty Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on Middle 
Class Education, having reference to the improvement of 
the education of those who depend upon the cultivation 
of the soil for their support. 
II. AGRICULTURE OF LEICESTERSHIRE. 
Fifty Sovereigns will be given for the best Report on the 
Agriculture of Leicestershire. 
The principal geological and physical features of the county should he 
described ; the nature of the Soil and character of the Farming in its 
different districts or natural divisions ; its Live Stock ; Implements ; 
recent changes of Farm Management ; Improvements lately intro- 
duced and still required ; remarkable or characteristic Farms ; the 
condition and management of Pasture Land, any increase or 
decrease in its area, any improved means for its renovation or 
enrichment, any change in the uses to which it is applied, being 
especially noticed. 
III. SHEEP STOCK. 
Twenty-five Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the 
Increase of Sheep Stock on Strong as well as Light Land. 
IV. SHORTHORNS. 
Twenty-five Sovereigns will be given for a Short History of Rise 
and Progress of Shorthorns. 
V. CHEESE AND BUTTER. 
Twenty-five Sovereigns will be given for the best Essay on the 
Comparative Profit of making Cheese, Butter, or of grazing 
Stock on Pasture Land of various qualities. 
