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PRIZES FOR ESSAYS AND REPORTS ON 
VARIOUS SUBJECTS. 
1847. 
All Prizes of the Royal Agricultural Society of England are open 
to general competition. 
I. Farming of Northumberland. 
Fifty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for 
the best Report on the Farming of Northumberland. 
Competitors will be expected to describe — 
1. The character of the soils of the county. 
2. The peculiarities of the climate. 
3. The improvements effected in the farming of Northumberland 
since the Report of J. Bailey and G. CuUey in the year 1813. 
4. The management of the large farms in the north of the countj', 
on the land and at the homestead. 
5. The improvements still required in the county generally as to 
the higher culture of existing farms, the reclamation of waste 
lands, and the condition of the agricultural labourer. 
N.B. The writers of County Reports are requested, if possible, not to exceed the 
length of 40, or at most of 50 printed pages. 
II. Farming of Suffolk. 
Fifty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for 
the best Report on the Farming of Suffolk. 
Competitors will be expected to describe — 
1. The character of the soils of the county. 
2. The management of the land on the various soils. 
3. The improvements effected in the farming of Suffolk since the 
Report of Arthur Young in the year 1804. 
4. The antiquity and extent of thorough draining Avithin the county. 
5. The process of marling and the soils benefited thereby. 
