Prizes for Essays and Reports. 
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6. The process of burning clay, and the soils to which it is appli- 
cable. 
7. 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. 
III. Farming of Somersetshire. 
Fifty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for 
the best Report on the Farming of Somersetshire. 
Competitors will be expected to describe — 
1. The character of the soils of the county. 
2. The peculiarities of the climate. 
3. The course of cropping in the various parts of the county. 
4. The history of the general drainage in the various levels, with 
the improvements still required therein. 
0. The dairy management. 
6. The management of the orchards. 
7. The state of the moor -land district of West Somersetshire. 
8. The formation and management of the water-meadows, espe- 
cially on the hill-sides. 
9. Any improvements which have been made since the Report of 
John Billingsley in the year 1798, and those which are still 
required. 
IV. Management of Wheat. 
Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for the best Report on the Management of Wheat. 
Competitors will be required to attend to the following points : — 
1. The preparation of the land according to variety of soils. 
2. The application of dung or artificial manures. 
3. The time of sowing. 
4. The quantity of seed. 
5. The variety of seed and change of seed. 
6. The treatment of the crop in spring as to pressing and hoeing. 
7. The diseases to which wheat is liable. 
8. The time and mode of cutting. 
9. Threshing and dressing. 
Y. Beet — (^Mangold- Wurzel). 
Twenty Soveueigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given 
for the best Report oa the Cultivation of Beet. 
Competitors will be required to attend to the following points : — 
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