at  the  Exeter  Meeting , 1850. 
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methodical  arrangements  of  Mr.  Brandreth  Gibbs,  the  honorary 
director,  so  necessary  to  enable  him  to  fulfil  the  multiiarious  and 
onerous  duties  which  devolve  upon  him. 
C.  B.  Challoner. 
Portnall  Park,  November,  1850. 
PRIZES  OFFERED  BY  THE  SOCIETY. 
For  the  Plough  best  adapted  for  general  purposes  . Seven  Sovereigns. 
For  the  Plough  best  adapted  for  Deep  Ploughing  . Seven  Sovereigns. 
For  the  best  One-way  or  Turn-wrest  Plough  . Five  Sovereigns. 
For  the  best  Paring  Plough  ....  Five  Sovereigns. 
For  the  best  Subsoil  Pulverizer  ....  Five  Sovereigns. 
For  the  best  Drill  for  general  purposes,  which  shall 
possess  the  most  approved  method  of  distributing 
Compost  or  other  Manures  in  a moist  or  dry  state, 
quantity  being  especially  considered 
N.B. — Other  qualities  being  equal,  the  preference  will  be  given  to  the 
Drill  which  may  be  best  adapted  to  cover  the  manure  w ith  soil  before 
the  seed  is  deposited. 
| Ten  Sovereigns. 
For  the  best  Pair-IIorse  Steerage  Corn  and  Turnip)  0 
jyrjU  r Icn  Sovereigns. 
For  the  best  Drill  for  small  occupations  . . Five  Sovereign?. 
For  the  best  Turnip  Drill  on  the  flat,  which  shall 
possess  the  most  approved  method  of  distributing 
Compost  or  other  Manures  in  a moist  or  dry  state, 
quantity  being  especially  considered 
N.B. — Other  qualities  being  equal,  the  preference  will  be  given  to  the 
Drill  which  may  be  best  adapted  to  cover  the  manure  with  soil  before 
the  seed  is  deposited. 
| Ten  Sovereigns. 
For  the  best  Turnip  Drill  on  the  ridge,  which  shall 
possess  the  most  approved  method  of  distributing 
Compost  or  other  Manures  in  a moist  or  dry  state, 
quantity  being  especially  considered 
N.B. — Other  qualities  being  equal,  the  preference  will  be  given  to  the 
Drill  which  may  be  best  adapted  to  cover  the  manure  with  soil  before 
the  seed  is  deposited. 
For  the  best  Drop  Drill,  for  depositing  Seed  and)  c 
Manure  . . . . . . . f Tcn  Sovereigns. 
For  the  Manure-Distributor  which  is  best  adapted] 
for  distributing  broadcast  any  kind  of  compost  or  I 
hand-tillage  when  in  a moist  state,  and  which  is  > Five  Sovereigns, 
capable  of  adjustment  for  the  delivery  of  any 
quantity  from  Two  to  Twenty  bushels  per  acre  . J 
For  the  best  portable  Steam-Engine,  applicable 
Threshing  or  other  Agricultural  purposes  . 
toj  Fifty  Sovereigns. 
| Ten  Sovereigns. 
