Proceedings. of Learned Societiess 
ever to the Society an effectual method, 
verified by repeated and satisfactory trials, 
of destroying the grub of the cockchafer, or 
of preventing or checking the destructive ef- 
fects which always attend cern, peas, beans, 
and turnips, when attacked by those insects 5 
the gold medal. 
_ The accounts, with proper certificates, to 
be produced on or before the first Tuesday 
in January, 1810. 
A5. Desrrovinc Worms. To the :per- 
son who shall discover to the Society an ef- 
fectual method, verified by repeated and sa- 
tisfactory trials, of destroying worms, or of 
preventing the destructive effects they occa- 
sion on corn, beans, peas, or other pulse; 
the silver medal. ; 
The atcounis, with proper certificates, to 
be produced to the Society on or before the 
first Tuesday in January, 1810. 
46. DesTroyvine THE Fry on Hopes. 
To the person who shall diseover to the 
Society an easy and efficacious method of, 
destroying. the fly on hops, superior to any 
hitherto known or practised, on not less than 
four acres of hop ground; the gold medal. 
Accounts and certificates to be delivered 
to the Society on cr before the first Tuesday 
in February, 1810. 
AY. Pprventine THE Biiert, on Ra- 
VAGEs or Insects, oN Fruit-TREES AND 
Cuttwary Prants. To the person who 
shall discover to the Society the most effec- 
tual method of preventing the blight or ra- 
vages of insects on fruit-trees and culinary 
plants, superior to any hitherto known or 
practised, and verified by actual and com- 
parative experiments: the silver medal. 
The accounts, with proper ceriificates, to 
be delivered to-the Society on or before the 
s¢cond Tuesday in December, 1809. 
‘48. Cure oF THe Rot in SueEep. To 
the persen who shall discover to the Society 
the best and most effectual method of curing 
the rot in sheep, verified by repeated and 
satisfactory experiments; the gold medal. 
_ It isexpected that the candidates furnish 
accurate accounts of the symptomsand cure 
of the disease, together with the imputed 
cause thereof, and the actual or probable 
means of prevention, which, with proper 
certificates, must be delivered to the Society 
on or before the first Tuesday in February, 
1810. 
49. CurE or THE Foot-Rot 1n- SHEEP. 
To the person who shall discover to the So- 
ciety the best and most effectual method of 
ne the foot-rot in sheep; the silver me- 
al. 
It is required that the eure be acertained 
by repeated and satisfactory experiments, 
and the method of performing it be verified 
by proper certificates delivered to the So- 
ciety on or before the first Tuesday in 
February, 1810. 
_ 50. Prevenrinc THE ru Errecrs oF 
Fires on Susser. To the person who shall 
@scorer io the Society the most effectual me- 
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thodof protecting sheep from being disturbed 
and injured by flies; the silver medal. 
| It is required that the method be ascer- 
tained by repeated experiments, arid that a’ 
certificate of its efficacy be delivered to the 
Society on or before the first Tuesday .ix 
December, 1809. 
51. Prorectine SHeep. To the person 
who, in the year 1808, shall. protect the 
greatest number of sheep, not fewer than one 
hundred, by hovels, sheds, or any other 
means, and give the most satisfactory ac- 
count, verified by experiment, of the advan- 
tagesarising from the practice of protecting 
sheep from the inclemency of the weather, 
by hovels, sheds, or any other means; the 
gold medal. 
A particular account of the experiments 
made, with the advantages arising therefrom, 
together wita the expense, and certificates 
of its utility, to be preduced to the Society 
on or before the first Tuesday in March, 
1810. tte ; 
N B. It is required that the certificates 
shall specify the length of time the sheep 
were so protected, and the manner in which 
they were maintained during that time ; to+ 
gether with the general method of managing 
them. she 
52. CuLTuRE cr Hemp IN CERTAIN 
PARTS OF SCOTLAND. The Society wishing 
to encourage the growth of hemp for the use 
of the navy in every part of the united Em- 
pire, offer to the person who shall sow 
with hemp, in drills at least eighteen inches 
asunder, the greatest quantity of land in 
any part of the united Empire, notless thaw 
fifty acres statute measure, in the year 1809, 
and shall at the proper season cause to be 
plucked the summer henip, (or male hemp 
bearing no seed) and continue the winter 
hemp (or female hemp bearing-seed) on the 
' ground until the seed is ripe ; the gold medal. 
53. To the person who shall sow with 
hemp, indrillsat least eighteen inchesastn- 
der, the next greatest quantity of land in 
any part of the united Empire, not less than 
twenty-five acres, statute measure, in the 
year 1808, and shall at the proper season 
cause the same to be plucked as above-men- 
tioned ; the silver medal. 
Certificates of the number of acres, of the 
distance of the drills, of the plucking of the: 
hemp, with a general account of the soil, 
cultivation, and produce, to be delivered te 
the Society, along with fourteen pounds of 
the hemp and two quarts of the seed, on or 
before the second Tuesday,in January, 1810. 
54. Freepine er Cartie. For the best- 
experiments on stall feeding of cattle (not 
less than five head) to be continued for the 
space of twelve months, in order te prove 
the earliest maturity and greatest propensity: 
to fatten, of the most approved breedsof cate- 
tle in Great Britain, specifying the nature of 
the food given, together with the daily con= 
sumption of each beast, with its weekly in« 
crease in weight, and such other obseryations- 
