PREMIUMS AWARDED BY THE SOCIETY IN" 1878. 35 



PREMIUMS AWARDED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1878-79. 



I.— REPORTS, 1879. 



AGRICULTURAL. 



1. John M'Culloch, Denbie Mains, Lockerbie, for a Report on the History of 



Leases of Lands from the Earliest Times, ..... £25 



2. John Scott, 28 Gloucester Street, Regent's Park, London, N.W., for a Report on 



a Popular Classification and Arrangement of Animal Parasites, . . 10 



3. John Ainslie, jun., Hillend, Loanhead, for a Report on the advantage of Plough- 



ing in Manure at once on being spread, or of leaving it spread for a time. 



Medium Gold Medal, 6 2 



4. George Grant, Allamichie, Dufftown, Banffshire, for a Report on the Reclama- 



tion of Ten Acres of Waste Land, . . . . . .500 



5. Thomas Lawson, Sandyford, KiiTiemuir, for a Report on the Results of Experi- 



ments with Lime and various Artificial Manures, . . Medium Gold Medal, 6 2 



6. Professor Tanner, Abergele, North Wales, for a Report on the Variations in the 



Composition of Oats, . . . . . . . .500 



7. George Muirhead, Paxton, Berwick-on-Tweed, for a Report on Continuous Corn- 



growing, ...... Minor Gold Medal, 3 15 



FORESTRY. 



8. Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie, Kirkliston, for a Report on the Old and 



Remarkable Spanish Chestnuts in Scotland, . . . Gold Medal, 10 



9. Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie, Kirkliston, for a Report on the Picea Nobilis 



and its value for Planting in Scotland, . . Medium Gold Medal, 6 2 



10. William Scaling, Old Manor House, Basford, Notts, for a Report on the Growth 



and Cultivation of Willows in Scotland, . . Medium Gold Medal, 6 2 



11. Thomas Wilkie, Ardkinglas, Inveraray, for a Report on the Cause of Ringshake 



in Trees, , .. . . . . . .500 



12. John M. Aitken, 24 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, for a Report on the HyloHus 



Abietis, or Fir Weevil, . .. . Minor Gold Medal, 3 15 



£91 18 



II.— EDINBURGH SHOW, 1877. 



Duncan Ross, Academy Court, Inverness, for Turnip Topping aud Tailing Machine 



(at trial at Niddrie Mains, 4th December 1877), . Minor Gold Medal, £3 15 



III.— DUMFRIES SHOW, 1878. 

 Class I.— CATTLE. 



GALLOWAY. 



Section 1. BULLS calved before Ist Janvai-y 1876. 



1. James Cunningham, Tarbreoch, Dalbeattie, "The Mackintosh" (1009), . 



2. Thomas Biggar of Chapelton, Dalbeattie, " Lord of Nithsdale " (616), . 



3. John Millican, Wedholme House, Abbey Town, Carlisle, " Hazeldean " (1010), 



Breeder of Best Bull — James Graham, Parcelstown, Longtown, SUver Medal, 

 Highly Commended, George Graham, Oakbank, Longtown, " Viscount Preston " 

 (1008). Commended, The Earl of Galloway, Galloway House, Garliestown, 

 " Scottish Borderer " (699). 



Section 2. BULLS calved after 1st January 1876. 



1. James Little, Fauld, Longtown, " Lord Walter of Dnimlanrig," (1024), . . 20 



2. The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K.G., Dnimlanrig, " Sir William of 



Dmmlanrig" (1039), . . . . . . . . 10 



3. Maxwell Clark, Culmain, Crocketford, Dumfries, " QueensbeiTy " (1027), . 5 O 

 H. C, James Little, Fauld, Longtown, " Liddlesdale" (1031). 



Can7 forward, £70 16 



