28 PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1879. 



3. By the Proprietor or Tenant in Scotland who shall have 

 reclaimed within the ten preceding years not less than forty 

 acres of waste land — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To 

 be lodged by 1st November in any year. 



4. By the Tenant in Scotland who shall have reclaimed within 

 the ten preceding years not less than twenty acres of waste 

 land — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st 

 November in any year. 



5. By the Tenant in Scotland who shall have reclaimed not 

 less than ten acres within a similar period — The Medium Gold 

 Medal, or Five Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November in 

 any year. 



The Reports in competition for Nos. 3 , 4, and 5 may comprehend such 

 general observations on the improvement of waste lands as the writer's 

 experience may lead him to make, but must refer especially to the 

 lands reclaimed — to the nature of the suil — the previous state and 

 probable value of the subject — the obstacles opposed to its improve- 

 ment — the details of the various operations — the mode of cultivation 

 adopted — and the produce and value of the crops produced. As the 

 required extent cannot be made up of different patches of land, the 

 improvement must have relation to one subject; it must be of a pro- 

 fitable character, and a rotation of crops must have been concluded 

 before the date of the Report. A detailed statement of the expenditure 

 and return, and a certified measurement of the groiind are requisite. 



6. By the Proprietor or Tenant in Scotland who shall have 

 improved within the ten preceding years the pasturage of not 

 less than thirty acres, by means of top-dressing, draining, or 

 otherwise, without tillage, in situations where tillage may be in- 

 expedient — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged 

 by 1st November in any year. 



7. By the Tenant in Scotland who shall have improved not 

 less than ten acres within a similar period — The Minor Gold 

 Medal. To be lodged by 1st November in any year. 



Reports in competition for Nos. 6 and 7 must state the particular mode 

 of management adopted, the substances ajDplied, the elevation and 

 nature of the soil, its previous natural products, and the changes 

 produced. 



Section 3.— MACHINEPtY. 



For the best and most approved Steam Eeaping Machine, to 

 cut and bind to the satisfaction of a Committee of the Society. 

 The machine to be tested during one whole season in such 

 manner as the Committee may direct — Fifty Sovereigns. Intima- 



