PEEMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN" 1879. 37 



Section 5.— DAIRY PEODUCE. 



The Society's Dairy Premiums are given for three consecutive years. 



Premiums. 



1. Best Couple of Sweet Milk Cheeses belonging to a 



Proprietor, ..... The Silver Medal 



2. Best Couple of Sweet Milk Cheeses, Medium Silver Medal and £2 



Second best, . . . . . . . ^1 



Third best, ....... 10s. 



:"». Best Cured Butter (not less than 14 lbs.), belonging to a Proprietor, 



The Silver Medal 



4. Best Cured Butter (not less than 14 lbs.), [Medium Silver Medal and £■! 

 Second best, . . . . . , . £1 



Third best, ....... 10s. 



In 1879. 



No application has been received. 



ETJLES OF COMPETITION. 



1. The Members of the Highland and Agricultural Society connected 

 %vitli the respective Districts are appointed Committees for arranging the 

 Competitions, the Convener being appointed by the Directors : five mem- 

 bers to be a quorum. 



2. The Convener of each District shall summon a meeting of Committee 

 for the purpose of determining the time and place of Competition, the 

 nomination of Judges, and other preliminary arrangements. The time and 

 place (which must be within the bounds of the District, unless in reference 

 to Stallions special permission has been obtained to the contrary), shall be 

 publicly intimated by Conveners. 



3. The Money Premiums awarded at District Competitions will be paid 

 in January next, by precepts issued by the Directors. No payments must, 

 therefore, be paid by the Secretary or Treasurer of any local Association. 



4. Stock must be the property of the Exhibitor at the date of Entry. No 

 entry shall be received later than one week previous to the Show. Entry-Money 

 shall not exceed 2i per cent, on the amount of the Premium to be competed for. 



5. The Competitions (except for Horses) must take place between the 1st 

 of April and the 26th of October, and are open to all parties within the 

 District, whether members of the local Association or not. 



6. The Committee shall select the breed, and specify it in the returns. In 

 Cattle, the animals exhibited must belong to one of the following pure breeds 

 — Short-horn, Ayrshire, Polled (Galloway, Angus, or Aberdeen), Highland. 

 The Bulls may be of one breed, and the Heifers of another. In Sheep, the 

 breeds must be Leicester, Cheviot, or Blackfaced. 



7. Stock of an inferior description, or wliich does not fall within the pre- 

 scribed regulations, shall not be placed for competition. 



8. The Premiums shall not be divided. In Cattle, Horses, Sheep, and 

 Swine, four lots in each Class will warrant the award of full, and two lots of 

 half. Premiums. In Dairy Produce, eight Exhibitors in any one Class will 

 warrant an award of full, and four of half. Premiums. A Competitor may 

 exhibit two lots in each Class, except in Dairy Produce, where only one lot 

 is allowed from the same farm. For the Silver Medal to Proprietors two 

 lots are required. To authorise the award of the Medals in the intermediate 

 year, there must be not less than two lots in each Class.,, 



9. The Premiums for Stallions are open to General Competition. The 

 other Money Premiums and Medium Silver Medals are restricted to Tenant 

 Farmers and Proprietors farming the whole of their own lands, and not 

 also Owners of land to an extent exceeding ,£500 per annum. 



