44 PEEMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1879, 



4. The Money Premiums given in the District must be ^2 for each Medal 

 claimed. 



5. The Medal for Sheep Shearing shall not be awarded unless there are 

 three competitors, and it shall always accompany the highest money premium. 

 There must not be fewer than two competitors in all the classes. 



6. Blank reports will be furnished to all the Conveners of the different 

 Districts. These must, in all details, be completed and lodged with the 

 Secretary on or before the 1st of November next, with the exception of green 

 crop reports, which must be forwarded on or before the 20th of December, 

 for the approval of the Directors, against whose decisions there shall be no 

 appeal. 



7. When a grant has expired, the District cannot apply again for aid for 

 two years. 



Section 8.— PLOUGHING COMPETITIONS. 



The Minor Silver Medal will be given to the winner of the 

 first or highest Premium at Ploughing Competitions, provided a 

 Eeport in the following terms is made to the Secretary, within 

 one month of the Competition, by a Member of the Society : — 



FORM OP BBPORT. 



I, of Member of the Highland and 



Agricultural Society, hereby certify that I attended the Ploughing 

 Match of the Association at in the county 



of on the when ploughs 



competed ; of land was assigned to each, and hours 



were allowed for the execution of the work. The sum of £ 

 was awarded in the following proportions, viz. : — 



[Here enumerate the names and designations of successful Competitors.] 



RULES OF COMPETITION. 



1. All Matches must be at the instance of a local Society or Ploughing 

 Association, and no Match at the instance of an individual, or confined to 

 the tenants of one estate, will be recognised. 



2. The title of such Society or Association, together with the name and 

 address of the Secretary, must be registered with the Secretary of the High- 

 land and Agricultural Society, 3 George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh. 



3. Not more than one Match in the same season can take place within the 

 bounds of the same Society or Association. 



4. All reports must be lodged within one month of the date of the Match, 

 and certified by a Member of the Highland and Agricultural Society who 

 was present at it. 



5. A Member can only report one Match, and a Ploughman cannot carry 

 more than three Medals in the same season. 



6. To warrant the grant of the Medal, there must have been twelve ploughs 

 in Competition, and Three Pounds awarded in Premiums by the local Society. 

 The Medal to be given to the winner of the first or highest prize. 



7. Ploughmen shall not be allowed any assistance, and their work must 

 not be set up nor touched by others ; on land of average tenacity the 

 ploughing should be at the rate of an imperial acre in ten hours, and atten- 

 tion should be given to the firmness and sufficiency of the work below, 

 more than to its neatness above the surface. 



