APPENDIX (B). 

 PKEMIUMS 



OFFERED BY 



THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 OF SCOTLAND IN 1876. 



CONTENTS. 



General Notice, . 



Constitution and Management, 



Establishment fob 1876, 



Committees for 1876, 



Agricultural Education, 



Veterinary Department, 



Forestry Department, 



Chemical Department, . 



General Regulations for Competitors, 



CLASS I.— REPORTS. 



§ 1. The Science and Practice of Agriculture— For approved 

 Reports on — 



1. Agriculture, &c., of the Counties of Edinburgh and Linlithgow, 



2. Agriculture of the Counties of Ross and Cromarty, 



3. Agriculture of the County of Argyll, 



4. Physiological Distinctions in the Condition of the Scottish 



Peasantry, ...... 



5. Agricultural Experimental Stations, 



6. The advantage of Ploughing in Manure at once on being spread, 



7. Manures produced by different kinds of Feeding, 



8. Manure made with and without Cover, 



9. Improved varieties of Agricultural Plants, 



10. Cultivation of Cabbage as a Field Crop, 



11. Vegetable Productions of India, China, and America, 



12. Best modes of housing fattening Cattle, . . . ' 



13. Ditferent descriptions of Food for Stock, . 



14. Polled Angus or Aberdeen Breed of Cattle, 



15. Breeding of Horses for the Road or Field, 



16. Adaptability of the various Soils to the Breeding and Rearing of 



Horses, .... 



17. Effect of Sewage upon the Animal System, 



18. Comparative Return from Capital invested in Cropping, Grazing. 



or Planting Land on Hill and Moorland, 



19. Rural Economy Abroad susceptible of Ijeing introduced into 



Scotland, 



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