26 riiE.MIUMS OFFEKED BY THE SOCIETY IN 187C. 



3. By the Proprietor in Scotland who shall have erected on 

 his estate the most approved Farm-buildings — The Gold Medal. 

 Eeports, Plans, and Specifications to be lodged by 1 st November 

 in any year. 



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

 reclaimed within the ten preceding years not less than forty 

 acres of waste laud — 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 within 

 the ten preceding years not less than twenty acres of waste 

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

 1st November in any year. 



6. 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 Eeports in competition for Xos. 4, 5, and 6 may comprehend such 

 general observatioiis on the improvement of waste lands as the Avriter's 

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

 lands reclaimed — to the nature of the soil — 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 uj) of different patches of laud, the 

 imjirovement must have relation to one subject; it must be of a 

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

 before the date of the rej)ort. A detailed statement of the expenditure 

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



7. 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 wdiere tillage may be 

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

 by 1st November in any year. 



8. 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. 7 and 8 must state the particular mode 

 <9i management adopted, the substances api^lied, the elevation and 

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

 produced. 



