8 PROCEEDINGS AT BOARD MEETINGS. 



of their number, and to express their sense of the vahiahle assistance which the Society 

 had received from him as a judge of stock and Director of tlie Society; (2.) to send a 

 copy of this resolution to Mrs Glennie, with their resj^ectful sympatliy. 

 Chemical Departme>'t.— The following letter from Mr Roughead was read : — 



" Haddington, 2Sth June 1875. 



" Sir, — I regretted not getting an opportunity of expressing at the meeting of the 

 Society, held on the 16th, my ideas as to the appointing of a chemist. I am satisfied, 

 in order to give entire contidence, and I have the ai^proval of the members of the 

 Society, especially farmers, — we must have a chemist devoting his whole time to the 

 work of the Society. A young man of ahility, and a master of his profession, could be 

 obtained for £400 to £500 per year, with the expectation of an increase. To raise this 

 sum, I would have each parcel of manure and seeds wished to be analysed by members 

 sent to joxiT office, along with the fee fixed by the directors, which ought to be a small 

 one, in order to induce farmers to have all their purchases tested, and the chemist, 

 after recording the result, send a copy thereof to the member who has duly remitted 

 the fees. A certain number of pupils should be taken into the laboratory at a fixed 

 fee, also to be paid into your office. A separate account to be kept for all fees 

 received, out of which fund the salary of the chemist will be paid. I feel certain, in a 

 very short time this fund will be able to meet salaries and expense of the laboratory 

 without encroaching upon the funds of the Society. The pupils would assist (under the 

 direction of the chemist) in preparing the tests ; but it must be his duty personally to 

 weigh the different component parts of the samples sent to be analysed. Regarding 

 the experimental farm — before establishing the same, I would advise that a small 

 deputation, composed of directors and practical agricidturists, ought to visit one or 

 two of the like establishments in Germany. I have visited some of these myself, and 

 been much delighted with the arrangements and with the amount of information 

 imparted to the students attending at each of the stations. The station I was most 

 pleased with was that in the ueighhourhood of Griefswald, in connection with the 

 university there. The farm is a large one — I think about 1000 acres, with about 100 

 acres devoted to experiments in testing different plants and grain with different kinds 

 of manures. I could send j'ou a copy of reports (in German) I lu'ought with me last 

 year. Griefswald is near Stettin, and can be got at in a short time and at little 

 expense. I shall be glad to give you any further information in my power. !May I 

 ask the favour of your placing this letter before your directors, and I shall be glad to 

 know what has been done. —I remain your most olDedient servant, 



(Signed) " David Roughead. 



" F. N. Menzies, Esq. 



The Secretary was instructed to inform Mr Roughead that his letter would be taken 

 into consideration in the report to be brought up to the general meeting. 



Lord Calthoupe's Scheme. — The resolution passed at last general meeting referring 

 it to the Directors to consider the propriety of granting a sum of a L.lOO for live years 

 to the fund proposed to be raised by Lord Calthorpe for improving and maintaining a 

 proper supply of horses in Scotland, was brought before the meeting, when, after some 

 discussion, the Secretary was instructed to obtain further information on the subject 

 before the next meeting of the Board. 



Agricultural Experimental Stations. — The motion by Colonel Innes of Learney 

 on this subject at the general meeting in June last was under the consideration of the 

 meeting, and after some discussion the Secretary was instructed to obtain infonnatiou 

 iu regard to the agricultural experimental stations formed in Aberdeenshire and other 

 counties in the north. 



Agricultural Education — Bursaries. — The Secretary stated that the examinations 

 for the Society's bursaries had been fixed to be held on Tuesday the 16th current, but 

 that only one^candidate had offered himself for examination. Committee. — The follow- 

 ing were named as a standing acting committee of the Council, in terms of the new 

 bye-laws : — The Lord Justice-General, the Professor of Agriculture, the Professor of 

 Botany, the Professor of Chemistry, Mr Hope of Borlands, Mr Myhie, Niddry Mains, 

 and Mr Hunter of Thurston": three a quorum. The Lord Justice-General, Convener. 



Ordnance Survey. — The Secretary reported that, pursuant to the instructions from 

 the last general meeting, a deputation from the Society waited upon Lord Henry 

 Lennox, JI.P., the First Commissioner of Works, at the House of Commons, lor the 

 purpose of presenting a memorial and asking for a Government grant to complete the 

 unfinished survey of Scotland. Among those forming the deputation were — The Earl 

 of Galloway, Lord Elphinstone, Sir Graham Montgomery, Bart., 5LP. ; Sir James 

 Elphinstone, Bart., M.P.; Sir H. Davie, B.art.. M.P.'"; Mr Baillie Cochrane, M.P.; Mr 

 Charles Dalrymple, M.P.; Mr R. W. Dutt", M.P.; Mr Orr Ewing, M.P.; Mr Fraser 

 Mackintosh, M.P.; Mr Malcolm, M.P.; Mr John Ramsay, M.P.; Mr Mark Stewart, 

 M.P. ; Mr Dundas of Araiston, Mr Erskine of Cardross, Mr Watson Lyall, and Mr F. 

 N. Menzies, Secretary. After the reading of the ^Memorial aud some remarks by Mr 



