CONTENTS. 



2. Estate Improvements — For approved Eeports ox — 



1. The Cultivcation of Land of luferior Quality by Proprietors or 



Tenants, ...... 



2. General Improvement of Estates by Pi'oprietors. . 



0. Most approved Farm Buildings by Projirietors, 



4, 5, and 6. Reclamation of AVaste Laud by Tillage by Proprietor 

 or Tenants, ...... 



7 and 8. Improvement of Natural Pasture without Tillage by Pro- 

 prietors or Tenants, . . • . . 



3. Machinery — For approved Reports on — 



1. Invention or Improvement of Implements of Husbandry, 



2. Machine for Cutting Turf by Steam Power, 



3. Cattle Truck for Feeding and Watering Animals in transit, 



4. Forestry Department — For approved Reports on — 



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Extensive planting by Proprietors, 



General management of Plantations by Practical Foresters 



Planting on Peat Bog, 



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Forest Trees of recent introduction 



The Management of Picea Nordmanniana, or Red Wood for Timber 

 purposes, 



6. The Cutting and Transport of Firewood (soft and hard wood), with 



detailed statement of Charges, 



7. Charcoal-producing Plants, 



8. Perthshire Woods, Forests, and Forestry, 



9. Ross-shire Woods, Forests, and Forestry, 

 1 0. Utilisation of Waste Produce of Forests for making an Artificial 



Fuel, ........ 



CLASS II.— DISTRICT COMPETITIONS. 



1. Cattle, 



2. Horses, 



3. Sheep, 



4. Swine, 



5. Dairy Produce, 



6. Special Grants, 



7. Medals in aid of Pr( 



8. Ploughing Competitions, 



9. Cottages and Gardens, .... 



1. Premiums for best kept Cottages and Gardens, 



2. Medals for Cottages and Gardens or Garden Produce, 



3. Improving existing Cottages, . 



4. Building New Cottages, 



GENERAL SHOW AT ABERDEEN IN 1876, 

 GENERAL SHOW AT EDINBURGH IN 1877, 



cmiums given by Local Societies, 



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