PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1870. 41 



4. The Money Premiums given in tlie District must be L.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 liefore the 2()th of December, 

 for the aj)proval of the Directors, against whose decisions there shall be no 

 ajipeal. 



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

 2 years. 



Section 8.— PLOUGHING COMPETITIONS. 



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

 first or highest Premium at Plougliing Competitions, provided a 

 Report in tlie following terms is made to the Secretary, within 

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



FORM OP REPORT. 



I, of Member of the Highland and 



Agricxxltural Society, hereby certify that I attended the Ploughing 

 Match of the Association at in the county 



of on the when ploughs com- 



peted ; of land was assigned to each, and hours 



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

 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 on 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 nuist be lodged within one month of the date of the Match, . 

 and certified by a Member of the Society who was present at it. 



5. A Member can only report one Match, and a Ploughman can oniy carry 

 one Medal in the same season. 



6. To warrant the Medal, there must have lieen twelve ploughs in Com- 

 petition, and Three Pounds awarded in Premiums. 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 l)y others : on land of average tenacity the ploughing 

 should be at the rate of an imperial acre in ten hours, and attention should 

 be given to the firmness and sufficiency of the work l)elow, more than to its 

 neatness above the surface. 



