IV CONTEXTS. 



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21. EXPERIMEXTS OX POTATOES WITH DIFFERENT MANURES. By 



KussELL SwANWiCK AND E. W. Prevost, . . . 283 



22. Manures and their Application. Bv Dr. A. P. Aitken, . 299 



23. Experimental Stations — Eeport for 1881. By Dr. A. P . 



Aitken — 



Experiments at Harela^v and Pumplierston, . . .317 



Experiments at Yester Mains, ..... 328 

 Scheme of Experiments, ..... 329 



24. The Cereal and other Crops of Scotland for 1881, and 



Meteorology of the Year relative thereto — 



The Crops, ....... 331 



Meteorology, ....... 352 



25. Al^.RICULTURAL STATISTICS — 



Table Xo. 1. Total Acreage under each kind of Crop in each 



County of Scotland, 4 June 1881, .... 362 



Table No. 2. Number of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs in each 



County of Scotland, 4 June 1881, . . . . 363 



Table No.' 3. Quantities and Values of the Imports of Live 



Cattle, Sheep, and Swine, 1876 to 1880, . . .364 



Table No. 4. Quantities and Values of the Imports of Beef and 



Pork (salted). Bacon, and Hams, &c., 1876 to 1880, . 364 



Table No. 5. Quantities and Values of the Imports of Wheat 



and Wheat Flour, 1876 to 1880, .... 365 



Table No. 6. Quantities and Values of the Imports of Barley, 



Oats, Eye, Meal, and Malt, 1876 to 1880, . . .365 



Table No. 7. Average Prices of various kinds of Animals, Dead 



Meat, and Provisions, 1876 to 1880, .... 366 



Table No. 8. Average Prices of Wool in each of the Years from 



1861 to 1880, . . . . . . .366 



Table No. 9. Average Prices (per imperial quarter) of Home- 

 grown Wheat, Barlev, and Oats, in the Weekly Market of 

 Edinburgh, for the Years 1877 to 1881, . . .367 



APPENDIX (A). 



Proceedings of the Highland and Agricultural Society— 



Proceedings at Board Meetings, February 1881 to January 



1882, . . . . . . • • i 



Proceedings at General Meeting, 15th June 1881, . . 10 



Proceedings at General Meeting at Stirling, 27th July 1881, . 16 



Proceedings at General Meeting, 18th January 1882, . .22 

 Eeport of the Society's Veterinary Examinations, Session 



1880-81, . . . . . . .47 



Premiums awarded bv the Societv in 1881-82, . . .49 



State of the Funds of the Society at 30th November 1881, . 82 



View of the Income and Expenditure for the Year 1880-81, . 83 



Abstract of the Accounts of the Societv for 1880-81, . . 84 



Abstract of the Accounts of the Stirling Show, 1881, . . 86 



Abstract of the Accounts of the Argyll Naval Fund for 



1880-81, . . . . . . .86 



APPENDIX (B.) 



Premiums offered by the Highland and Agricultural Society, 

 IN 1882, ... * . • . 



