PREMIUMS AWARDED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1881. 49 



PREMIUMS AWARDED BY THE SOCIETY IX 1881-82. 



I.— REPORTS, 1882. 

 AGRICULTURAL. 



1. John Ainslie, jun., Hillend, Lothian Bum, for a Repoit on Manure made with 



and without Cover, ........ 



2. William Cochran, Overdale House, Dunblane, for a Repoit on Tea and SUk 



Fanning in New Zealand, ....... 



3. James Tait, 26 Windsor Street, Edinburgh, for a Report on the Physiological 



Distinction of the Scottish Peasantrj', ...... 



4. Russell Swanwick, M.R.A.C., Royal Agricultural College Farm, Cirencester, and 



E. W. Prevost, Ph.D., F.R.S.E., 1 Cecily HUl, Cirencester, for a Report of 

 Experiments on Potatoes with different Manures, 2 Medium Gold Medals, 



5. Peter Kilpatrick, Durley Manor, Bishops Waltham, Hants, for a Report on 

 the Cultivation of Cabbage, ....... 



6. James Shields, Byera, Bathgate, for a Report on the Reclamation of Moss 

 Land, ......... 



7. Alexander Lovie, Towie, Auchmedden, Fraserburgh, for a Report on the 

 Reclamation of Waste Land, ....... 



8. A, Septimus Alexander, 4 Belhaven Terrace, Glasgow, for a Report on the 



Treatment of Border Leicester Ewes and Lambs, . Medium Gold Medal, 



9. George Armatage, M.K.C.V.S., Clarence Villa, 65 Hayter Road, Brixton Rise, 



8. W. , for a Report on Sturdy in Sheep, ..... 



10. William Hay, Tillydesk, Ellon, for a Report on the Composition of Crops in 



average Produce, ........ 



11. John Milne, Mains of Laitliers, Tun-iff, for a Report of Experiments in Cattle 



Feeding, ......... 



12. WiUiam Thomson, Auclienraith, High Blantyre, for. a Report on the best 



System of Bee Culture, ....... 



13. David W. Wemyss of Newton Bank, St Andrews, for a Report on the Cultiva- 



tion of Pnckly Comfrey, ....... 



14. R. M. Malloch, Balhaldie, Braco, Perthshire, for a Model of Cattle Track, 



Minor Gold Medal, 



FORESTRY. 



15. Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie, Kiikliston, for a Report on Old and Remarkable 



Llms in Scotland, . . . . . . . . 10 



16. Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie, Kirkliston, for a Report on Old and Remarkable 



Lime Trees in Scotland, ...... 



17. Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie, Kirkliston, for a Report on the Picea grandis, 



18. Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie, Kirkliston, for a Report on the Severe Winter 



of 1880-81 on Trees and Shrubs, ..... 



19. Donald Stalker, Kilmun, for a Report on Plantations, «&c., on the Estates of 



Benmore and Kilmun, .... Minor Gold Medal, 



II.— STIRLING SHOW, I88I. 

 Class I.— CATTLE. 



SHORTHORN. 

 TwEEDDALE GoLD Mkdal— Best SHORTHORN BULL in the Yard. 

 Jamen Bruce, Buraside, Fochabei-s, " Knickerbocker " (38,150) . . , 20 



Section 1. BULLS calved before Ist January 1879. 

 1. James Bnice, Burnslde, Fochabers, "Knickerbocker" (38,150) 



2. James A. Gordon, Udale, Invert'ordon, " Kosnrio 2d " (42,299) 



3. A. A A. Mitchell, Alloa, " Colonel " (42.948) ..... 

 Breeder of Best Bull— The Duke of Buccleuch and Quecnsbcrry, K.G., 



Dalkeith, ...... Silver .Medal, 16 



V. IT. C, Walter Scott, Glendronaclt. Huntly, "Cossack" (39,633). H. C, Sir 

 ThoniM Buchan Hepburn of Snieuton Hepburn, Bart., Prcetonklrk, "Smcaton 

 Hero" (42,419). 



Carryforward. £63 16 



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