CONTENTS. 



§ 3. MACHIXEEY — PAGE 



1. Invention or Improvement of Implements of Husbandry, , 28 



2. Cattle Truck for Feeding and Watering Animals in transit, . 28 



§ 4. Forestry Department — For Approved Reports on — 



1. Extensive Planting by Proprietors, . . . .28 



2. Planting on Peat Bog. ...... 28 



3. Forest Trees of recent introduction, . . . .28 



4. The Picca Pedinata (Silver Fir), .... 29 



5. Trees best adapted for planting as shelter in the Islands of Scotland, 29 



6. The old or remarkable Walnut Trees in Scotland, . . 29 



7. The old or remarkable Horse Chestnut Trees in Scotland, . 29 



8. Trees most suitable as Standards in cutting down Plantations, . 29 



9. The Deteriorations of Home-Grown Timber, . . .29 



10. The Cutting and Transport of Fii'ewood (soft and hard), . . 29 



11. Charcoal-producing Plants, . . . . .30 



12. Perthshire Woods, Forests, and Forestry, . , . .30 



13. Eoss-shire AVoods, Forests, and Forestry, . . . .30 



14. Inverness-shire Woods, Forests, and Forestr}', . . .30 



15. High Forest with Coppice, or Coppice with Standard Trees, . 30 



16. Utilisation of Waste Produce of Forests for Artificial Fuel, . 30 



17. Insects most injurious to Forest Trees, . . . .30 



18. Disastrous Gales of Season 1881-82, . . . .30 



19. Preparing Wood for Fencing Avith a view to its preservation, . 30 



CLASS II.— DISTRICT COMPETITIONS. 



1. Cattle, ........ 31 



2. Horses, ........ 32 



3. Sheep, ........ 34 



4. Swine, ........ 35 



5. Daily Produce, . . . . . . .36 



6. Special Grants, ....... 38 



7. Medals in aid of the Premiums given by Local Societies, . 38 



8. Ploughing Competitions, . . . . .43 



CLASS III.— 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 GLASGOW IN 1882, . 

 GENERAL SHOW AT INVERNESS IN 1883, 

 GENERAL SHOW AT EDINBURGH IN 1884, 

 LIST OF MEMBERS ADMITTED SINCE JANUARY 1881, 



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