24 PREmUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IX 1882. 



6. On the results of experiments for ascertaining the com- 

 parative value of farm-yard manure obtained from cattle fed 

 upon different varieties of food, by the application of such 

 manures to farm crops — Twenty Sovereigns. To be lodged by 

 1st November in any year. 



The Report must state the effects produced on two successive crops by 

 the application of manure obtained from cattle fed on different sorts 

 of food, such as turnips and straw alone ; and turnips and straw, with 

 an addition of oil-cake, hnseed, bean-meal, grain or other substances. 

 The animals should be as nearly as possible of the same age, weight, 

 condition, and maturity, and each lot should receive daily the same 

 quantity of litter ; and, except as to the difference of food, they must 

 be treated alike. 



The preparation of the manure, by fermentation or otherwise, should be 

 in every respect the same ; and it is desirable that not less than two 

 several experiments be made with each kind, and that the ground to 

 which it is to be applied be as equal as possible in quality and con- 

 dition. 



7. On the means successfully employed for obtaining new 

 Agricultural Plants, or new and superior varieties, or improved 

 sub-varieties, of any of the cereal grains, grasses, roots, or other 

 agricultural plants at present cultivated in this country — Medals, 

 or sums of Money not exceeding Fifty Sovereigns. To be lodged 

 by 1st November in any year. 



It is necessary that the varieties and sub-varieties reported upon shall 

 have been proved capable of reproduction from seed, and also that the 

 relation they bear to others, or well-knowm sorts, should be stated. 

 The Reporter is further requested to mention the effects that he may 

 have observed produced by different soils, manures, &c., on the plants 

 forming the subject of report, and how far he may have ascertained 

 such effects to be lasting. 



Should any improved variety reported upon be the result of direct ex- 

 periment by cross impregnation, involving expense and long-continued 

 attention, a higher premium will be aM'arded. 



8. On the hardy and useful Herbaceous Plants of any country 

 where such climate exists as to induce the belief that the plants 

 may be beneficially introduced into the cultivation of Scotland 

 — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st 

 November in any year. 



Attention is particularly directed to the Grains and Grasses of China, 

 Japan, the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, the Himalaya country, 

 the Falkland and South Sea Islands, California, and the liigh north- 

 western district of America. 



Reporters are required to give the generic and specific names of the 

 plants treated of, with the authority for the same — together with the 

 native names, so far as known ; and to state the elevation of the 

 locality and nature of the soil in which they are cultivated, or which 

 they naturally inhabit, with their qualities or uses ; and it is further 

 requested that the descriptions be accompanied, in so far as pos- 

 sible, with specimens of the plants, and their fruit, seed, and other 

 products. 



