CONTENTS. 





Page. 



I. Preliminary Notice, ------ i 



II. Abstract of the Accounts of the Society for 



1864-65, -------- is 



III. Abstract of the Accounts of the Inverness 



Show, 1865, ------- xii 



IV. Abstract of the Accounts of the Society for 



J865-66 -------- xiii 



V. Eeport on the Application of Sewage. By James 

 Archibald Campbell, of Inverawe, Newlands 

 Farm, Rugby, ------- 1 



VI. Eeport on the Agriculture of Ayrshire. By 

 Archibald Sturrock, Struthers Cottage, Kilmar- 

 nock, -------- 21 



VII. Eeport of Improvements on the Estates of 



MURKLE AND DUNREAY, IN THE COUNTY OF 



Caithness. By William R. Tait, C.E., Factor, 

 Oldfield, Thurso, ------ 106 



V III. Eeport on the Sale and Management of Timber. 



By C. Y. Michie, Forester, Duthill, Carr Bridge, 115 



IX. Eeport on Murrain. By George Armatage, V.S., 



Pensher, Fence Houses, - - 142 



X. Proceedings of the Chemical Department. By 



Thomas Anderson, M.D., F.E.S.E., Chemist to 

 the Society — 



Field Experiments on the Action of Uric Acid 



and Gelatines as Manures, - - - 156 

 On the Composition of the Bean Plant at dif- 

 ferent periods of its growth, - - - 167 

 On the Adulteration of Oil Cake, - - 187 



XI. Premiums Awarded by the Society in 1865, - 196 

 XII. List of Ploughing Competitions held in 1864-5,- 213 



XIII. Eeturns of Seed Competitions held in 18G5, - 221 



XIV. Premiums Offered by the Society in 1866, - 222 



XV. Eeport on the Diseases of Farm Horses. By 

 George Armatage, M.E.C.V.S., Glasgow Veterinary 

 College, 281 



