PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1866. 23 1 



CLASS I. 

 REPORTS. 



Section 1.— ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE 

 SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 'OF AGRICULTURE. 



Note,. — The Directors have resolved to obtain reports of a certain 

 class of experiments, by conducting them in localities, and 

 through parties, specially selected for the purpose. The follow- 

 ing subjects, which appeared in the premium book for I860, 

 have consequently been withdrawn, without prejudice however to 

 any experiments which may have already been instituted, and which 

 are in progress, it being still competent to lodge reports of these for 

 the premiums formerly offered. 



SUBJECTS WITHDRAWN. 



1. Effect of special manures over a rotation. 



2. Phosphatic and ammoniacal manures. 



3. Mineral and animal phosphates. 



4. Large and small plot experiments. 



5. Top-dressings for cereals. 



1. DIETARIES OF SCOTCH AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. 



For an approved Report on the Dietaries of Scotch Agricul- 

 tural Labourers, stating, in selected instances over different 

 districts of the country, the actual weight of each kind of food 

 consumed in a week by the labourer and his family, with sug- 

 gestions for improvement in the dietaries and mode of cooking 

 — Twenty Sovereigns. 



Reports to be lodged by 1st November, 186G. 



2. AGRICULTURE OF ABERDEENSHIRE AND BANFFSHIRE. 



For an approved Report on the Agriculture of Aberdeenshire 

 and Banffshire — Thirty Sovereigns. 



The Report should embrace full details of the different systems of 

 Farm Management observed in the district, and of the progress 

 which Agriculture has made within the last 2j years. 



Reports to be lodged by 1st November, 1866. 



3. AGRICULTURE OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 



For an approved Report on the Agriculture of Dumfriesshire 

 — Thirty Sovereigns. 



The Report should embrace full details of the different systems of 

 Farm Management observed in the district, and of the progress 

 which Agriculture has made within the last 25 years. 



Reports to be lodged by 1st November, 1867. 



