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actual addition of weight to growing or fattening stock, by the 

 use of different kinds of food — Twenty Sovereigns. 



The attention of the experimenter is directed to turnips, carrots, 

 beet, mangold- wurzel, potatoes, cabbage, as well as to beans, 

 oats, barley, Indian corn, linseed, oil-cake, or rape-cake, and to 

 the effect of warmth and proper ventilation, and the difference 

 between food cooked and raw. The above roots and other kinds 

 of food are merely suggested ; competitors are neither restricted 

 to them, nor obliged to experiment on all of them. 



When experiments are made with linseed and cake, attention 

 should be paid to the comparative advantages, economically and 

 otherwise, of the substances in these two states. 



Before commencing the comparative experiments, the animals 

 must be fed alike for some time previously. 



The progress of different breeds may be compared ; this will form 

 an interesting experiment of itself, for reports of which encour- 

 agement will be given. 



Reports to be lodged by 1st May in any year. 



15. SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR STOCK. 



For an approved Report on the best construction and arrange- 

 ment of Byres, Sheds, and Courts for Cattle, with a view to 

 sanitary requirements — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. 



The Report must have reference to all descriptions of stock, 

 whether breeding, feeding, dairy, or young cattle. 



Reports to be lodged by 1st November, 1^66. 

 16. TRANSIT OP STOCK. 



For an approved Report on the conditions which should 

 regulate the Carriage of Stock by railway, or by sea, as well as 

 its transit by road — Twenty Sovereigns. 



The Reporter will refer to the various modes by which stock is 

 usually forwarded ; to the disadvantages attaching tbereto, and 

 the evils resulting therefrom ; and to the manner in which these 

 should be obviated. 



Reports to be lodged by 1st November, I860. 



17. RURAL ECONOMY ABROAD. 



For an approved Report, founded on personal observation, of 

 any useful practice, in rural economy, adopted in other countries, 

 and susceptible of being introduced with advantage into Scot- 

 land—The Gold Medal. 



The purpose chiefly contemplated by the offer of this premium, is 

 to induce travellers to notice and record such particular practices 

 as may seem calculated to benefit Scotland. 



Reports to be lodged by 1st November in any year. 



