250 PREMIUMS OFFERED BT THE SOCIETY IN 1866. 



3. Competitors must certify that the Butter and Cheese exhibited by 

 them are average specimens of the produce of their Dairies in 1866 ; and 

 that the quantity produced during the season has not been less than 1 

 cwt. of Butter, or 2 cwt. of Cheese. 



4. In the event of two or more competing lots being deemed equal in 

 quality, the Premium shall be awarded to the Competitor who has made 

 the larger quantity. 



5. The successful Competitors, before receiving the Premiums, are 

 required to transmit to the Secretary a detailed report of the whole pro- 

 cess followed by them in the manufacture of their Butter or Cheese. 



6. Reports of the award of the Premiums to be lodged with the Secre- 

 tary on or before the 1 st November next. 



MEDALS FOE CHEESK. 



Two Medium Gold Medals will be placed at the disposal of 

 the Ayrshire Association to be competed for at Kilmarnock. 

 The one, for the best lot of Cheddar Cheese — the other, for the 

 best lot of Sweet Milk Cheese of any other variety ; the Cheeses, 

 in either case, to be made in Scotland. 



Convener of Committee. 

 Colonel Ferrier Hamilton of Cairnhill. 



