252 PEEMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1866. 



6. Islands of Shetland : Convener, John Bruce of Sumburgh. 



1. Any variety of Bere. 



2. Any variety of Oats. 



3. Perennial .Ryegrass. 



7. District of Spey, Avon, and Fiddochside : Convener, Sir 



George Macpherson Grant, Bart. 



1. Any variety of Barley. 



2. Any variety of Oats. 



8. District of St rathe arn : Convener, Sir John H. Stuart 



Forbes, Bart. 



1. Any variety of Oats. 



CONDITIONS. 



1 . In each district the Convener shall fix the time and place of Com- 

 petition, appoint the Judges, and make all other necessary arrangements, 

 in concurrence with the other Members of the Society, and the local 

 Association of the District. Conveners will be furnished with blank 

 Schedides for reporting the awards. 



2. The quantity shown in Competition by each Grower must not be 

 less than three quarters of each variety of Grain, or two quarters of Beans 

 or Grass Seeds. There must at least be two Competitors. The first 

 Premium awarded by the district shall not be less than £1 for each kind 

 of Grain for which a Medal is claimed. 



3. The Judges shall be guided in their awards, 1st, By the purity of 

 the Seed ; 2d, By its freeness from extraneous Seeds ; and, 3d, Where there 

 is an equality in these respects, by the Weight. 



4. Successful Competitors must transmit, free of expense, two quarts 

 of each kind of Seed, addressed to the Secretary, at the Society's Hall, 3, 

 George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh. 



5. The Beturns must shew, as accurately as possible, the produce per 

 imperial acre, also the altitude, exposure, and nature of the soil on which 

 the crops were raised, together with the dates of sowing and reaping, and 

 the weight per bushel. The varieties for which premiums have been given 

 must be named. Beports of the several competitions must be lodged by 

 the 1st of November. 



t>. The Medals will be continued in each District for five consecutive 

 years. Applications from other Districts must be lodged with the Secre- 

 tary of the Society by 1st November next. 



2. PLOUGHING COMPETITIONS. 



The Silver Medal will be given to the winner of the first Pre- 

 mium at Ploughing Competitions, where there are fifteen 

 Ploughs, and Premiums to the amount of Three Sovereigns, pro- 

 vided a Report in the following terms is made to the Secre- 

 tary, within one month of the Competition, by a Member of 

 the Society, and the undernoted conditions have been ob- 

 served : — 



