436 PREMIUMS AWARDED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1866. 



PREMIUMS AWARDED BY THE SOCIETY IX 1866. 



I.— REPORTS, &c. 



1 . £20 to Eobert Hutchison, of Carlowrie, Kirkliston, for a Report on 



the Dietaries of Scotch Agricultural Labourers. 



2. The Gold Medal or £10 to John Grigor, Forres Nurseries, Forres, 



for a Report on the Larch Forests of Scotland. 



3. The Gold Medal or £10 to Christopher Young Michie, Forester, 



Cullen House, Cullen, Banffshire, for a Report on Planting on 

 Exposed or on Barren Tracts. 



4. The Gold Medal or £10 to John Morrison, Coney Park Nursery, 



Stirling, for a Report on the Best Mode of Cultivating Turnips 

 with a view to Saving Seed. 



5. The Gold Medal or £10 to Russell Swanwick, Whittington, Chester- 



field, Derbyshire, for a Report of Experiments on Rye Grass and 

 Clover with different top dressings (Crop 1865), conducted on the 

 Farm of Fenton Bams, East Lothian. 



6. The Medium Gold Medal or £5 to Russell Swanwick, Whittington, 



Chesterfield, for a Report of Experiments on the comparative 

 effects of different special Manures on "Wheat by top dressing, 

 crop 1S65, conducted on the Farm of Fenton Barns. 



7. The Medium Gold Medal or £5 to Christopher Young Michie, 



Forester, Cullen House, for a Report on the Yarieties of Poplar 

 best suited to the Climate of Scotland. 



S. The Medium Gold Medal or £5 to William Walker, Ardhuncart, 

 Mossat, Aberdeenshire, for a Report of Experiments with diffe- 

 rent special Manures on Oats by top dressing, crop 1865. 



9. The Silver Medal to Robert Hutchison, of Carlowrie, Kirkliston, for 

 a Report on the Yarieties of Poplar best suited to the climate of 

 Scotland. 



10. The Silver Medal to Russell Swanwick, Whittington, Chesterfield, 



for a Report of Experiments on the comparative effects of diffe- 

 rent special Manures on Turnips by top dressing, (crop 1865), 

 conducted on the Farm of Fenton Barns. 



11. The Silver Medal to Thomas Clark, Craibstone, Auchmill, Aberdeen, 



for Dressing Fanners, exhibited at the Inverness Show, 1865, 

 and since reported on. 



12. The Silver Medal to William Mackenzie, Knock, Keith, for Improved 



Drill Plough, exhibited at the Inverness Show 1865, and since 

 reported on. 



II.— DISTRICT COMPETITIONS. 



DRAUGHT HORSES. 



The District of Perth, Fife, Kinross, and Clackmannan. 

 Stallions . John Macdonald, Duntocher . . £25 



