444 



PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY 



IN 



1867. 



CONTENTS. 



General Notice, 446 



Constitution and Management, '■ . 448 



Establishment for 1867, 449 



Council on Education, 451 



General Regulations for Competitors, 452 



CLASS I.— REPORTS. 



§ 1. On Subjects connected with the Science and Practice 

 of Agriculture : — 



1. Agriculture of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire, 453 



2. Agriculture of Dumfriesshire, 453 



3. Manures produced by different kinds of feeding, 453 



4. Manures made with and without cover, 453 



5. Autumn manuring, 454 



6. Improved varieties of agricultural plants, 454 



7. Comparative productiveness, &c, of Potatoes, 454 



8. Comparative productiveness, &c, of Turnips, 455 



9. Cultivation of Cabbage, 455 



10. Vegetable productions of India, China, America, &c, 455 



11. Best modes of housing fattening Cattle, 456 



12. Different descriptions of Food, 456 



13. Sanitary arrangements for Stock, 456 



14. Transit of Stock, 456 



15. Dipping and smearing Sheep, 457 



16. Rural economy abroad, 457 



§ 2. Land Improvements : — 



1. General improvement of estates, 457 



2. Reclamation of Waste Land by tillage, 457 



3. Improvement of natural Pasture without tillage, 458 



§ 3. Agricultural Machinery : — 



Invention or improvement of Implements of Husbandry, .... 458 



