PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 18G7. 453 



CLASS I. 

 RE POETS. 



Section 1.— ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE 

 SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE. 



1. AGRICULTURE OF ABERDEENSHIRE AND BANFFSHIRE. 



For an approved Report on the Agriculture of Aberdeenshire 



and Banffshire — Thirty Sovereigns. 



The Report should embrace full details of the different systems of 

 Farm Management observed in the district, and of the progress 

 which Agriculture has made within the last 25 years. 



Reports to be lodged by 1st November, 1867. 



2. AGRICULTURE OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 



For an approved Report on the Agriculture of Dumfriesshire 

 — Thirty Sovereigns. 



The Report should embrace full details of the different systems of 

 Farm Management observed in the district, and of the progress 

 which Agriculture has made within the last 25 years. 



Reports to be lodged by 1st November, 1867. 



3. MANURES PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT KINDS OF FEEDING. 



For an approved Report of the result of experiments for 

 ascertaining the comparative value of farm-yard Manure, ob- 

 tained from cattle fed upon different varieties of food, by the 

 application of such manures to farm crops — Twenty Sovereigns. 



The Report must state the effects produced on two succesivo crops 

 by the application of manure obtained from cattle fed on 

 different sorts of food, such as turnips and straw alone ; and 

 turnips and straw, with an addition of oil-cake, linseed, bean- 

 meal, grain, or other substances. The animals should be as 

 nearly as possible of the same age, weight, condition, and ma- 

 turity, and each lot should receive daily the same quantity of 

 litter ; and, except as to the difference of food, they must be 

 treated alike. 



The preparation of the manure, by fermentation or otherwise, 

 should be in every respect the same ; and it is desirable that 

 not less than two several experiments be made with each kind, 

 and that the ground to which it is to be applied be as equal as 

 possible in quality and condition. 



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



4. MANURE MADE WITH AND WITHOUT COVER. 



For an approved Report on the comparative value of Manure 

 made in the ordinary manner, and of Manure kept under cover 

 till applied to the land — Twenty Sovereigns. 



