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and general qualities for use and keeping, of different kinds of 

 Potatoes used in field culture — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sove- 

 reigns. 



Reports to be lodged by 1st November, 1867. 



8. COMPARATIVE PRODUCTIVENESS, &C, OF TURNIPS. 



For an approved Eeport of the comparative productiveness 

 and general qualities for use and keeping of the different kinds 

 of Swedish, Yellow, and White Turnips, generally used in field 

 culture — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. 

 Reports to be lodged by 1st May, 1868. 



9. CULTIVATION OP CABBAGE. 



For an approved Eeport on the cultivation of the Cabbage as 

 a field crop — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. 



The experiment must be conducted on not less than one acre, and 

 contrasted with a like extent under turnips in the same field. 

 Both lots must have been under one rotation, and must be pre- 

 pared and manured in the same manner. 



Reports to be lodged by 1st May, 1868. 



10. VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS OP INDIA, CHINA, AMERICA, &C. 



For an approved Eeport on the hardy and useful herbaceous 

 plants, including Grains and Grasses of China, Japan, the 

 Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, the Himalaya country, the 

 Falkland and South Sea Islands, California, the high north- 

 western districts of America, or any other country where such 

 climate exists as to induce the belief that the plants may be 

 beneficially introduced into the cultivation of Scotland — The 

 Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. 



Reporters are required to give the generic and specific names of 

 the plants treated of, with the authority for the same — together 

 with the native names, in so far as known ; and to state the 

 elevation of the locabty and nature of the soil in which they are 

 cultivated, or which they naturally inhabit, with their qualities 

 or uses ; and it is further requested that the descriptions be 

 accompanied, in so far as possible, with specimens of the plants, 

 and their fruit, seed, or other products. 



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



FEEDING STOCK. 



The experiments specified in Nos. 11 and 12 must be conducted 

 over a period of not less than three months. No lot shall con- 

 sist of fewer than four Cattle or ten Sheep. The animals 

 selected should be of the same age, sex, and breed, and, as 

 nearly as possible, of the same weight, condition, and maturity. 

 The five weight before and after the experiment must be stated, 

 and, if killed, their dead weight and quantity of tallow. 



