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CONTENTS. 



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25. Laech Forests. By John Grtgor, .... 415 



26. Reclamation of "Waste Land on the Farms of Lochend and Sys- 



ter, in the county of caithness, by james puhves, . 429 



27. Improvement of Meadow Pasturage on Part of the Crown 



Lands of Dorrery, in the County of Caithness. With Plan. 

 By James Purves, ...... 439 



28. Trees not Liable to be Destroyed by Rabbits. By C. Y. Michie, 446 



29. Trees not Liable to be Destroyed by Rabbits. By Robert 



Hutchison, ....... 456 



30. Transit of Stock. By George Menzies, . . . 461 



31. Proceedings of the Chemical Department. By Thomas Ander- 



son, M.D., F-R.S.E., Chemist to the Society, 



1. On the Composition of the Different Kinds of Linseed, and the 



Cakes they yield, . . .... 489 



2. Analyses oftbe Soils and Subsoils on which the Field Experiments 



of 1867 were made, ...... 602 



3. Note regarding Field Experiments, 1868, . . . 512 



APPENDIX (A). 

 Proceedings of the Highland and Agricultural Society — 

 Preliminary Notice, ..... 



Proceedings at General Meetings, June 1866 to January 1868, 

 Proceedings at Board Meetings, 1867-68, 

 Premiums awarded by the Society in 1867, 

 Returns of Seed Competitions held in 1867, 

 List of Ploughing Competitions held in 1866-67, 

 State of the Funds of the Society at 30th Nov. 1867, 

 Abstract of the Accounts of the Society for 1866-67, 

 Abstract of the Accounts of the Glasgow Show, 1867, 

 Abstract of the Accounts of the Argyll Naval Fund, 1866-67, 

 Standing Committees for 1868, .... 



APPENDIX (B). 



Proceedings at General Meetings, June 1868 and January 1869, 

 Proceedings at Board Meetings, 1868-69, 

 Premiums awarded by the Society in 1868-69, . 

 Returns of Seed Competitions held in 1868, 

 List of Ploughing Competitions held in 1867-68, 

 State of the Funds of the Society at 30th Nov. 1868, 

 Abstract of the Accounts of the Society for 1867-68, 

 Abstract of the Accounts of the Aberdeen Show, 1868, 

 Abstract of the Accounts of the Argyll Naval Fund, 1867-68, 



APPENDIX (C). 

 Premiums Offered by the Society in 1868, 



APPENDIX (D). 

 Premiums Offered by the Society in 1869, 



APPENDIX (E). 

 List of Members of the Society, 1869, 



1 

 2 

 33 

 46 

 67 

 68 

 73 

 74 

 76 

 76 

 78 



81 

 96 

 107 

 124 

 126 

 129 

 130 

 132 

 134 



Index. 



