40 PROCEEDINGS AT BOARD MEETINGS. 



MEETING OF DIRECTORS, 21st AUGUST 1867. 



Mr Gillon of Wallhouse in the Chair. 



The business had reference to the Glasgow Show, Chair of Cattle Pathology, 

 and Selection of Reports for Publication. 



MEETING OF DIRECTORS, 9th OCTOBER 1867. 



Mr Gray, Southfield, in the Chair. 



The business had reference to the Chair of Cattle Pathology, Veterinary 

 Charter for Scotland, and Aberdeen and Edinburgh Shows. 



MEETING OF DIRECTORS, 6th NOVEMBER 1867. 

 Mr Dudgeon of Cargen in the Chair. 



Aberdeen Show, 1868. — Money premiums to the amount of about L.1300 

 were allocated to the different classes of stock, which have been for some time 

 before the public ; and it was resolved that the third prize in all these classes 

 should be the medium silver, in place of the bronze medal, which has been in 

 existence since 1857. In the poultry class, 65 silver and 65 bronze medals 

 were recommended. At the request of the Aberdeen district, 50 sovereigns 

 were appropriated as a special prize for the best thoroughbred entire horse. 

 The days of the Show were suggested to be the 28th, 29th, and 30th July. 



Proposed Show at Edinburgh in 1869. — A requisition for a Show to be 

 held at Edinburgh in 1869, signed by a number of members of the Society, 

 was submitted to the meeting of the Board on the 9th of October, when the 

 Directors resolved to recommend to the next general meeting to comply with 

 the request, and remitted to the Committee on General Shows to suggest the 

 classes of stock for which premiums will be afterwards offered. At a meeting 

 of the committee, held to-day, the classes were named and subsequently 

 approved of by the Directors, the list to be submitted to a meeting of mem- 

 bers in the district of the proposed Show — namely, the counties of Edinburgh, 

 Haddington, and Linlithgow. 



Veterinary College. — The opening of the session 1867-68, on the 30th 

 of October, by an inaugural address from Professor Williams, and the induction 

 of Mr MacBride to the new Chair of Cattle Pathology, which took place the 

 same day, were reported. 



Office-bearers for 1868. — It was remitted to the Committee on Office- 

 bearers to report on the vacancies which occur at the next general meeting in 

 January. 



Premium Book for 1868. — It was likewise remitted to the Committee on 

 Premiums for Subjects connected with the Science and Practice of Agriculture, 

 and on Woods and Plantations, to revise the lists for next year. 



District Shows. — The various reports of local competitions which have 

 taken place during the current year in almost every county in Scotland were 

 referred to the committee in charge of that department ; and, at the same 

 time, to consider the applications for new grants for 1868. 



Papers in Competition. — A list of the reports received in competition for 

 premiums offered in 1867 was laid on the table, and committees were named 

 to read and report on their merits. 



Cultivation by Steam-Power. — Copies of queries to be answered by 

 farmers as to the cultivation of land by horse-power, which have been exten- 



