12 PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1868. 



CLASS I. 



EEPOKTS. 



Section 1.— ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE 

 SCIENCE AND PEACTICE OF AGEICULTUEE. 



1. AGRICULTURE OF ABERDEENSHIRE AND BANFFSHIRE. 



For an approved Eeport on the Agriculture of Aberdeenshire 

 and Banffshire — Thirty Sovereigns. 



The Eeport 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. 



Eeports to be lodged by 1st November 1868. 



2. AGRICULTURE OF EAST LOTHIAN. 



For an approved Eeport on the Agriculture of East Lothian — 

 Thirty Sovereigns. 



The Eeport 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. 



Eeports to be lodged by 1st November 1868. 



3. MANURES PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT ETNDS OF FEEDING. 



For an approved Eeport 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 Eeport must state the effects produced on two successive 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 matu- 

 rity, 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, shoidd 

 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. 



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



