14 PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1868. 



7. COMPARATIVE PRODUCTIVENESS, &C., OF POTATOES. 



For an approved Eeport on the comparative productiveness 

 and general equalities for use and keeping of different kinds 

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

 Sovereigns. 



Eeports to be lodged by 1st November 1868. 



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. 

 Eeports to be lodged by 1st May 1869. 



9. CULTIVATION OF 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 con- 

 trasted with a like extent under turnips in the same field. Both 

 lots must have been under one rotation, and must be prepared and 

 manured in the same manner. 



Eeports to be lodged by 1st May 1869. 



10. VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS OF 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. 



Eeporters 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 locality 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. 



Eeports 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 consist of 

 fewer than four Cattle or ten Sheep. The animals selected should 



