32 PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1868. 



7. County of Stirling : Convener,, John Stirling of Kippen- 



davie. 



1. Any variety of Wheat. 



2. Any variety of Barley. 



3. Any variety of Oats. 



4. Any variety of Beans. 



5. Tares. 



8. District of Dalkeith : Convener, Eobert Scott Moncrieff of 



Fossoway. 



1. Any variety of Wheat. 



2. Any variety of Barley. 



3. Any variety of Oats. 



4. Any variety of Beans. 



9. District of Glen Urquhart : Convener, The Earl of Seafield. 



1. Any variety of Oats. 



10. County of Banff and District of Turriff: Convener, 

 Alexander Morison of Bognie. 



1. Any variety of Barley. 



2. Any variety of Oats. 



In 1868, 



Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are in competition for the fourth year. 

 Nos. 5 and 6 for the second year. 

 Nos. 7, 8, 9, and 10 for the first year. 



RULES OF COMPETITION. 



1. In each district the Convener shall fix the time and place of Competition, 

 appoint the Judges, and make all other necessary arrangements, in concur- 

 rence "with the other Members of the Society, and the local Association of the 

 District. Conveners will be furnished with blank Schedules for reporting the 

 awards. 



2. The quantity shown in Competition by each Grower must not be less 

 than three quarters of each variety of Grain, or two quarters of Beans or Grass 

 Seeds. There must at least be two Competitors. The first Premium awarded 

 by the District shall not be less than £1 for each kind of Grain for which a 

 Medal is claimed. 



3. The Judges shall be guided in their awards — 1st, By the purity of the 

 Seed ; 2d, By its freeness from extraneous Seeds ; and, 3d, Where there is an 

 equality in these respects, by the Weight. 



4. Successful Competitors must transmit, free of expense, two imperial 

 quarts of each kind of Seed, addressed to the Secretary, at the Society's Hall, 

 3 George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh. 



5. The Returns must show, as accurately as possible, the produce per im- 

 perial acre, also the altitude, exposure, and nature of the soil on which the 

 crops were raised, together with the dates of sowing and reaping, and th* 

 weight per bushel. The varieties for which premiums have been given muH 

 be named. Eeports of the several competitions must be lodged by the 1st c>j 

 November. 



