CONTEXTS. 



§ 4. "Woods and Plantations : — 



1. Extensive planting by Proprietors, 



2. General management of Plantations, 



3. Planting on exposed or on barren Tracts, 



4. Value for economical purposes of Corsican Fir, 



5. Forest Trees of recent introduction, 



6. Home-grown Timber as compared -with Foreign, 



7. Effects of Dry Season of 1868 on Trees and Sbrubs, 



8. Seedlings of Conifers, 



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CLASS II.— DISTRICT COMPETITIONS. 



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§3. 



Cattle, 23 



Horses, 25 



Sheep : — 



1. Leicester, 26 



2. Cheviot, 27 



3. Blackfaced, 27 



4. Shearing Sheep, 28 



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§ 4. Swine : — 



CLASS III. DAIRY PRODUCE. 



1. Butter, 



2. Cheese, .... 



3. Medals for Cheese, 



CLASS IV.— CROPS AND CULTURE. 

 1. Seeds, 



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2. Ploughing Competitions, 33 



3. Reaping Machines, ........ 34 



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4. Medals in Aid of Premiums given by Local Societies, 

 CLASS V.— COTTAGES AND GARDENS. 



1. Best kept Cottages and Gardens, . 



2. Improving existing Cottages, 



3. Building New Cottages, 



4. Accommodation for Farm Servants, 



GENERAL SHOW AT EDINBURGH IN 1869, 

 GENERAL SHOW AT pUMFRIES IN 1870, 



Veterinary Department, 



Agricultural Education, .... 



Chemical Department, 



Instructions for Selecting Samples for analyses, 

 Charges for Analyses, &c., 



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