PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1809. 33 



RULES OF COMPETITION. 



1. Ill 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 

 1 Ustrict. 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 L.l 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 the 

 Weight per bushel. The varieties for which premiums have been given must 

 be named. Reports of the several competitions must be lodged by the 1st of 

 November. 



6. The Medals will be continued in each district for five consecutive years. 

 Applications from other Districts must be lodged with the Secretary of the 

 Society by 1st November next. 



2. PLOUGHING COMPETITIONS. 



The Silver Medal will be given to the winner of the first or highest 

 Premium at Ploughing Competitions, provided a Report in the fol- 

 lowing terms is made to the Secretary, within one month of the Com- 

 petition, by a Member of the Society : — 



FORM OF REPORT. 



I, of Member of the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society, hereby certify that I attended the Ploughing 

 Match of the Association at in the county 

 of on the when ploughs com- 

 peted ; of land was assigned to each, and hours 

 were allowed for the execution of the work. The sum of L. 

 was awarded in the following proportions, viz. : — 



[Here enumerate the names and designations of successful Competitors.] 



RULES OF COMPETITION. 



1. All Matches must be at the instance of a Local Society or Ploughing 

 Association, and no Match at the instance of an individual, or confined to the 

 tenants on one estate, will be recognised. 



2. The title of such Society or Association, together with the name and ad- 

 dress of the Secretary, must be registered with the Secretary of the Highland 

 and Agricultural Society, 3 George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh. 



3. Not more than one Match in the same season can take place within the 

 bounds of the same Society or Association. 



4. All Reports must be lodged within one month of the date of the Match, 

 and certified by a Member of the Society who was present at it. 



