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6. Ontlic best method of ascertaining, at the termination of a 

 lease, the unexhausted vahie of tile drainaL^e or otlier work of 

 that kind, perfurniud by a tenant during the currency of a lease 

 — Fifteen Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1880. 



7. On the best method of ascertaining, at tlie termination of a 

 lease, the unexhausted value of lime applied l)y a tenant dur- 

 ing the currency of a lease, specifying the diilerence (if any) 

 between different kinds of lime and also gas or refuse lime — 

 Fifteen Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1880. 



8. On the best method of ascertaining, at the termination of a 

 lease, the unexhausted mauurial value of mainires and feeding 

 stulls applied to and consumed upon a farm by a tenant, giving 

 details, based on experience, of such mauurial value, and the 

 effect of different crops or rotations of crops in exhausting it — 

 Fifteen Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1880. 



9. On the Physiological Distinctions in the condition of the 

 Scottish Peasantry in different Districts — Thirty Sovereigns. 

 To be lodged by 1st November 1880. 



The Reporter must fiu-nish statistics of the longevity, &c., of the 

 peasantry, as contrasted with other classes, and give suggestions for 

 the amelioration of any causes which ali'ect them injuriously. 



10. On the results of experiments for fixing and retaining the 

 volatile and soluble ingredients in farm-yard manure — Twenty 

 Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1880. 



The Keport must detail the treatment adopted to fix and retain these 

 ingredients — the materials used for tliat purpose — and the quantity 

 and cost thereof — comparative analyses of the manure with and with- 

 out the treatment, and also a statement of the crops grown with 

 manure with and without such treatment, must he given hy the 

 Reporter. The experiments to have extended over at least two years 

 and crops. 



11. On the results of experiments for ascertaining the com- 

 parative value of farm-yard manure obtained from cattle fed 

 upon different varieties of food, ]jy the application of such 

 manures to farm crops — Twenty Sovereigns. To be lodged by 

 1st November in any year. 



The Report must state the effects produced on two successive crops hy 

 the application of manure ohtamcd from cattle fed on ditl'erent sorts 

 of food, such as turnips and straw alone ; and tiu'nips and straw, ■\\'ith 

 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, 



