28 PREMIUxMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IX 1880. 



The merits of the Report will not be determined so much by the mere 

 extent of the improvements, as by their character and relation to the 

 size of the propert3% The improvements may comprise reclaiming, 

 draining;, enclosing, planting, road-making, building, and all other 

 operations proper to landed estates. The period within which the 

 operations may have been conducted is not limited, except that it 

 must not exceed the term of the Reporter's proprietorship. 



2. By the Proprietor in Scotland who shall have erected on 

 his estate the most approved Farm-buildings — The Gold Medal. 

 Eeports, Plans, and Specifications to be lodged by 1st Nevember 

 in any year. 



3. By the Proprietor or Tenant in Scotland who shall have 

 reclaimed within the ten preceding years not less than forty 

 acres of waste laud — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To 

 be lodged by 1st November in any year. 



4. By the Tenant in Scotland who shall have reclaimed within 

 the ten preceding years not less than twenty acres of waste 

 land — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged bv 

 1st November in any year. 



5. By the Tenant in Scotland who shall have reclaimed not 

 less than ten acres within a similar period — The Medium Gold 

 Medal, or Five Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November in 

 any year. 



The Reports in competition for Nos. 3, 4, and 5 may comin-ehend such 

 general observations on the improvement of waste lands as the writer's 

 experience may lead him to make, but must refer especially to the 

 lands reclaimed — -to the nature of the soil — the previous state and 

 probable value of the subject — the obstacles opposed to its improve- 

 ment — the details of the various operations — the mode of cultivation 

 adopted — and the produce and value of the crops produced. As the 

 recpiired extent cannot be made up of different patches of land, the 

 improvement must have relation to one subject ; it must be of a pro- 

 fitable character, and a rotation of crops must have been concluded 

 before the date of the Report. A detailed statement of the c.q:)enditure 

 and return and a certified measurement of the ground are reqiiisite. 



6. By the Proprietor or Tenant in Scotland who shall have 

 improved within the ten preceding years the pasturage of not 

 less than thirty acres, by means of top-dressing, draining, or 

 otherwise, without tillage, in situations where tillage may lie in- 

 expedient — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged 

 by 1st November in any year. 



7. By the Tenant in Scotland who shall have improved not 

 less than ten acres within a similar period — The Minor Gold 

 Medal. To be lodged by 1st November in any year. 



