TKEMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1880. 45 



S(!crctaiy on or before the 1st of November next, -with tliu oxcc'iiliuu oi' ^'i-een 

 crop reports, wliich must be forwarded on or before the 20th of December, 

 for the approval of the Directors, a.^ainst whose decisions there shall be no 

 ajipeal. 



7. When a ^rant has expired, llic District cannot apply again fur aiil fur 

 two years. 



Section 8.— PLOUGHING COMPETITION'S. 



The ]\Iiiior Silver Medal will be given to the winner of the 

 first or highest Premium at Ploughing Competitions, provided 

 a Peport in tlie following terms is made to the Secretary, within 

 one month of the Competition, by a JMember of the Society : — 



FORM OF REPORT. 



T of Member of the Highland and 



Agricultnral Society, hereby certify that I attended the Ploughing 

 ]\latch of the Association at in the county 



of on the when ploughs 



competed ; of land was assigned to each, and hours 



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

 was awarded in the following pro]iortions, viz. : — 

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



RULES OF COMPETITION. 



1. All ^latches 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 of one estate, will be recognised. 



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

 address of the Secretary, must be registered with the Secretary of the High- 

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



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

 bounds of the same Society or Association. 



4. All reports must be lodged williin one month of the date of the Match, 

 and certilieil l)y a Member of the Highland and Agricultural Society who 

 was present at it. 



5. A Member can only report one Match, and a Ploughman cannot carrx" 

 more than three ^Medals in the same season. 



6. To warrant the grant of the Medal there must have been twelve ploughs 

 in Competition, and Three Pounds awarded in Premiums by the local 

 Society. The I\ledal to Ijc given to the winner of 'the first or highest jn'ize. 



7. Ploughmen shall not be allowed any assistance, ami tlieir work must 

 not be set up nor touched by others ; on land of average tenacity the 

 ploughing should be at the rate of an imperial acre in ten hoius, and atten- 

 tion should be given to the firmness and sufficiency of the work below, 

 more than to its neatness above the surface. 



