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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 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 i\Iatch in the same season can take place within the 

 bounds of the same Society or Association. 



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

 and certified by 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 carry 

 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 Medal to be given to the winner of the first or highest prize. 



7. Ploughmen shall not be allowed any assistance, and their 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 hours, and atten- 

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

 more than to its neatness above the surface. 



