PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1881. 29 



6. On the best method of ascertaining, at the termmation of a 

 lease, the unexhausted value of lime applied by a tenant dur- 

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

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

 Fifteen Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1881. 



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

 lease, the unexhausted manurial value of manures and feeding 

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

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

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

 Fifteen Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1881. 



8. On the Physiological Distinctions in the condition of the 

 Scottish Peasantry in different Districts — Thirty Sovereigns. 

 To be lodged by 1st November 1881. 



The Keporter must furnish statistics of the longevity, &c., of the 

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

 the amelioration of any causes which atfect them injuriously. 



9. 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 1881. 



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

 ingredients — the materials used for that 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 be given by the 

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

 and crops. 



10. On tlie results of experiments for ascertaining the com- 

 parative value of farm-yard manure obtained from cattle fed 

 upon different varieties of food, by the application of such 

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

 1st November in any year. 



Tlie Report must state tlie effectfi produced on two successive crops by 

 the application of manure obtained from cattle fed on different sorts 

 of food, such as turnips and straw alone ; and turnips and straw, with 

 an addition of oil-cake, linsoeil, bean-meal, grain, or other substances. 

 The animals sliould be as nearly as ])ossible of the siune age, weight, 

 condition, and maturity, and each lot shouM receive daily the same 

 quantity of WIU-.t ; and, except as to the difference o^ food, they must 

 be treatet-1 alike. 



The preparation of the manure, ])V fermentation or otherwise, should be 

 in every respect the Hame ; and it is desirable that not less than two 

 several experiments he made with each kind, and that tlie j^roimd to 

 which it is to be a])plied be as equal as possible in quality and con- 

 dition. 



