30 PREMIUMS OFFEKED BY THE SOCIETY IX 1881. 



11. On the comparative value of manure made in the ordinary 

 manner, and of the manure kept under cover til] applied to the 

 land — Twenty Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November in 

 any year. 



The experiment may he conducted either with manure made in the open 

 straw-yard, contrasted with, that made in covered hammels or boxes, 

 or with manure made in feeding houses, part of which shall have been 

 placed under cover, and part removed to the open dung-pit, and kept 

 carefully unmixed with any other manure. Preference will be given 

 to experiments embracing both of these modes. The cattle must be 

 fed and littered alike. There must be at least an acre of land experi- 

 mented on with each sort of manure ; the different lots must be 

 manured to the same extent, and be equal in soil, and the crops must 

 be accurately weighed and measured on two separate portions of each 

 lot, not less than 20 poles. The result, as given by two successive 

 crops, to be reported. 



12. On the means successfully employed for obtaining new 

 Agricultural Plants, or new and superior varieties, or improved 

 sub-varieties, of any of the cereal grains, grasses, roots, or other 

 agricultural plants at present cultivated in this country — Medals, 

 or sums of ^Money not exceeding Fifty Sovereigns. To be lodged 

 by 1st November in any year. 



It is necessary that the varieties and sub-varieties reported upon shall 

 have been proved capable of reproduction from seed, and also that the 

 relation they bear to others, or well-known sorts, should be stated. 

 The Reporter is further requested to mention the effects that he may 

 have observed produced by different soils, manures, &c., on the plants 

 forming the subject of report, and how far he may have ascertained 

 such efi'ects to be lasting. 



Should any improved variety reported upon be the result of direct ex- 

 periment by cross impregnation, invohdng expense and long-continued 

 attention, a higher premium will be awarded. 



13. On the cultivation of the Cabbage as a field crop — The 

 Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 

 1881. 



The experiment must be conducted in Scotland on not less than one 

 acre, and contrasted with a hke extent under turnips in the same 

 field. Both lots must have been under one rotation, and must be 

 prepared and manured in the same manner. 



14. On the hardy and useful Herbaceous Plants of any country 

 where such climate exists as to induce tlie belief that the plants 

 may be beneficially introduced into the cultivation of Scotland 

 — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st 

 November in any year. 



Attention is particularly directed to the Grains and Grasses of China, 

 J apan, the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, the Himalaya country, 



