34 PREMIUMS OFFEKED BY THE SOCIETY IX 1881. 



experience may lead liim to make, but must refer especially to tlie 

 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- 

 required 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 Eeport. A detailed statement of the expendAture 

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



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 be 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 iSTovember in any year. 



Reports in competition for Xos. 6 and 7 must state the particular mode 

 of management adopted, the substances applied, the elevation and 

 nature of the soil, its previous natui'al products, and the changes 

 produced. . 



Sectiox 3.— MACHINEEY. 

 for approved reports. 



1. Oil such inventions or improvements, by the reporters, oV 

 any implement or machine as shall be deemed by the Society of 

 public utility — Medals, or sums of money not exceeding Fifty 

 Sovereigns. To be lodged at any time. 



Eeports should be accompanied by drawings and descriptions of the 

 implement or machine, and, if necessary, by a model 



2. On the best and most improved Cattle Truck for feeding 

 and watering the animals in transit — Twenty Sovereigns. T© be 

 lodged bv 1st November 1881. 



Reports must be accompanied with drawings and descri^Dtion, or, if 

 necessary, by a model. 



Section 4.— FOEESTEY DEPAETMENT. 

 for approved reports. 

 1, By the Proprietor in Scotland who shall, within the five 



