APPENDIX (B.) 



PREMIUMS 



OFFERED DY 



THE HIGHL.1XD .U'D AGEICULTUEAL SOCIETY 



OF SCOTLAXD IN 1877. 



CONTENTS. 



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General Notice, . 

 con.stitutiox and management, 

 e.stabli.siiment for 1877, . 

 c0mmittee.s for 1877, 

 Agricxjlutral Education, 

 Veterinary Department, 

 Forestry Department, . 

 Chemical Department, . 

 General Regulations for Competitors 



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CLASS I.— REPORTS. 



1. The Science and Practice of Agricultltie — For approved 

 Reports on — 



1. Agriculture of the County of Arg}'!!, " . 



2. Agriculture of the Counties of Forfar and Kincardine, 



3. Agi-iculture of l>ute and Arran, 



4. Phy.siological Distinctions of the Scottish Peasantry, 

 Ex|>eriinents for fixing the ingredients in farm-yard Manure, 

 The advantage of Ploughing in manure at once on being spread. 

 Manures produced by dilferent kinds of Feeding, 

 Manure made with and without Cover, 

 Improved varieties of Agricultural Plants, 

 Cultivation of Cabbage as a Field Croj), . 

 ln.sects which prey ui)on Agricultural Plants, 

 Vegetable Productions of India, China, and America, 

 Adulteration of Agricultural Seeds, 



14. Best mode of housing fattening Cattle, 



15. Dilferent descriptions of Food for Stock, . 



16. Galloway IJroed of Cattle, . 



17. breeding of Horses for the Road or Field, 



18. Adaptability of Soils to the Breeding and Rearing ofllorses, 



19. Effect of Sewage upon the Animal System, 



20. Hoo.so or llu.sk in Calves and Lambs, 



21. Strangles, ..... 



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