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CLASS I. 



E E P E T S I 



Section 1.— THE SCIENCE AXD PEACTICE OF 



AGPJCULTUEE. 



For Approved Eeports. 



1. On the Agriculture of tlie County of Argyll — Thirty 

 Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1877. 



The Eeport should embrace full details of the different systems of Farm 

 INIanagement observed in the County, and of the progress which 

 Agriculture and other industries have made within the last 25 years. 



2. On the Agriculture of the Counties of Eorfar and Kincar- 

 dine — Thirty Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st JSTovember 1877. 



The Report should embrace full details of the different systems of Farm 

 Management observed in the Counties, and of the progress which 

 Agriculture and other industries have made within the last 25 years. 



3. On the Agriculture of Bute and Arran — Twenty Sovereigns. 

 To be lodged by 1st November 1878. 



The Eeport should embrace full details of the different systems of FanB 

 Management observed in the County, and of the progress which 

 Agriculture and other industries have made within the last 25 years. 



4. On the Physiological Distinctions in the condition of the 

 Scottish Peasantry in different Districts — Thirty Sovereigns. 

 To be lodged by 1st November 1877. 



The reporter 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 affect them injuriously. 



5. 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 Novemloer 1880. 



The Eeport 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 



